WordPress
This is how to create a WordPress site. Assumes you have permissions on the CS web server (see admins if not).
WordPress Setup
1. Unzip the file and name it “ wordpress-site name”
- tar -xvzf wp_download.tar.gz // This file lies in /var/www b. mv wordpress/ wordpress-sitename
2. Create a mysql database with the name “w p_ sitename”
- mysql -u root -p // You will need the password
- MariaDB [(none)]> create database w p _sitename;
- MariaDB [(none)]> exit
3. Rename the config file and edit it
- cd wordpress-sitename/
- mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
- vi wp-config.php // Here you will be editing the Mysql settings
You will need the name of the database, username (root or wpadmin should work) and the corresponding password:
The edited version should look like:
- // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
- /** The name of the database for WordPress */
- define('DB_NAME', 'wp_sitename');
- /** MySQL database username */
- define('DB_USER', username);
- /** MySQL database password */
- define('DB_PASSWORD', password);
- /** MySQL hostname */
- define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
- /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */ define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
- /** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */ define('DB_COLLATE', );
Everything else in this file should remain the same.
- You can also view similar files to make sure the config file is setup properly, and copy the username and password for database from there.
- view ../wordpress-datascience/wp-config.php
4. Change owner and permissions
- chown -R www-data:www-data wordpress-sitename/
- chmod -R 755 wordpress-sitename/
- mkdir -p /var/www/wordpress-sitename/wp-content/uploads
- chown -R :www-data /var/www/wordpress-sitename/wp-content/uploads/
5. Setting up the website and ssl cert
- cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
- cp datascience.cs.earlham.edu-ssl.conf sitename.cs.earlham.edu-ssl.conf
- Edit the .conf file and change the word datascience to your sitename
vi sitename.cs.earlham.edu-ssl.conf
- Create a link from sites-available to sites-enabled
- ln -s sitename.cs.earlham.edu-ssl.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/sitename.cs.earlham.edu-ssl.conf
6. Enable the site
- a2ensite sitename.cs.earlham.edu-ssl.conf b. service apache2 reload
- service apache2 restart
This will enable the website - ask admins to create DNS entry
7. Install WordPress and enjoy!
