Here are steps on how to install Wordpress on a Hosteons.com VPS or Dedicated Server with Ubuntu 16.x as OS:
Wordpress Require Web Server, PHP and Mysql, we are going to install Apache for Web Server and PHP 7.0 for PHP
Step 1: Install Apache:
To install Apache web server, issue the command below:
# apt-get install apache2 apache2-utils
Now start Apache and also enable Apache to start automatically on every reboot:
# systemctl enable apache2
# systemctl start apache2
By default root directory for Apache Web Server is /var/www/html, so we are going to store/upload all fines in this directory.
Step 2: Install MySQL:
Install Mysql as Under:
#apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server
While installation of Mysql Database Server is going on you will be asked to enter Mysql Root Password, please enter a secure password, you will need to type same password twice.
Once mysql is installed run following command to secure mysql installation:
#mysql_secure_installation
Step 3: Install PHP and required PHP Modules:
Install PHP As under:
# apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-mysql libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-cgi php7.0-gd
Step 4: Download and Install WordPress
Download the latest WordPress package and extract it by issuing the commands below on the terminal:
First change to our Apache Root Directory:
# cd /var/www/html
Download Wordpress:
# wget -c http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
Now untar and unzip wordpress files:
# tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
Now copy wordpress files to /var/www/html as untarred files are extracted in a sub-directory - wordpress.
# cp -R ./wordpress/* ./*
Now remove all unneeded files and directories:
# rm -rf ./wordpress ./latest.tar.gz
Now set required file and directory permissions so that apache can access wordpress files:
# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/
# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/
Step 5: Create Database for Wordpress:
Run the command below and provide the mysql root user password, then hit Enter to move to the mysql shell:
# mysql -u root -p
At the mysql shell, type the following commands, pressing Enter after each line of a mysql command. Replace wp_user with a username of your choice, and wp_password with a secure password:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE wp_blog;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wp_blog.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wp_password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> EXIT;
Go the /var/www/html/ directory and rename existing wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php:
# cd /var/www/html
# mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
Now update wp-config.php with your database information under the MySQL settings section
Now restart the Apache web server and mysql service using the commands below:
# systemctl restart apache2.service
# systemctl restart mysql.service
Also delete the default index.html or index.htm file from /var/www/html else it won't open worpdress:
# cd /var/www/html
# rm -rf index.htm index.html
Now Open your web browser and go to http://your_server_ip and it should start Wordpress Installation/Configuration Wizard just follow it and your Wordpress Installation should be ready.
