#howtoinstallwordpressonavps

If you typed your password correctly, your VPSs name should display, and we can get down to business!   2. Install the Software You Need to Run WordPress To run WordPress, you need an HTTP server, a database, and PHP. For this tutorial, I will install Apache, MariaDB, and the latest version of PHP. Fortunately, you can do so in one fell swoop with a single command: 01 sudo yum install httpd mariadb mariadb-server php php-common php-mysql php-gd php-xml php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xmlrpc unzip wget -y This tells your server to download all of the necessary files and set them up. The process might take a few minutes depending on how fast your server is, and when everything’s ready, you’ll be able to type in more commands. Once the underlying software is ready, you need to initialize it and tell your server to boot it up every time. Here are the commands you’ll need to use: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 sudo systemctl start httpd sudo systemctl start mariadb sudo systemctl enable httpd sudo systemctl enable mariadb At this stage, there’s only one step left to go before you can install WordPress on a VPS server and start using it, and that’s to configure your database.   3. Configure MariaDB and Create a WordPress Database Before you can create a database for your website, you need to ‘secure’ your MariaDB installation so people can’t access it remotely. To get started, enter the following command: 01 sudo mysql_secure_installation Afterward, MariaDB will ask you for its root user password, which should be blank, so just hit the enter key. Then, you’ll be able to set a new root password. For the rest of the settings, hit Y for all of the remaining four options, particularly number three, which disallows remote logins. Now, login into your MariaDB account using the following command, and keep in mind you’ll need to enter the password you set a moment ago: 01 mysql -u root -p Once you’re in, there are four commands you need to run in turn. Each line below is an individual command, so keep that in mind. Also, remember to replace the user and password placeholders with a more secure pair for use with your database: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 CREATE DATABASE wordpress; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES on wordpress.* to 'user'@'localhost' identified by 'password'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit There you go! Your new database is ready for use, so let’s not keep it waiting.   4. Install and Run WordPress We have set up our infrastructure, and the final step is to download the software and install and configure it. Let’s kick things off with a quick series of commands to download the latest version of the platform, extract its files, and move them to your root directory. Keep in mind each of the lines below is an individual command you need to run separately: 01 02 03 04 05 wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz sudo cp -avr wordpress/* /var/www/html/ So far, so good. Now let’s create an Uploads folder for your installation and assign the correct permissions to your files and folders using the following two commands: 01 02 03 04 05 sudo mkdir /var/www/html/wp-content/uploads sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/ Finally, let’s rename your WordPress wp-config-sample.php file… 01 02 03 04 05 cd /var/www/html/ sudo mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php sudo nano wp-config.php …and configure it so it can connect to your database. The last command you ran will open the file using the nano editor within the command line. It’s a bit tricky to use, but navigate the file using your keyboard arrows and replace the following fields with the same data you entered during step number three: 01 02 03 04 05 define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress'); define('DB_USER', 'user'); define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'); After updating those fields, type CTRL+O and CTRL+X on your keyboard. The former will save the changes you made to the file, while the latter will close the nano editor. All that is  left to do now; is to configure your VPS to allow HTTP and HTTPS connections with these commands: 01 02 03 04 05 sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https sudo firewall-cmd --reload Once you run them, you’ll be able to access the WordPress installer by visiting your VPSs at http://yourvpsipgoeshere, replacing the placeholder accordingly. That’s it! We went through many commands, but the process itself is pretty simple when you realize it’s mostly copying, pasting, and following instructions. With this guide, you’ll be able to install WordPress on a VPS server. Read the full article