How to Install WordPress on AlmaLinux 10

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WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS), a platform you can use to build and maintain a website without any knowledge of coding. This software enables you to customize just about every aspect of your site.

Prerequisites

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WordPress requires LAMP stack installed and running

For detailed installation, refer to LAMP Stack on Almalinux 10

Update Firewall Settings The below commands will open or allow the HTTP (port 80) and HTTPS (port 443) and then reload the firewall configuration to effect.

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https

firewall-cmd --reload

Output:

[root@server ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http
success
[root@server ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https
success
[root@server ~]# firewall-cmd --reload
success

Secure MariaDB Installation

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Next, we secure our MariaDB installation and setup a root password for MariaDB

mysql_secure_installation

Output:

[root@server ~]# mysql_secure_installation
NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB
      SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE!  PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!
Enter current password for root (enter for none):
OK, successfully used password, moving on...

Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MariaDB
root user without the proper authorisation.

Set root password? [Y/n] y
New password:
Re-enter new password:

Creating the new Database

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Log into MySQL with the following command,

mysql -u root -p

First, we'll create a new database,

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

Next, create a new MySQL user account that we will use to operate on WordPress's new database, with the username "admin"

CREATE USER `admin`@`localhost` IDENTIFIED BY 'Your_Password_Here';

Link the user and DB together by granting our user access to the database,

GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO `admin`@`localhost`;

Flush the privileges so that MySQL knows about the user permissions we just added,

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit out of the MySQL command prompt by typing,

exit

Output:

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.002 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER `admin`@`localhost` IDENTIFIED BY 'Your_Password_Here';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.003 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO `admin`@`localhost`;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.002 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.002 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> exit

Download and Extract WordPress

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Download the WordPress by using the curl command,

curl https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz --output wordpress.tar.gz

Install tar command to extract wordpress file using below command,

dnf install tar -y 

Extract the wordpress file using below command,

tar xf wordpress.tar.gz

Copy the extracted WordPress directory into the /var/www/html directory

cp -r wordpress /var/www/html

File Permissions

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Change permissions and change file SELinux security context

chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/wordpress

chcon -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t /var/www/html/wordpress -R

Allow Apache to access the internet to allow WordPress to download plugins and updates directly from WordPress.org,

setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect true

Accessing WordPress

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Navigate to the following URL via your browser

http://server_IP/wordpress

Note: Replace server_IP with actual IP Address

Enter the Database details,

Run the Installation,

Enter Site Details,

Once done, Click on Log In,

Once logged in you'll get the Dashboard as below,

Conclusion

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You have successfully installed and configured WordPress on AlmaLinux 10 with a LAMP stack. Your site is now ready to be customized, and you can begin adding themes, plugins, and content through the WordPress dashboard.