Install WordPress 3.6.1 Using LAMP or LEMP on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

Well, on the internet you will find a number of good and better ways to install WordPress on Linux, but this installation guide is prepared for my future reference as well as for those beginners who are new toWordPressandLinuxplatform. In this installation I will show you’ll how to install latestWordPress 3.6.1onRHEL 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8,CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8andFedora 19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12distributions.

This guide has two way of installation, one is usingLAMP(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and other isLEMP(Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP). So, please select your installation method based on your web servers. Before moving ahead let me provide you a little description aboutWordPress,LAMP&LEMP.

What Is WordPress?

WordPressis an open source and free blogging application and a dynamic CMS (Content Management System) developed usingMySQLandPHP. It has huge number of third party plugins and themes. WordPress currently one of the most popular blogging platform available on the internet and used by millions of people across the globe.

What Is LAMP and LEMP?

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) is an open source Web application platform that runs on Linux systems. Apache and Nginx both are Web servers, MySQL is RDMS (Relational Database Management System) and PHP is a server side scripting language.

As I said above the installation method has two ways, one is usingApacheand other isNginx. So I have named itAandB. Those who want to installWordPresson theirApacheserver they can useAmethod and those who want to installWordPressusingNginxthey can follow methodB. In case, if you don’t haveLAMPorLEMPsetup on your systems, please use the following guides to install it.

• LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) setup on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora
• LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) setup on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

Method A: Installing WordPress 3.6.1 for Apache on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

ThisMethod Ainstallation guide shows you how to install latestWordPress 3.6.1usingLAMPsetup onRHEL 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8,CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8andFedora 19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12.

Step 1: Downloading WordPress 3.6.1 for Apache

You must be root user to download the package.

# cd /tmp
# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Step 2: Extracting WordPress 3.6.1 for Apache

Once the download finishes, run the following command to untar it.

# tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/html

Step 3: Creating MySQL Database WordPress

Connect toMySQLserver and run the following commands to create database and grant privileges.

## Connect to MySQL Server & Enter Password (if any or leave blank)## 
mysql -u root -p
Enter password:

## Creating New User for WordPress Database ##
CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "your_password_here";

## Create New Database ##
create database wordpress;

## Grant Privileges to Database ##
GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost;

## FLUSH privileges ##
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

## Exit ##
exit

Please replace text a shown inRedcolor with your appropriateDatabase Name,UserandPassword. These settings we will required later.

Step 4: Creating Apache VirtualHost for WordPress

Open the file/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.confwithVIeditor.

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following lines of code at the bottom of the file. Replace the text shown inRedcolor with your required settings.

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerAdmin [email protected]
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress
  ServerName wordpress
  ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress-error-log
  CustomLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress-acces-log common
</VirtualHost>

Next, restart theApacheservice to reflect changes.

# service httpd restart

Add the following line to/etc/hostsfile.

127.0.0.1  wordpress

Step 5: Configuring WordPress Installation

Copy defaultwp-config-sample.phptowp-config.phpto configure WordPress installation.

# cd /var/www/html/wordpress
# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Openwp-config.phpfile.

# vi wp-config.php

Modify the following database settings as we created in theStep #3above.

// ** 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 yourSite Title,Create Admin User,Create Admin Password,Enter Your E-Mailand then click onInstallbutton.

Login into your WordPress Dashboard.

Enter your WordPress Login details.

Welcome to WordPress Dashboard.

View your New WordPress blog.

Method B: Installing WordPress 3.6.1 for Nginx on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

Step 1: Creating WordPress Directories for Nginx

# mkdir -p /srv/www/wordpress/public_html
# mkdir /srv/www/wordpress/logs
# chown -R nginx:nginx /srv/www/wordpress

Step 2: Downloading and Extracting WordPress 3.6.1 for Nginx

cd /tmp
# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
# tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz -C /srv/www/wordpress/public_html --strip-components=1

Step 3: Creating MySQL Database WordPress

Connect toMySQLserver and run the following commands to create database and grant privileges.

## Connect to MySQL Server & Enter Password (if any or leave blank)## 
mysql -u root -p
Enter password:

## Creating New User for WordPress Database ##
CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "your_password_here";

## Create New Database ##
create database wordpress;

## Grant Privileges to Database ##
GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost;

## FLUSH privileges ##
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

## Exit ##
exit

Please replace text a shown inRedcolor with your appropriateDatabase Name,UserandPassword. These settings we will required later.

Step 4: Creating Nginx VirtualHost For WordPress

If you’ve followed ourLEMPguide these directories are already created. In case, if not then please create it by running these commands.

# mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-available
# mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

Add the following line of code to/etc/nginx/nginx.conffile,Afterthe line that says “include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf.

include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;

Next create Nginx virtualhost file for WordPress.

# vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress

Add the following content to/etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpressfile.

server {
    server_name wordpress;
    access_log /srv/www/wordpress/logs/access.log;
    error_log /srv/www/wordpress/logs/error.log;
    root /srv/www/wordpress/public_html;

    location / {
        index index.php;
    }

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

    # Allow robots and disable logging
    location = /robots.txt {
        allow all;
        log_not_found off;
        access_log off;
    }

    # Enable permalink structures
    if (!-e $request_filename) {
        rewrite . /index.php last;
    }

    # Handle php requests
    location ~ \.php$ {
        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /srv/www/wordpress/public_html$fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    # Disable static content logging and set cache time to max
    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }

    # Deny access to htaccess and htpasswd files
    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny  all;
    }
}

Create symlink for sites enabled directory.

# cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
# ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress

Restart the Nginx server to reflect changes.

# service nginx restart

Add the following line to/etc/hostsfile.

127.0.0.1  wordpress

Step 5: Configuring WordPress Installation

Copy defaultwp-config-sample.phptowp-config.phpto configure WordPress installation.

# cd /srv/www/wordpress/public_html
# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Modify the following database settings as we created in theStep #3above.

// ** 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', '');

Now followSTEP 6above for the WordPress installation.

In case, if you are having any trouble while installing please do let me know via comments and don’t forget to share this article with your friends.