Install WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 / Fedora 26

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WordPress is the most widely used open source web blogging and content management software written in PHP and MySQL; even ITzGeek uses WordPress.

Here is the small tutorial on setting up WordPress installation with Nginx on Fedora 27 / Fedora 26.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, you might want to look at the following.

READ: Install EMP stack (Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP) on Fedora 27 / Fedora 26

READ: Install phpMyAdmin with Nginx on Fedora 27 / Fedora 26

Configuring Nginx

Let’s create a virtual host for WordPress installation.  Virtual host configuration files can be found in /etc/nginx/conf.d directory. Normally virtual host files contain a domain name, port number, document root, log location, fast CGI, etc., We have to keep that in mind before creating the file.

Assume the following,

Domain name : wordpress.itzgeek.local
Port No : 80
Document root: /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local
Logs : /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/logs

Create a virtual host.

vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/wordpress.conf

Place the following content.

server {
        listen 80;
        server_name wordpress.itzgeek.local;

        access_log /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/logs/access.log;
        error_log /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/logs/error.log;

location / {
        root /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local;
        index index.php index.html index.htm;

if (-f $request_filename) {
        expires 30d;
        break;
}

if (!-e $request_filename) {
        rewrite ^(.+)$ /index.php?q=$1 last;
        }
}

location ~ .php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME   /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param PATH_INFO               $fastcgi_script_name;
        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
}
}

Create document root and logs directory.

mkdir /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/
mkdir /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/logs

In Fedora, SELinux is enabled by default. Configure SELinux policies according to your requirement, here is the excellent tutorial about SELinux.

For this guide, I chose to disable SELinux.

setenforce 0

Verify the configuration files.

nginx -t

If you get the following, it means that virtual host entries are correct.

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

Restart the services.

systemctl restart nginx
systemctl restart php-fpm

Creating database

Login into MariaDB.

mysql -u root -p

Create the desired database for WordPress.

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

Create a user.

CREATE USER 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wppassword';

Grant the permission to the created user to access the database.

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost';

Exit from MariaDB shell.

exit

Configuring WordPress

Download the latest WordPress.

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

Extract it.

tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz

Move it to our document root.

mv wordpress/* /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/

Copy the wp-sample-config.php file and make it as wp-config.php file.

cp /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/wp-config-sample.php /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/wp-config.php

Edit the config file and mention the database information.

vi /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/wp-config.php

The default settings will look like below.

// ** 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');

Modified entries according to the created database user and database will look like this.

// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'wpuser');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'wppassword');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

Make the nginx as the owner of WordPress directory.

chown -R nginx:nginx /usr/share/nginx/wordpress.itzgeek.local/

Install WordPress

Open your browser and visit

http://fqdn

OR

http://wordpress.itzgeek.com

Enter the site information and click the Install WordPress.

Install WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 - WordPress Setup
Install WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 – WordPress Setup

The below page confirms that WordPress installation has been completed successfully. Click on continue.

Install WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 - WordPress Setup Completed
Install WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 – WordPress Setup Completed

You will now be asked to enter the password to access the WordPress admin section.

Install WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 - WPAdmin Login Page
Install WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 – WPAdmin Login Page

WordPress Admin Dashboard:

Insatall WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 - WPAdmin DashBoard
Install WordPress with Nginx on Fedora 27 – WPAdmin DashBoard

That’s All.

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