WordPress Installation Guide on Nginx

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Introduction

This guide outlines the steps to install WordPress on an Nginx server with SSL support.

Prerequisites

  • A server with Ubuntu
  • Access to a terminal
  • Domain name pointed to your server's IP address

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2. Create an Ubuntu Server on Vultr and Log In via SSH

  1. Log in to your Vultr account.
  2. Click on "Deploy New Server."
  3. Choose "Ubuntu 22.04" as your server image.
  4. Select your desired server location and plan.
  5. Deploy the server.
  6. Once the server is ready, log in via SSH using the root user.

Steps

3. Update the Package Index

sudo apt update

4. Install Nginx

sudo apt install nginx

5. Configure Firewall

sudo ufw enable
sudo ufw status
sudo ufw allow ssh  # Port 22
sudo ufw allow http # Port 80
sudo ufw allow https # Port 443

6. Set Up DNS Records

Add an A record for @ and www to your domain pointing to your server's IP address.

7. Install Certbot for SSL

sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx

8. Configure Nginx for WordPress

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

Add the following to the location part of the server block:

server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;

  server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;
  root /var/www/wordpress;
  index index.php index.html index.htm;

  location / {
      try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
  }

  location ~ \.php$ {
      include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
      fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
      fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
      include fastcgi_params;
  }

  location ~ /\.ht {
      deny all;
  }
}

9. Obtain SSL Certificates

sudo certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com -d www.yourdomain.com

10. Install PHP and MySQL

sudo apt install php-fpm php-mysql

11. Configure PHP-FPM

sudo nano /etc/php/8.1/fpm/pool.d/www.conf

Find and set the listen directive:

listen = 127.0.0.1:9000

Restart PHP-FPM:

sudo systemctl restart php8.1-fpm

12. Download and Set Up WordPress

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/wordpress
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress
cd /var/www/wordpress
sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
sudo tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz --strip-components=1
sudo cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

13. Install MySQL and Set Up Database

sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo mysql -u root -p

Run the following commands in the MySQL shell:

CREATE USER 'test'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'test'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
CREATE DATABASE yourdatabasename;

14. Configure WordPress Database Credentials

sudo nano wp-config.php

Set up your database credentials:

define( 'DB_NAME', 'yourdatabasename' );
define( 'DB_USER', 'test' );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'your_password' );
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );
define( 'DB_CHARSET', 'utf8' );
define( 'DB_COLLATE', '' );

Conclusion

You have successfully installed WordPress on your Nginx server with SSL. You can now visit your domain at yourdomain.com to complete the WordPress setup through the web interface.

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