Setup Wordpress on CentOS 9 Stream

This is a guide on how to install Wordpress on CentOS 9 Stream but it will also work on older versions of CentOS.

Install CentOS 9 Stream on your server.

Update the system packages using the package manager:

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sudo dnf update</code> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-install-lamp-stack'>Install LAMP Stack</h3> <p>Install Apache web server:</p> <pre class="wp-block-code'><code>sudo dnf install httpd

Install MariaDB (MySQL compatible database server):

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sudo dnf install mariadb-server

Install PHP and required modules:

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sudo dnf install php php-mysqlnd php-gd php-xml php-mbstring

Configure the LAMP Stack:

Start and enable Apache:

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sudo systemctl start httpd sudo systemctl enable httpd

Start and enable MariaDB:

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sudo systemctl start mariadb sudo systemctl enable mariadb

Secure your MariaDB installation by running:

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sudo mysql_secure_installation</code> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-create-a-mysql-database-and-user'>Create a MySQL Database and User</h3> <p>Log in to the MariaDB server as the root user:</p> <pre class="wp-block-code'><code>sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database:

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CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

Create a new user and grant privileges to the database:

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CREATE USER 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpressuser'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</code> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-download-and-configure-wordpress'>Download and Configure WordPress</h3> Download the latest version of WordPress:</p> <pre class="wp-block-code'><code>sudo dnf install wget wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz

Move the extracted files to the Apache web root directory:

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sudo mv wordpress/* /var/www/html/

Configure the WordPress site by creating the wp-config.php file:

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cd /var/www/html/ sudo mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php sudo vi wp-config.php Update the database details in wp-config.php to match the database and user you created earlier

Set appropriate ownership and permissions for WordPress files:

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sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/

Edit the Apache configuration file:

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sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Update the DirectoryIndex directive to include index.php:

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DirectoryIndex index.php index.html Save the file and exit.

Restart Apache:

                    

                        

                            
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