How To Install WordPress with LEMP on CentOS Stream 10

To install WordPress on CentOS Stream 10 using the LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, and PHP), follow these steps:

Step 1 : Install LEMP Stack

If you don't have the LEMP stack installed on your system, follow the guide CentOS Stream 10 to set up Nginx, MariaDB, and PHP.

Step 2 : Create a Database

- Log in to MariaDB as root:

sudo mysql

- Create a new database for WordPress:

CREATE DATABASE wordpressdb;

- Create a new user and grant permissions:

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

Step 3 : Download and Install WordPress

- Create the directory for your site:

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

- Navigate to the directory:

cd /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

- Download the latest version of WordPress:

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

- Extract the archive:

tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz

- Move the WordPress files to the desired location:

mv wordpress/* .
rm -rf wordpress latest.tar.gz

- Set the correct permissions:

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

Step 4 : Configure Nginx

- Open the configuration file for your domain:

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

Step 5 : 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;
    }
}

Step 6 : Test Configuration and Restart Nginx

- Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

- Restart Nginx to apply changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 7 : Run the following command to adjust SELinux permissions:

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