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2025-05-18T16:22:10Z
<p>Whamtet: /* Config and start MySql */</p>
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<div>[https://wordpress.org/ WordPress] is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. For Wordpress a bunch of [https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ plugins] are available.<br />
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== Install lighttpd, PHP, and MySql ==<br />
{{:Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI}}<br />
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Install extra packages:<br />
{{Cmd|apk add wget mysql mysql-client php82-mysqli}}<br />
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Restart Lighttpd:<br />
{{Cmd|rc-service lighttpd restart}}<br />
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== Installing and configuring WordPress ==<br />
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Create a directory named {{Path|webapps}}<br />
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{{Cmd|mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/}}<br />
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Download the latest Wordpress source files <br />
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{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/<br />
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz}}<br />
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Unpack the archive and delete it afterwards<br />
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{{Cmd|tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz<br />
rm latest.tar.gz}}<br />
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Change the folder persmissions<br />
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{{Cmd|chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/}}<br />
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Create a symlink to the {{Path|wordpress}} folder<br />
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{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/wordpress/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress}}<br />
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== Config and start MySql ==<br />
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{{Cmd|<nowiki>/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql<br />
/etc/init.d/mariadb setup<br />
rc-service mariadb start && rc-update add mariadb default<br />
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'</nowiki>}}<br />
(Change the 'password' to a strong password)<br />
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==Create the WordPress database==<br />
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{{Cmd|mysql -u root -p}}<br />
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{{Cmd|CREATE DATABASE wordpress;<br />
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpress password';<br />
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;<br />
EXIT}}<br />
(Change the 'wordpress password' to a strong password)<br />
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== Config your WordPress ==<br />
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Browse to <br />
<nowiki>http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/wordpress/</nowiki><br />
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* Click on: "Create a Configuration File"<br />
* Click on: "Let’s go!"<br />
:* Database Name: wordpress<br />
:* User Name: wordpress<br />
:* Password: <wordpress password><br />
:* Database Host: localhost<br />
:* Table Prefix: wp_<br />
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You may need create the wp-config.php manually, so modify define the 'DB_NAME', DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD, then copy and paste the text into it.<br />
After you've done that, click "Run the install."<br />
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* Enter Information as needed<br />
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:* Site Title<br />
:* Username<br />
:* Password, twice<br />
:* Your E-mail<br />
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After you've done that, click "Install WordPress" <br />
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You have WordPress working, to access go to <nowiki>http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/wordpress</nowiki> and enjoy!<br />
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[[Category:SQL]]</div>
Whamtet