install wordpress on ubuntu nginx lemp command line apache debian

install wordpress on ubuntu command line for nginx and apache lamp & lemp stack.

Table of Contents

prerequisites install WordPress on ubuntu

installed lemp server i.e lnixu, nginx mysql, php-fpm

a.create database

part 1: use Shell script to install WordPress

Part 2: & add database details

Part 3: configure nginx server block for new website root directory

Part 4: access installation from website browser /wp-install.php or /wp-admin/

also check clone wordpress on linux command line

how to install wordpress on ubuntu LEMP nginx

sudo apt install nginx
sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo apt install php-pear php-fpm php-dev php-zip php-curl php-xmlrpc php-gd php-mysql php-mbstring php-xml sudo service nginx restart

check browser and then follow wp installation

// Take care of errors

LEMP install on ubuntu

Start here if already have live server.

Creation mysql database from command line – install wordpress on ubuntu

step 1 create database

mysql -u username -p u=useranme p=passowrd

mysql -u root -p enter this command and enter sql password.

Step 2 create database dbname;

CTRL+C to exit mysql

step 2Add permission to mysql user (if necessary)

For mysql root no need to assign privileges.

grant usage on *.* to username@localhost identified by ‘password’;

grant all privileges on dbname.* to username@localhost;

Starts here install wordpress on ubuntu (Apache / nginx Debian)

step 1: create new directory – install wordpress on ubuntu

1.a create new directory

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/yourwebsitedirectory.com

1.b change permission to 755 (opiontal_

Note By default newly created permissions will be 755

chmod -R 755 /home/pubclubindia/epf/burnbelly.in

1.c Navigate to the directory

cd /var/www/html/yourwebsitedirectory.com

step 2: Download WordPress & Unzip – install wordpress on ubuntu

2.1a download the WordPress from below file by command line directly

wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

root@localhost:/var/www/html/files# wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
–2021-07-14 10:21:12– https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
Resolving wordpress.org (wordpress.org)… 198.143.164.252
Connecting to wordpress.org (wordpress.org)|198.143.164.252|:443… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 15750424 (15M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘latest.tar.gz’

latest.tar.gz 100%[===================>] 15.02M 5.86MB/s in 2.6s

2021-07-14 10:21:16 (5.86 MB/s) – ‘latest.tar.gz’ saved [15750424/15750424]

step 2.a unzip tar wordpress zip on ubutu commandline

tar xfz latest.tar.gz

By default WordPress extracts in WordPress folder. then you have to move top level folder

step 3: Move files top directory from wordpress folder.

mv wordpress/* ./

step 4: Delete folder and zip archive – install wordpress on ubuntu

rmdir ./wordpress/

rm -f latest.tar.gz

The shortcut or Shell Script

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/yourwebsitedirectory.com && cd /var/www/html/yourwebsitedirectory.com && wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz && tar xfz latest.tar.gz && mv wordpress/* ./ && rmdir ./wordpress/ && rm -f latest.tar.gz

copy to notepad find and replace yourwebsitedirectory.com to yourwebsite.com

If you created database already

DON’T FORGET change ownership server user either nginx or www-data apche2

sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/yourwebsitedirectory.com

ex: sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/stories

rename & Edit WordPress wp-config.php ubtunu

rename

mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

added db details.

sudo nano ./wp-config.php

by deaflut wp-config.php not present in new install

we have added changes to wp-config-sample.php

visit the website in browser and add site tile and install. you can do it without adding DB details in wp-confing php also.

https://youtu.be/Q4uHhuwKZQQ

make sure change permissions before installing a plugin..

also you can copy existing plugins & themes other website in same server.

all

cp source to destination more at CP command

cp -r /var/www/html/wordpress1.in/wp-content/themes/* /var/www/html/woprdpress2.com/wp-content/themes/

cp -r /var/www/html/wordpress1.in/wp-content/plugins/* /var/www/html/woprdpress2.com/wp-content/plugins/

to verify

ls – l /var/www/html/woprdpress2.com/wp-content/themes/

single

cp -r /var/www/html/wordpress1.in/wp-content/plugins/pluginname /var/www/html/woprdpress2.com/wp-content/plugins/pluginname

change ownership of wordpress directory root server user (imp)

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/files/

sudo chown -R jagdisshanandh:jagdisshanandh /var/www/*

3rd way fast nginx shell script install wordpress on ubuntu

Part 1 DB creation part

1.mysql -u root -prootpass -e “create database dbname;”

user creation example below:

sudo mysql -e “CREATE USER ‘datadog’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘h3ub7BmyGv UL5TskBFlG9rF’;”
mysql -u root -prootpasss -e “CREATE USER ‘datadog’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘h3ub7BmyGv UL5TskBFlG9rF’;”

Part 2 wp & db details add

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/website.com && cd /var/www/html/website.com && wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz && tar xfz latest.tar.gz && mv wordpress/* ./ && rmdir ./wordpress/ && rm -f latest.tar.gz && mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php && sudo nano ./wp-config.php

b. Change database details c. save file and exit by (CTRLX+X and Then type and Press Enter)

tail /var/log/nginx/error.log

Part 3 server block domain to directory setup for nginx

cat >/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/website <<EOF
server {
listen 80;
root /var/www/html/website/;
server_name website.com www.website.com;
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/global.config; #remaining info
}
EOF

website = website directory

cat >/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/files <<EOF
server {
listen 443;
root /var/www/html/files/;
server_name file.sarkariresult.in;
include /etc/nginx/conf.d/global.config;
}
EOF

incase ssl https nginx server block configuration

cat >/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/website.com<<EOF
server {
listen 443;
root /var/www/html/website.com/;
server_name website.com www.website.com;
ssl_certificate /etc/nginx/ssl/certname.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/nginx/ssl/certname.key;
location / {

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

}

location ~ \.php$ {

include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;

#fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;

fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;

}
}
EOF

also nginx server block explained

verify and reload the server

nginx -t && nginx -s reload

etc/nginx/sites-enabled/yourdesiredname

Create or upload ssl certificates to a folder and point theme more at nginx ssl certificate configuration

above code

nano /etc/nginx/ssl/certname.pem

//add code and save

nano /etc/nginx/ssl/certname.key

global.config; need to edit o directly above for php settings

//ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/website.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/website.com

chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/

Point domain IP to Server IP.

wordpress nginx server block sample

server {
            listen 80;
            root /var/www/html/wordpress/public_html;
            index index.php index.html;
            server_name SUBDOMAIN.DOMAIN.TLD;

	    access_log /var/log/nginx/SUBDOMAIN.access.log;
    	    error_log /var/log/nginx/SUBDOMAIN.error.log;

            location / {
                         try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
            }

            location ~ \.php$ {
                         include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
                         fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock; #8.1 php version or tcp port
            }
            
            location ~ /\.ht {
                         deny all;
            }

            location = /favicon.ico {
                         log_not_found off;
                         access_log off;
            }

            location = /robots.txt {
                         allow all;
                         log_not_found off;
                         access_log off;
           }
       
            location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
                         expires max;
                         log_not_found off;
           }
}


sample 2

# Redirect HTTP -> HTTPS
server {
listen 80;
server_name www.sample.com sample.com;

include snippets/letsencrypt.conf;
return 301 https://sample.com$request_uri;
}

# Redirect WWW -> NON-WWW
server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name www.sample.com;

ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/sample.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/sample.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/sample.com/chain.pem;
include snippets/ssl.conf;

return 301 https://sample.com$request_uri;
}

server {
listen 443 ssl http2;
server_name sample.com;

root /var/www/html/sample.com;
index index.php;

# SSL parameters
ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/sample.com/fullchain.pem;
ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/sample.com/privkey.pem;
ssl_trusted_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/sample.com/chain.pem;
include snippets/ssl.conf;
include snippets/letsencrypt.conf;

# log files
access_log /var/log/nginx/sample.com.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/sample.com.error.log;

location = /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}

location = /robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}

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

location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
}

location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg)$ {
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}
}