How To Install WordPress with LAMP on CentOS Stream 9

To install WordPress with LAMP on CentOS Stream 9, follow the steps outlined below.

Step 1 : Install LAMP Stack

If you haven't installed LAMP yet, refer to the CentOS Stream 9 Guides for instructions.

Step 2 : Create Database

- Log in to your MySQL server.

sudo mysql

- Create a new user and database for WordPress.

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

Step 3 : Download and Install WordPress

- Create a directory for your WordPress installation, for example:

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

- Change to the directory and download WordPress.

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

- Set appropriate permissions:

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

Step 4 : Create a configuration file for Apache:

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

Add the following content:

<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 configuration:

apachectl configtest

If the test is successful, restart Apache:

systemctl restart httpd

Step 6 :If using SELinux, set the appropriate context:

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