{"id":23,"date":"2019-04-19T14:23:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T19:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scythk.com\/?p=23"},"modified":"2019-04-19T17:34:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T22:34:41","slug":"install-wordpress-on-lamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scythk.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/19\/install-wordpress-on-lamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Install WordPress on LAMP"},"content":{"rendered":"

After installing LAMP on your VPS<\/a>, you can now install WordPress to build your own website.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Setup MySQL<\/span><\/h2>\n

First, create database and user for wordpress. Login to MySQL.<\/p>\n

sudo mysql -u root -p\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Create a new database.<\/p>\n
CREATE DATABASE wordpress DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Create a new user. Replace\nwpuser<\/em> and passwd<\/em> with your own.<\/p>\n
CREATE USER wpuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'passwd';\nGRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO wpuser@localhost;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Refresh privileges and quit.<\/p>\n
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nEXIT;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
<\/span>Setup WordPress<\/span><\/h2>\n
Download the latest version of WordPress.<\/p>\n
cd ~\ncurl -O https:\/\/wordpress.org\/latest.tar.gz\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Create a WordPress configuration by copying the sample one.<\/p>\n
cp -a wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php\nnano wp-config.php\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Replace DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD with what you’ve used in last step<\/p>\n
define( 'DB_NAME', 'wordpress' );\n\/** MySQL database username *\/\ndefine( 'DB_USER', 'wpuser' );\n\/** MySQL database password *\/\ndefine( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'passwd' );\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Generate secret key from WordPress website.<\/p>\n
curl -s https:\/\/api.wordpress.org\/secret-key\/1.1\/salt\/\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
You’ll get something like that.<\/p>\n
define('AUTH_KEY',         '8%Q})6%~Kjb|)s|24PF r1+5>&X<w{kJ3Kgq6|6cG4*AxX`&FcO\/acj)<meN7dte');\ndefine('SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'n=h$|JPp,8}nmqM+B7d }(Pl{3Sj`LiPbh(ulTpm.p[*5rOj,ju$hclOioJC6`J7');\ndefine('LOGGED_IN_KEY',    '1<2!I<Y7Kj0G+|7+-]>+Cgc>1,xGK)HfLh3suL%a0|O9M{\/~HFM0wf{pU{aU!qd&');\ndefine('NONCE_KEY',        '<6ZuCiM+C-9xjrb[[-[V_Wvk#LIj!] Uz{#sKB_~37LC=n|K7F6WNpide,(o;xJk');\ndefine('AUTH_SALT',        '5m0&wCfz(>{494-i>1sG9?oTBd]hD)g_##C7Q@%\/21ZYK2%S>^`k#w&<X).8krbi');\ndefine('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', '3)uP@J(|^#duOj+%Y1pCC)4MAR2XbJK.HzF{`gTrU kZruh1lp:=7bn<nfe6kDo~');\ndefine('LOGGED_IN_SALT',   '&,F+qx22+<oN$-|{AWko|HPp$t*DVc.Gylu[3|jYL96GPh]3%L$xjN7^|LJ$)b#O');\ndefine('NONCE_SALT',       'mi;u+-:fp E!Qp5%uBAfZ|-.>R Jg]U&{miZa4#J*5EAIpJ0^xd+nj#0CXGL+`+-');\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Replace the corresponding config in wp-config.php.<\/p>\n
Add<\/p>\n
define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
to the end of the file.<\/p>\n
Now copy all files to the website root.<\/p>\n
sudo cp -a ~\/wordpress\/* \/var\/www\/html\nsudo chown -R www-data \/var\/www\/html\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
Open your website in browser and follow the instruction. And now you are all set!<\/p>\n
<\/span>Trouble shooting<\/span><\/h3>\n
Some possible reasons that you cannot reach your website.<\/p>\n