Cmds to Install LAMP and WordPress on Ubuntu Server 18.04.xx

wordpress_on_ubuntu.txt

Note : This gist do not tell you how to install ubuntu server ,  all the steps are after the installation.

INSTALL LAMP USING TASKSEL
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1) Check the ip to see if OS is connected to internet : ifconfig 

// if proper ip is not obtained then check your network settings.

2) Install tasksel (to install LAMP): sudo apt-get  install tasksel  

3) Run tasksel (Install lamp from tasksel using Spacebar then hit Enter) : sudo tasksel 

4) Now check the status of apache2 : sudo service apache2 status
// it should say active ( Running )

5) Goto cd /tmp 

INSTALL WORDPRESS , UNZIP & INSTALL WORDPRESS
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6) Install wordpress from their website : sudo wget www.wordpress.org/latest.zip 

7) Install UNZIP to unzip the zip file of wordpress: sudo apt-get install unzip 

8) Then Unzip wordpress : sudo unzip latest.zip 

) touch /tmp/wordpress/.htaccess

) mkdir /tmp/wordpress/wp-content/upgrade

9) Copy path to apache( move the wordpress folder from /tmp to apache /html folder): sudo cp -r wordpress /var/www/html/ 

10) Check : cd var/www/html/  
       :ls               // ls should show the folder of wordpress in html folder

 

Create database in MYSQL 
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11) Enter Mysql : Sudo mysql  

12) Create database : create database wp_databaseame_com DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci; 

13) Create a user : create user ‘fawad’@’localhost’ identified by ‘admin123’ ; 

14) Grant privileges to user : grant all privileges on wordpress.* to ‘fawad’@’localhost’ identified by ‘admin123’; 

15) Flush : flush privileges ; // to release the privileges 

EXIT;

 

Open wordpress and connect database: 
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EDIT /etc/apache2/sites-available/

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/bitprimate.com.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    ServerName bitprimate.com
    ServerAlias www.bitprimate.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/bitprimate.com
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>


sudo a2ensite bitprimate.com.conf
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GIVE 755 access to wordpress folder

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html/wordpress
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpess
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress
sudo find /var/www/html/wordpress/ -type d -exec chmod 750 {} \;
sudo find /var/www/html/wordpress/ -type f -exec chmod 640 {} \;
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16) Open path: Cd var/www/html/wordpress/ 

17) Change name of wp-config-sample.php : sudo cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php  

18) Open file : sudo nano wp-config.php                    // this will open editor to edit the php file

                                                           //Change databse_ name , username and password ; 

 

Set apache path 
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//change the path for apache to read from worpress not from html folder.

19) Enter path : cd etc/apache2/sites-available 

20) Open : sudo nano 000-default.conf                     //       Change path from var/www/html to  var/www/html/wordpress 

 

ENABLE SITES NOW: 
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21) Enter path : cd etc/apache2/sites-enabled 

22) a2ensite 000-default.conf                             // if its blue then its enabled but do it anyway 

23) Reload apache: sudo service apache2 restart 


// your wordpress should be up and running 

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Wordpress overide permision: 
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sudo chown -R www-data:myusername /var/www/html 

sudo find /path/to/your/wordpress/install/ -type d -exec chmod 775 {} \; 

 sudo find /path/to/your/wordpress/install/ -type f -exec chmod 664 {} \; 
 

 

Download astra and elemonter and livemesh 
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First Sudo apt-get install php-xml                                       //download php xml

Then Install CURL by typing sudo apt-get install curl                    // download curl

Then Restart Apache by typing sudo service apache2 restart 

Then Install PHP5 CURL by typing sudo apt-get install php-curl            // download php curl

Then Restart Apache by typing sudo service apache2 restart Done!