setup wordpress on ubuntu

steps

1. setup lamp

   1. apache

       $ sudo apt-get insatll apache2
      

   2. mysql

       $ sudo apt-get install mysql-server php5-mysql
      
       $ sudo mysql_install_db
      
       $ sudo mysql_secure_installation
      

   3. php

       $ sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt
      
       $ sudo pico /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf
       <IfModule mod_dir.c>
           DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.html index.htm
       </IfModule>
      
       # move index.php to first position
      
       $ sudo service apache2 restart
      

   4. php modules

       # 1. search
       $ apt-cache search php5-
      
       ...
       result
       ...
      
       # 2. more info
       $ apt-cache show php5-cli
      
       # 3. install
       $ sudo apt-get install php5-cli
      

   5. test php processing

       # 1. php code
       $ sudo pico /var/www/html/info.php
       <?php phpinfo(); ?>
      
       # 2. visit
       http://localhost/info.php
      

2. create database and user

   1. create database

       $ mysql -u root -p
       mysql> create database wordpress;
      

   2. create user

       mysql> create user wordpressuser@localhost identified by 'node';
      

   3. granting

       mysql> grant all privileges on wordpress.* to wordpressuser@localhost;
       mysql> flush privileges;
       mysql exit;
      

3. setup wordpress

   1. download wordpress

       $ cd
       $ wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
       $ tar zxvf latest.tar.gz
      

   2. config wordpress

       $ cd wordpress
       $ cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
       $ pico wp-config.php
      
       # settings for database
       define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
       define('DB_USER', 'wordpressuser');
       define('DB_PASSWORD', 'node');
      

   3. copy files to document root

       # 1. copy files
       $ sudo rsync -avP ~/wordpress /var/www/html/
      
       # 2. assign ownership
       $ cd /var/www/html
       $ sudo chown -R node:www-data *
      
       # 3. forder for uploads
       $ mkdir /var/www/html/wp-content/uploads
      
       # 4. assign ownership
       $ sudo chown -R :www-data /var/www/html/wp-content/uploads
      

   4. complete installation through the web-ui

       # 1. visit
       http://localhost
      
       # 2. fill info
       site title
       username
       password
       email
      
       click `install wordpress`
      
       # 3. log in
      

   5. optional config pretty permalinks for wordpress

       # 1. url rewrites
       $ sudo pico /etc/apache2/site-available/000-default.conf
      
       <VirtualHost *:80>
           ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
           DocumentRoot /var/www/html
           ServerName 127.0.0.1
           <Directory /var/www/html/>
               AllowOverride All
           </Directory>
           . . .
      
       # 2. enable the rewrite module
       $ sudo a2enmod rewrite
      
       # 3. restart
       $ sudo service apache2 restart
      
       # 4. create `.htaccess` file
       $ touch /var/www/html/.htaccess
       $ sudo chown :www-data /var/www/html/.htaccess
      
       # 5. change permalinks
       # settings -> permalinks
      

4. config for wordpress

   1. wordpress.conf

       $ cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
       $ sudo pico wordpress.conf
       <VirtualHost *:8888>
      
           ServerName 127.0.0.1
           ServerAlias www.wp.com
           DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress
      
           ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/wordpress.error.log
           CustomLog /var/log/apache2/wordpress.custom.log combined
      
           <Directory />
           Require all granted
           </Directory>
      
       </VirtualHost>
      

   2. ports.conf

       $ cd /etc/apache2
       $ sudo pico ports.conf
       # If you just change the port or add more ports here, you will likely also
       # have to change the VirtualHost statement in
       # /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf
      
       Listen 8080
       Listen 8888
      
       <IfModule ssl_module>
               Listen 443
       </IfModule>
      
       <IfModule mod_gnutls.c>
               Listen 443
       </IfModule>
      
       # vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet
       Listen 8800
      

references

1. how-to-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-14-04