How To Install WordPress with OpenLiteSpeed on CentOS 7

To Install WordPress with OpenLiteSpeed on CentOS 7

WordPress is currently the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world. It allows you to easily set up flexible blogs and websites on top of a database backend, using PHP to execute scripts and process dynamic content. WordPress has a large online community for support and is a great way to get websites up and running quickly.

To install the Openlitespeed web server in CentOS 7 visit,
https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-the-openlitespeed-web-server-on-centos-7/

To create Database

Create a Database and Database User for WordPress

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor. Commands end with   or g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 11
Server version: 5.5.47-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2015, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type ' help '  or ' h'  for help. Type ' c'  to clear the current input statement.
MariaDB [(none)]> 
Now create a database in the name of wordpress
MariaDB [(none)]>  create database wordpress 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]>  grant all on wordpress.* to user1@localhost identified by ' linuxc'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]>  flush privileges 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.02 sec)
MariaDB [(none)]>  exit
Bye

To Configure Virtual Host

Configure the Virtual Host for WordPress

Open the browser and navigate to https:/< IP_Address> :7080
Select " Virtual Hosts" from the menu bar.

Select the " Example" virtual host, and click the general tab.

Click the " Edit" to change the configuration.

Allow index.php

To start and enable index.php files and then Click " Save" .

To set up the rewrite instructions click on " Rewrite" tab for the virtual host.

Select " Yes" in " Enable Rewrite" option and click save.

Click on the " Edit" button to rewrite rules.

Remove Unused Password Protection

Click on the " Security" tab, and then trigger the " Delete" button.

Click on the " Context" tab. In the " Context List" , delete the /protected/ context that was associated with the security realm you just deleted:


Restart the Server to apply the Changes

Clean up our virtual host and document root directories as shown below.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# cd /usr/local/lsws/Example/

Now delete the cgi-bin and fsci-bin by using the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 Example]# rm -rf cgi-bin fcgi-bin

Clear the contents of our document root directory.

[root@linuxhelp1 Example]# rm -rf html/*

Install and Configure WordPress

Download and install WordPress by running the following command.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
--2016-07-11 12:12:25--  https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
Resolving wordpress.org (wordpress.org)... 66.155.40.250, 66.155.40.249
Connecting to wordpress.org (wordpress.org)|66.155.40.250|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 7773389 (7.4M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ latest.tar.gz’ 

100%[========================================================================> ] 77,73,389    459KB/s   in 15s    

2016-07-11 12:12:41 (519 KB/s) - ‘ latest.tar.gz’  saved [7773389/7773389]

Extract the downloaded word press directory.

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# tar xzvf latest.tar.gz
wordpress/
wordpress/wp-settings.php
wordpress/wp-cron.php
wordpress/wp-comments-post.php
.
.
.
wordpress/wp-includes/update.php
wordpress/wp-includes/comment.php
wordpress/wp-config-sample.php

[root@linuxhelp1 ~]# cd wordpress/

Rename the WordPress configuration file.

[root@linuxhelp1 wordpress]# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Open the configuration file.

[root@linuxhelp1 wordpress]# vim wp-config.php

Then add the following database credentials.

// ** 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' , ' user1' ) 

/** MySQL database password */
define(' DB_PASSWORD' , ' linuxc' ) 

Copy the files into the root directory.

[root@linuxhelp1 wordpress]# cp -r ~/wordpress/* /usr/local/lsws/Example/html/

Set permission for the entire directory.

[root@linuxhelp1 wordpress]# chown -R nobody:nobody /usr/local/lsws/Example/html/

Now open the browser and navigate to https://< IP_ address> : 8088

Choose your desired language.

Fill the following details and click Install WordPress.

Now you can Login into the WordPress.