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Installing WordPress on an Ubuntu Server using Nginx, PHP, and MariaDB on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Free Tier.
Installing WordPress on an Ubuntu Server using Nginx, PHP, and MariaDB on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Free Tier.
Prerequisites
-
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Free Tier account
- Ubuntu Server instance
- SSH access to the server
Step 1: Update System Packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -yStep 2: Install Nginx Web Server
sudo apt install nginx -y
sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginxStep 3: Install MariaDB Database
sudo apt install mariadb-server -y
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
sudo mysql_secure_installationDuring the secure installation:
- Set root password
- Remove anonymous users
- Disallow root login remotely
- Remove test database
- Reload privilege tables
Step 4: Install PHP 8.1 and Required Extensions
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php8.1-fpm php8.1-mysql php8.1-curl php8.1-gd php8.1-mbstring
php8.1-xml php8.1-zip -yStep 5: Configure Database for WordPress
sudo mariadb
CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'wordpress_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strong_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpress_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;Step 6: Download and Install WordPress
cd /tmp
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -xvf latest.tar.gz
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/wordpress
sudo cp -R wordpress/* /var/www/wordpress/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/wordpress
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/wordpressStep 7: Configure Nginx for WordPress
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpressAdd the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain.com;
root /var/www/wordpress;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php${
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php8.4-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Step 8: Enable Site and Restart Services
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx
sudo systemctl restart php8.4-fpm
Step 9: Configure WordPress
- Navigate to
http://your_domain.com - Follow WordPress setup wizard
- Create
wp-config.phpwith database details
Security Considerations
- Configure firewall rules in Oracle Cloud Console
- Open ports 80 and 443
- Consider installing SSL with Let’s Encrypt
Troubleshooting
- Check Nginx logs:
sudo tail /var/log/nginx/error.log - Check PHP-FPM logs:
sudo tail /var/log/php8.4-fpm.log - Verify services:
sudo systemctl status nginx php8.4-fpm mariadb
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