Installation
Lets start by creating MySQL user and a database for WordPress:
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| mysql> CREATE DATABASE wordpress DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
mysql> GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
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Warning: Every MySQL statement must end in a semi-colon (;). Check to make sure this is present if you are running into any issues.
Install additional PHP Plugins and restart Apache service:
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| sudo apt update
sudo apt install php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip
sudo systemctl restart apache2
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Configuration
Now let’s enable .htaccess overrides:
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| sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/harryvasanth.com.conf
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| <VirtualHost *:80>
#
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your
# documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but
# symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations.
#
DocumentRoot "/var/www/harryvasanth.com/htdocs"
ServerName harryvasanth.com
ServerAlias www.harryvasanth.com
ServerAdmin hello@harryvasanth.com
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/harryvasanth.com-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/harryvasanth.com-access.log combined
# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "/var/www/harryvasanth.com/htdocs">
#
# Possible values for the Options directive are "None", "All",
# or any combination of:
# Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks SymLinksifOwnerMatch ExecCGI MultiViews
#
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
# The Options directive is both complicated and important. Please see
# http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#options
# for more information.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride All
#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
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Download WordPress and extract it to /tmp and do basic preparations:
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| # Download and extract the latest WordPress version
curl -O https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar xzvf latest.tar.gz
# Create .htaccess
touch /tmp/wordpress/.htaccess
# Copy sample config to get started
cp /tmp/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /tmp/wordpress/wp-config.php
# Create Upgrade folder for future updates
mkdir /tmp/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade
# Move the directory to our hosting directory
sudo cp -a /tmp/wordpress/. /var/www/wordpress
Fix file permission for the WordPress directory:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress
sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;
sudo find /var/www/wordpress/ -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;
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Now let’s start changing change the configurations by generating salted keys:
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| curl -s https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/
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Copy the output. It should look something like this:
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| define('AUTH_KEY', '6y9T>=`^-3NaDywbj,~0,8!/$1m.uvadJ++N;-yoL^8eaSe%V(]VX<2%wxbxgLw&');
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'lz>$g?@!+<gmQJukfRtti#Dkk~;:+?wQY,7K!D30W&=U;]-3}2CS>D8;+~%Kv}v9');
define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'p}> nuTwbA~%ueeM#LuU7.WzV1[;3VA bo,Pm6s_f$HY^uzqJ6.$Y|bVbZV1jMm3');
define('NONCE_KEY', '4oS4i:KwkOz:/$Z)&e]y@7m5B8FR<+zs+do=BmG~d<<EV@NQ:9h-GNnk*k/z77@K');
define('AUTH_SALT', '68|hC4*`4x-ehSRF][-(fR5S8-R|sQt]O}Lt(6&DJCU}v5#|]uh:)$iM+)h|?fR~');
define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'rW)-xV{c_BeO]x-G!,e$TBE(Fz|)9P0MhV+l/N.&80@O2GC:Fkd(?7Ft;M<;nMH4');
define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'XU.w FA[A{n#-$T[$+ OTm3gOo+AG`Z`HH<l&|QjTmk)@4v|-I;|SEccx9>ay$<x');
define('NONCE_SALT', 'AV_?7B/oX;mq-/,.h_eX-Dl-xm_zbG8.B]ySK~VUyVa>Rbx dNqd!&m-Fez}HiPq');
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Now copy these values and replace it in the wp-config.php file:
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| sudo vim /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php
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| define('AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here');
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here');
define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here');
define('NONCE_KEY', 'put your unique phrase here');
define('AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here');
define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here');
define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here');
define('NONCE_SALT', 'put your unique phrase here');
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Delete those lines and paste in the values you copied:
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| define('AUTH_KEY', '6y9T>=`^-3NaDywbj,~0,8!/$1m.uvadJ++N;-yoL^8eaSe%V(]VX<2%wxbxgLw&');
define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY', 'lz>$g?@!+<gmQJukfRtti#Dkk~;:+?wQY,7K!D30W&=U;]-3}2CS>D8;+~%Kv}v9');
define('LOGGED_IN_KEY', 'p}> nuTwbA~%ueeM#LuU7.WzV1[;3VA bo,Pm6s_f$HY^uzqJ6.$Y|bVbZV1jMm3');
define('NONCE_KEY', '4oS4i:KwkOz:/$Z)&e]y@7m5B8FR<+zs+do=BmG~d<<EV@NQ:9h-GNnk*k/z77@K');
define('AUTH_SALT', '68|hC4*`4x-ehSRF][-(fR5S8-R|sQt]O}Lt(6&DJCU}v5#|]uh:)$iM+)h|?fR~');
define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'rW)-xV{c_BeO]x-G!,e$TBE(Fz|)9P0MhV+l/N.&80@O2GC:Fkd(?7Ft;M<;nMH4');
define('LOGGED_IN_SALT', 'XU.w FA[A{n#-$T[$+ OTm3gOo+AG`Z`HH<l&|QjTmk)@4v|-I;|SEccx9>ay$<x');
define('NONCE_SALT', 'AV_?7B/oX;mq-/,.h_eX-Dl-xm_zbG8.B]ySK~VUyVa>Rbx dNqd!&m-Fez}HiPq');
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Now change the MySQL database details:
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define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'wordpressuser');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');
. . .
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Then add the following line at the end to prevent WordPress from promting for FTP Server.
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define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');
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Verification
Finally visit your using your web browser to finish setting up WordPress:
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| http://harryvasanth.com
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