How To Install WordPress with LEMP on AlmaLinux 10

To install WordPress with the LEMP stack on AlmaLinux 10, follow the step-by-step guide below :

Step 1 : If you have not installed the LEMP stack yet, follow the guide below: AlmaLinux 10 Guides

Step 2 : Log in to MariaDB:

sudo mysql

Create a database and user:

CREATE DATABASE wpdatabase;
CREATE USER 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strong_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wpdatabase.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 3 : Create the Website Directory

sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
cd /var/www/html

Download WordPress

sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Extract WordPress

sudo tar -xzf latest.tar.gz

Move WordPress Files

sudo mv wordpress/* example.devtutorial.io/
rm -rf wordpress latest.tar.gz

Set Permissions

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

Step 4 : Create a new Nginx server block:

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

Add the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.devtutorial.io;
    root /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;


    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }


    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Save and exit.

Step 5 : Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

Restart Nginx:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 6 : If SELinux is enabled, run:

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

sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on