How to Install WordPress on Amazon Linux 2

Introduction

This tutorial installs WordPress on Amazon Linux 2 and configures it to run with Apache, PHP, and MariaDB.

Prerequisites

To follow along with this tutorial, you will need:

• An Amazon Linux 2 EC2 instance with a public IP address.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.
• A domain name pointing to the public IP address of your EC2 instance.
• Apache web server installed and running. How to Install Apache Web Server on Amazon Linux 2.
• PHP installed and running. How to Install PHP and MariaDB on Amazon Linux 2.

Installing WordPress, setting up WordPress, and running a basic WordPress demo

Step 1 Download WordPress

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. It is the most popular CMS in the world.

To download WordPress, run the following command:

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sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Step 2 Extract WordPress

To extract the WordPress archive, run the following command:

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sudo tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

Next, move the extracted WordPress directory to the /var/www/html directory:

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sudo mv wordpress /var/www/html/

Step 3 Create a WordPress database

To create a WordPress database, run the following command:

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sudo mysql -u root -p

Next, create a database for WordPress:

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CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

Next, create a user for WordPress:

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CREATE USER 'wordpressuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

Next, grant all privileges to the WordPress user:

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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wordpressuser'@'localhost';

Next, flush the privileges:

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FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Next, exit the MySQL shell:

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exit

Step 4 Configure WordPress

To configure WordPress, run the following command:

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sudo cp /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php

Next, open the WordPress configuration file:

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sudo vi /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php

Next, update the database name, user, and password:

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/** The name of the database for WordPress */
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define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
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/** Database username */
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define('DB_USER', 'wordpressuser');
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/** Database password */
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define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password');

Next, save and close the file.

Step 5 Set up WordPress

To set up WordPress, open your web browser and navigate to your domain name. For example, https://example.com.

Next, click on the Let’s go! button.

Next, enter the site title, username, password, and email address:

Next, click on the Install WordPress button.

Next, click on the Log In button.

Next, enter the username and password:

Next, click on the Log In button.

Now, you have successfully installed WordPress on Amazon Linux 2.

Conclusion

This covered installing WordPress on Amazon Linux 2 and configuring it to run with Apache, PHP, and MariaDB.

Resources

• WordPress Official Website - Download
• WordPress Codex - Installing WordPress
• WordPress Codex - Editing wp-config.php
• AWS Tutorial: Host a WordPress blog on Amazon Linux 2
• Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances
• Apache HTTP Server Documentation
• PHP Manual
• MariaDB Server Documentation
• MySQL CREATE DATABASE Statement (MariaDB syntax is similar)
• MySQL CREATE USER Statement (MariaDB syntax is similar)
• MySQL GRANT Statement (MariaDB syntax is similar)
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• wget Manual
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