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WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. For Wordpress a bunch of plugins are available.

Install lighttpd, PHP, and MySql

Basic Installation

For installing the additional packages first activate community packages and update the package index

Install the required packages:

# apk add lighttpd php82 fcgi php82-cgi

Configure Lighttpd

Edit lighttpd.conf (/etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf) and uncomment the line:

Contents of /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

...
include "mod_fastcgi.conf"
...

Edit mod_fastcgi.conf (/etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf), find and change /usr/bin/php-cgi to /usr/bin/php-cgi82.

Contents of /etc/lighttpd/mod_fastcgi.conf

...
"bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi82" # php-cgi
...

Start `lighttpd` service and add it to default runlevel

# rc-service lighttpd start # rc-update add lighttpd default

Install extra packages:

apk add wget mysql mysql-client php82-mysqli

Restart Lighttpd:

rc-service lighttpd restart

Installing and configuring WordPress

Create a directory named webapps

mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/

Download the latest Wordpress source files

cd /usr/share/webapps/ wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Unpack the archive and delete it afterwards

tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz rm latest.tar.gz

Change the folder persmissions

chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/

Create a symlink to the wordpress folder

ln -s /usr/share/webapps/wordpress/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress

Config and start MySql

/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql rc-service mariadb start && rc-update add mariadb default /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'

(Change the 'password' to a strong password)

Create the WordPress database

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE wordpress; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpress password'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT

(Change the 'wordpress password' to a strong password)

Config your WordPress

Browse to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/wordpress/

Click on: "Create a Configuration File"
Click on: "Let’s go!"

Database Name: wordpress
User Name: wordpress
Password: <wordpress password>
Database Host: localhost
Table Prefix: wp_

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. After you've done that, click "Run the install."

Enter Information as needed

Site Title
Username
Password, twice
Your E-mail

After you've done that, click "Install WordPress"

You have WordPress working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/wordpress and enjoy!

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-== Set up WordPress on Alpine Linux ==
+[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.
-WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog.
-This document will be a quick c/p guide to setup WordPress on Alpine linux. What we will setup is the following:
-* Lighttpd with PHP
-* MySql
-* WordPress
 == Install lighttpd, PHP, and MySql ==
+{{:Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI}}
- apk add nano php php-mysql mysql mysql-client lighttpd
+Install extra packages:
+{{Cmd|apk add wget mysql mysql-client php82-mysqli}}
-== Configuring Lighttpd==
+Restart Lighttpd:
+{{Cmd|rc-service lighttpd restart}}
-'''Edit lighttpd.conf'''
+== Installing and configuring  WordPress ==
-  nano +46 /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
-Uncomment line:
- uncoment    include "mod_fastcgi.conf", save and exit
+Create a directory named {{Path|webapps}}
-== Installing and configuring  WordPress ==
+{{Cmd|mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/}}
-'''Install WordPress'''
+Download the latest Wordpress source files
-Download
+{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
+wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz}}
-  cd /etc/
+Unpack the archive and delete it afterwards
-  wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
-Unpack
+{{Cmd|tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
+rm latest.tar.gz}}
-  tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
+Change the folder persmissions
-Create a linksys
+{{Cmd|chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/}}
-  ln -s /etc/wordpress/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress
+Create a symlink to the {{Path|wordpress}} folder
-== Starting ==
+{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/wordpress/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress}}
-'''Starting http and sql server and adding to boot'''
- /etc/init.d/lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default
+== Config and start MySql ==
-== Config MySql ==
-/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
+{{Cmd|<nowiki>/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
-/etc/init.d/mysql start && rc-update add mysql default
+rc-service mariadb start && rc-update add mariadb default
-/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'
+/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'</nowiki>}}
+(Change the 'password' to a strong password)
-'''Create the WordPress database'''
+==Create the WordPress database==
-mysql -u root -p 'password'
+{{Cmd|mysql -u root -p}}
-CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
+{{Cmd|CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
-GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO "root";
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpress password';
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
-EXIT
+EXIT}}
+(Change the 'wordpress password' to a strong password)
 == Config your WordPress ==
-Browse
+Browse to
+<nowiki>http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/wordpress/</nowiki>
-http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/WordPress/
+* Click on: "Create a Configuration File"
+* Click on: "Let’s go!"
+:* Database Name:	wordpress
+:* User Name:		wordpress
+:* Password:		<wordpress password>
+:* Database Host: 	localhost
+:* Table Prefix:	wp_
-  click on: "Create a Configuration File"
+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.
-  click on: "Let’s go!"
+After you've done that, click "Run the install."
-  Database Name:	wordpress
+* Enter Information as needed
-  User Name:		root
-  Password:		the MySQL password
-  Database Host: 	localhost
-  Table Prefix:	wp_
-  You may need create the wp-config.php manually then copy and paste the following text into it.
+:* Site Title
-  After you've done that, click "Run the install."
+:* Username
+:* Password, twice
+:* Your E-mail
-  Enter Information needed
+After you've done that, click "Install WordPress"
-  Site Title
+You have WordPress working, to access go to <nowiki>http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/wordpress</nowiki> and enjoy!
-  Username
-  Password, twice
-  Your E-mail
-After you've done that, click "Install WordPress"
-You have WordPress working, to access go to http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/wordpress and enjoy!
+[[Category:SQL]]