Setup a new wordpress server

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1. Get system ready with requirements as listed at https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/ For example at time of writing the requirements are at least PHP 5.6, Mysql 5.6 (or MariaDB 10.0).

   For CentOS 6.x refer to https://www.sbarjatiya.com/notes_wiki/index.php/Install_php_5.6_on_CentOS_6.x

   yum -y install php56w
   yum -y install php56w-mysqlnd
   yum -y install php56w-xml
   yum -y install php56w-gd

2. yum -y install mysql-server
3. Start mysql, create user and database for wordpress

   service mysqld start #or systemctl start mysqld
   chkconfig mysqld on  #or systemctl enable mysqld
   /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
   mysql -u root -p
   CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
   GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* to 'wordpress'@'localhost' identified by 'secret';
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
   \q

4. Download latest version of wordpress from https://wordpress.org/download/
5. Start apache web server

   service httpd start   #or systemctl start httpd
   chkconfig httpd on    #or systemctl enable httpd

6. Go to document-root and extract all wordpress files:

   cd /var/www/html
   tar xzf <path-to-wordpress>.tar.gz
   mv wordpress/* .
   rmdir wordpress

7. Copy sample config and update database values

   cp cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
   #edit wp-config.php and put database user wordpress, database wordpress, password secret, etc.
   #Configure random values (mkpasswd -l 30 -s 5) in various SALT and KEY values

8. Open http://<IP or FQDN>/ and enter site name and other details. Click 'Install WordPress' to install wordpress. Note that the installation may take considerable time.

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