WordPress Installation and Configuration Wordpress on LAMP
Example
I have tested the following steps on Amazon EC2 with Ubuntu 14.04
Here is a summary of command lines to install LAMP technology stack (before installing wordpress):
1: Install LAMP technology stack
Update linux
#> sudo apt-get update -> update package repositories information
#> sudo apt-get upgrade -> install package upgrades
Install apache2
#> sudo apt-get install apache2
Install php
#> sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt
Install mysql
#> sudo apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysql
Install phpmyadmin
#> sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
In case thing went wrong, remove installed package and its configuration file(s)
#> sudo apt-get purge package_name
Once the stack is installed here is the steps to complete wordpress installation:
2: Install WordPress
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wget https://wordpress.org/latest.zip -
sudo mkdir /var/www/wordpress -
Move zip file into /var/www/wordpress and extract.
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cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/ -
sudo cp 000-default.conf wordpress.conf -
Modify wordpress.conf so apache2 knows to forward any request or your domain to the wordpress app folder.
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sudo a2ensite wordpress.conf -
sudo service apache2 restart -
Go to PhpMyAdmin via your browser by youdomain.com/phpmyadmin . Create a new user “wordpress” and check to create the corresponding database.
cd /var/www/wordpress -
sudo cp wp-config-example.php wp-config.php -
Modify config file to add your MySQL wordpress database information.
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sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress -
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/wordpress/ -
Open browser and type in your domain. You should see the WordPress installation page. Follow the instruction and you are done!
