How To Install WordPress with LEMP on AlmaLinux 9

To install WordPress on AlmaLinux 9 with the LEMP stack, follow these steps:

Step 1 : Install LEMP Stack

If you haven't installed the LEMP stack yet, follow the guide: AlmaLinux 9 Guides to set up Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP.

Step 2 : Create a Database for WordPress

- Log in to MariaDB:

mysql

- Create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

- Create a user and grant privileges:

CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 3 : Download and Install WordPress

- Create the website directory:

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

- Download WordPress:

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

- Extract the archive:

tar -xzf latest.tar.gz

- Move the WordPress files to the desired directory:

sudo mv wordpress/* .

- Set correct permissions:

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

Step 4 : Configure Nginx for WordPress

Create an Nginx configuration file:

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

Add the following content:

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;
    }
}

Step 5 : Configure SELinux (If Enabled)

Run the following command if SELinux is enabled:

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