WordPress Installation using LAMP

WordPress WordPress is an open source and free blogging application and a dynamic CMS (Content Management System) developed using MySQL and PHP. WordPress currently one of the most popular blogging platform available on the internet and used by millions of people across the globe. LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) Is an open source Web application platform that runs on Linux systems.

Step 1: Downloading WordPress 3.5 for Apache [root@linux2 ~]# cd /usr/local/src/ [root@linux2 ~]# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Step 2: Extracting WordPress 3.5 for Apache [root@linux2 src]# tar -zxvf wordpress-3.5.1.tar_2.gz -C /var/www/html

Step 3: Creating MySQL Database for WordPress Connect to MySQL server and run the following commands to create database and grant privileges. [root@linux2 ~]# mysql -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 3 Server version: 5.1.52 Source distribution mysql> CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "Your-Password"; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> create database wordpress; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) mysql> GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> show grants for wordpress@localhost; +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Grants for wordpress@localhost                                                                                   | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | GRANT USAGE ON *.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY PASSWORD '*C260A4F79FA905AF65142FFE0B9A14FE0E1519CC' | | GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `wordpress`.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost'                                                 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) ## Exit ## exit

Step 4: Creating Apache VirtualHost for WordPress Update the virtaulHost section. [root@linux2 ~]# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf <VirtualHost *:80>   ServerAdmin ranjith@test1.com   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress   ServerName wordpress   ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress-error-log   CustomLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress-acces-log common </VirtualHost> [root@linux2 ~]# apachectl configtest [root@linux2 ~]# service httpd restart Edit /etc/hosts file with the following entry. 127.0.0.1  wordpress

Step 5: Configuring WordPress Installation Copy default wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php to configure WordPress installation. [root@linux2 ~]# cd /var/www/html/wordpress [root@linux2 wordpress]# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php [root@linux2 wordpress]# vi wp-config.php Modify the following database settings with the details created in step 3. // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** // /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here'); /** MySQL database username */ define('DB_USER', 'username_here'); /** MySQL database password */ define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here'); /** 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', '');

Step 6: Finishing WordPress Installation Open your browser and type any of the following address. http://wordpress/ http://localhost http://your-ip

Give your Site Title, Create Admin User, Create Admin Password, Enter Your E-Mail and then click on Install button.

Login into your WordPress Dashboard.