How To Install WordPress with LAMP on CentOS Stream 10

To install WordPress on CentOS Stream 10 with a LAMP stack, follow these steps for a smooth setup.

Step 1 : Install LAMP Stack

If you haven't installed the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP) yet, you can follow the guide in this CentOS Stream 10 Guide for detailed instructions.

Step 2 : Create Database

- Log in to MariaDB or MySQL as the root user:

sudo mysql

- Create a database for WordPress:

CREATE DATABASE db_wp;

- Create a user and assign permissions:

CREATE USER 'user_wp'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON db_wp.* TO 'user_wp'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 3 : Download and Install WordPress

- Create the directory for your website under /var/www/html (example: example.devtutorial.io):

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

- Navigate to the directory and download WordPress:

cd /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

- Extract the downloaded WordPress files:

sudo tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz

- Move the WordPress files to the correct directory:

sudo mv wordpress/* /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io/

- Set proper permissions for the files:

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

Step 4 : Create a configuration file for your WordPress site:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/example.devtutorial.io.conf

Add the following configuration:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@devtutorial.io
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
    ServerName example.devtutorial.io

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/example.devtutorial.io_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/example.devtutorial.io_access.log combined

    <Directory /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io>

        AllowOverride All

    </Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Step 5 : Test the Apache configuration for syntax errors:

sudo apachectl configtest

If the output is Syntax OK, restart Apache to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 6 : If you're using SELinux, allow Apache to serve content from the web directory:

sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t "/var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io(/.*)?"
sudo restorecon -R /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io