How to install WordPress on Ubuntu ARM server with PHP 8

2022-09-13 By Nathan 7594 Views linux wordpress php8

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WordPress is a robust CMS tool for things like creating and managing websites, blogging and building open-source websites that rely on PHP and MySQL programming languages. With its high-end flexibility and with more than 20,000 plugins actively running, it has certainly become the most preferred choice for developers and consumers.

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This guide outlines the basic steps to install WordPress on the ARM server (Ubuntu 20) with PHP8.

First of all, make sure the server is updated. Use the following command to update the server.

# apt update && apt upgrade -y

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Installing Apache Webserver

Start to install Apache Webserver.
```
# apt install apache2 -y
```
Check the status of Apache Webserver.
```
# systemctl status apache2.service
```

Installing Database Server

Start to install the MySQL database application.
```
# apt install mysql-server -y
```
Check the status of the MySQL database.
```
# systemctl status mysql.service
```

Installing PHP 8

Install the ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common using the following command.
```
# apt install  ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common
```
Add ppa:ondrej/php repository for additional versions of PHP.
```
# add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
```

Install the following modules.

# apt install php8.0 libapache2-mod-php8.0 -y

# apt install php8.0-fpm libapache2-mod-fcgid -y

# apt install php8.0-mysql

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Enable the following modules.

# a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif

# a2enconf php8.0-fpm

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Restart apache after enabling the modules.
```
# systemctl restart apache2
```
Verify the PHP version.
```
# php -v
```
Add a file info.php in /var/www/html/ and add the following into the file.
```
# vim info.php
```
```

```
Open your web browser and enter your domain name or server address as shown. Here is just the sample IP & domain.
```
http://111.11.11.111/info.php

OR

http://your-domain.com/info.php
```
Verify the PHP status.
```
# systemctl status php8.0-fpm
```

Installing WordPress

Change the directory to /var/www/html/.
```
# cd /var/www/html/
```
Remove/delete all the files in the /var/www/html/.
```
# rm -rf /var/www/html/*
```

Download the latest version of WordPress.

# wget https://wordpress.org/latest.zip

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Extract the latest.zip using unzip command.
```
# unzip latest.zip
```
Move all the files inside /var/www/html/wordpress/ to /var/www/html/.
```
# mv /var/www/html/wordpress/* /var/www/html/
```

Configuring a database for Wordpress in MySQL Database

At the MySQL shell, type the following commands. Remember to use your own, valid values for the database name, and database user, and also use a secure and robust password as the database user password:

> CREATE DATABASE wordpress_database;

> CREATE USER 'wpdb_user'@'%' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';

> GRANT ALL ON wordpress_database.* TO 'wpdb_user'@'%';

> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

> EXIT;

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Copy the wp-config-sample.php and rename it to wp-config-sample.php.
```
# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
```
Edit wp-config.php file to add the database information.
```
# vim wp-config.php
```
Use the added database credentials:
Add a user webuser (any name will suffice).
```
# useradd webuser
```
Change the ownership of the /var/www/html directory.
```
# chown -R webuser:webuser /var/www/html
```

Restart Apache and MySQL database.

# systemctl restart apache2.service

# systemctl restart mysql.service

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Open your web browser, then enter your domain name or server address and can see the WordPress website.
```
http://123.123.123.123/

OR

http://your-domain.com/
```

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