Install WordPress 3.6.1 Using LAMP or LEMP on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

Well, on the internet you will find a number of good and better ways to install WordPress on Linux, but this installation guide is prepared for my future reference as well as for those beginners who are new to WordPress and Linux platform.
In this installation I will show you’ll how to install latest WordPress 3.6.1 on RHEL
6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8, CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Fedora
19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12 distributions.







Install WordPress Using Apache and Nginx

This guide has two way of installation, one is using LAMP (Linux,
Apache, MySQL, PHP) and other is LEMP (Linux,
Nginx, MySQL, PHP). So, please select your installation method based on your web servers. Before moving ahead let me provide you a little description aboutWordPress, LAMP & LEMP.

What Is WordPress?

WordPress is an open source and free blogging application and a dynamic CMS (Content
Management System) developed using MySQL and PHP.
It has huge number of third party plugins and themes. WordPress currently one of the most popular blogging platform available on the internet and used by millions of people across the globe.

What Is LAMP and LEMP?

LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and LEMP (Linux,
Nginx, MySQL, PHP) is an open source Web application platform that runs on Linux systems. Apache and Nginx both are Web servers, MySQL is RDMS (Relational
Database Management System) and PHP is a server side scripting language.

Install
WordPress 3.6.1 on RHEL 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8, CentOS
6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Fedora 19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12

As I said above the installation method has two ways, one is using Apache and other is Nginx.
So I have named it A and B.
Those who want to install WordPress on their Apache server
they can use A method and those who want to install WordPress using Nginx they
can follow method B. In case, if you don’t have LAMP or LEMP setup
on your systems, please use the following guides to install it.

LAMP
(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) setup on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

LEMP
(Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) setup on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

Method A: Installing WordPress 3.6.1 for Apache on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

This Method A installation guide shows you how to install latest WordPress
3.6.1 using LAMPsetup on RHEL
6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8, CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Fedora
19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12.

Step 1: Downloading WordPress 3.6.1 for Apache

You must be root user to download the package.

# cd /tmp
# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz[/code] 

Step 2: Extracting WordPress 3.6.1 for Apache
Once the download finishes, run the following command to untar it.
# tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/html


Step 3: Creating MySQL Database WordPress
Connect to MySQL server and run the following commands to create database and grant privileges.
## Connect to MySQL Server & Enter Password (if any or leave blank)##
mysql -u root -p
Enter password:

## Creating New User for WordPress Database ##
CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "your_password_here";

## Create New Database ##
create database wordpress;

## Grant Privileges to Database ##
GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost;

## FLUSH privileges ##
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

## Exit ##
exit


Please replace text a shown in Red color with your appropriate Database
Name, User andPassword.
These settings we will required later.

Step 4: Creating Apache VirtualHost for WordPress
Open the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf with VI editor.
# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf


Add the following lines of code at the bottom of the file. Replace the text shown in Red color with your
required settings.
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin tecmint@tecmint.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress
ServerName wordpress
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress-error-log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress-acces-log common
</VirtualHost>


Next, restart the Apache service to reflect changes.
# service httpd restart


Add the following line to /etc/hosts file.
127.0.0.1  wordpress


Step 5: Configuring WordPress Installation
Copy default wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php to
configure WordPress installation.
# cd /var/www/html/wordpress
# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php


Open wp-config.php file.
# vi wp-config.php


Modify the following database settings as we created in the Step #3 above.
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');

/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
define('DB_COLLATE', '');


Step 6: Finishing WordPress Installation
Open your browser and type any of the following address.
http://wordpress/
 http://localhost  http://your-ip[/code] 
Give your Site Title, Create
Admin User, Create Admin Password, Enter
Your E-Mailand then click on Install button.







Creating WordPress Admin Login

Login into your WordPress Dashboard.







WordPress Login Screen

Enter your WordPress Login details.







Enter WordPress Login Details

Welcome to WordPress Dashboard.







Welcome to WordPress Dashboard

View your New WordPress blog.







View WordPress Blog


Method B: Installing WordPress 3.6.1 for Nginx on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora

Step 1: Creating WordPress Directories for Nginx
# mkdir -p /srv/www/wordpress/public_html
# mkdir /srv/www/wordpress/logs
# chown -R nginx:nginx /srv/www/wordpress


Step 2: Downloading and Extracting WordPress 3.6.1 for Nginx
cd /tmp
# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz # tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz -C /srv/www/wordpress/public_html --strip-components=1


Step 3: Creating MySQL Database WordPress
Connect to MySQL server and run the following commands to create database and grant privileges.
## Connect to MySQL Server & Enter Password (if any or leave blank)##
mysql -u root -p
Enter password:

## Creating New User for WordPress Database ##
CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "your_password_here";

## Create New Database ##
create database wordpress;

## Grant Privileges to Database ##
GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost;

## FLUSH privileges ##
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

## Exit ##
exit


Please replace text a shown in Red color with your appropriate Database
Name, User andPassword.
These settings we will required later.

Step 4: Creating Nginx VirtualHost For WordPress
If you’ve followed our LEMP guide these directories are already created. In case, if not then please create
it by running these commands.
# mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-available
# mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-enabled


Add the following line of code to /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file, After the
line that says “include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf.
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;


Next create Nginx virtualhost file for WordPress.
# vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress


Add the following content to /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress file.
server {
server_name wordpress;
access_log /srv/www/wordpress/logs/access.log;
error_log /srv/www/wordpress/logs/error.log;
root /srv/www/wordpress/public_html;

location / {
index index.php;
}

# Disable favicon.ico logging
location = /favicon.ico {
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}

# Allow robots and disable logging
location = /robots.txt {
allow all;
log_not_found off;
access_log off;
}

# Enable permalink structures
if (!-e $request_filename) {
rewrite . /index.php last;
}

# Handle php requests
location ~ \.php$ {
include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /srv/www/wordpress/public_html$fastcgi_script_name;
}

# Disable static content logging and set cache time to max
location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
expires max;
log_not_found off;
}

# Deny access to htaccess and htpasswd files
location ~ /\.ht {
deny  all;
}
}


Create symlink for sites enabled directory.
# cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
# ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress


Restart the Nginx server to reflect changes.
# service nginx restart


Add the following line to /etc/hosts file.
127.0.0.1  wordpress


Step 5: Configuring WordPress Installation
Copy default wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php to
configure WordPress installation.
# cd /srv/www/wordpress/public_html
# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php


Modify the following database settings as we created in the Step #3 above.
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');

/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
define('DB_COLLATE', '');


Now follow STEP 6 above for the WordPress installation.

In case, if you are having any trouble while installing please do let me know via comments and don’t forget to share this article with your friends.


author info:

Ravi Saive

Simple Word a Computer Geek and Linux Guru who loves to share tricks and tips on Internet. Most Of My Servers runs on Open Source Platform called Linux.