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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 php5-mysql mysql mysql-client php5-zlib

Restart Lighttpd:

/etc/init.d/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 http://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 /etc/init.d/mariadb start && rc-update add mariadb default /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password '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

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 ==
+[http://wordpress.org/ WordPress] is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. For Wordpress a bunch of [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ plugins] are available.
-This document will be a quick c/p guide to setup WordPress on Alpine linux. What we will setup is the following:
+== Install lighttpd, PHP, and MySql ==
+{{:Setting Up Lighttpd With FastCGI}}
-* Lighttpd with PHP
+Install extra packages:
-* MySql
+{{Cmd|apk add wget php5-mysql mysql mysql-client php5-zlib}}
-* WordPress
-== Install lighttpd, PHP, and MySql ==
+Restart Lighttpd:
+{{Cmd|/etc/init.d/lighttpd restart}}
-  apk add nano php php-mysql mysql mysql-client lighttpd
+== Installing and configuring  WordPress ==
-== Configuring Lighttpd==
+Create a directory named {{Path|webapps}}
-'''Edit lighttpd.conf'''
+{{Cmd|mkdir -p /usr/share/webapps/}}
- nano +46 /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf
+Download the latest Wordpress source files
-Uncomment line:
+{{Cmd|cd /usr/share/webapps/
+wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz}}
- uncoment    include "mod_fastcgi.conf", save and exit
+Unpack the archive and delete it afterwards
-== Installing and configuring  WordPress ==
+{{Cmd|tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
+rm latest.tar.gz}}
-'''Install WordPress'''
+Change the folder persmissions
-Download
+{{Cmd|chown -R lighttpd /usr/share/webapps/}}
-  cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/
+Create a symlink to the {{Path|wordpress}} folder
-  wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
-Unpack
+{{Cmd|ln -s /usr/share/webapps/wordpress/ /var/www/localhost/htdocs/wordpress}}
-  tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
+== Config and start MySql ==
-== Starting ==
-'''Starting http and sql server and adding to boot'''
- /etc/init.d/lighttpd start && rc-update add lighttpd default
+{{Cmd|<nowiki>/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
+/etc/init.d/mariadb start && rc-update add mariadb default
+/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'</nowiki>}}
-== Config MySql ==
-/usr/bin/mysql_install_db --user=mysql
+==Create the WordPress database==
-/etc/init.d/mysql start && rc-update add mysql default
-/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'password'
-'''Create the WordPress database'''
+{{Cmd|mysql -u root -p}}
-mysql -u root -p 'password'
+{{Cmd|CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'wordpress password';
-CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
-GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO "root";
 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
-EXIT
+EXIT}}
 == Config your WordPress ==
-Browse
+Browse to
+http://WEBSERVER_IP_ADDRESS/wordpress/
-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."
+* Enter Information as needed
-  Database Name:	wordpress
+:* Site Title
-  User Name:		root
+:* Username
-  Password:		the MySQL password
+:* Password, twice
-  Database Host: 	localhost
+:* Your E-mail
-  Table Prefix:	wp_
-  You may need create the wp-config.php manually then copy and paste the following text into it.
-  After you've done that, click "Run the install."
-  Enter Information 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!
+[[Category:SQL]]