WordPress 3.9 Released – Install Using LAMP or LEMP on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora-Per

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　　Well, on the internet you will find a number of good and better ways to install WordPress on Linux, but this installation guide is prepared for my future reference as well as for those beginners who are new to WordPressand Linux platform. In this installation I will show you’ll how to install latest WordPress 3.9 on RHEL 6.5/6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8, CentOS 6.5/6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Fedora 20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12distributions.

　　Install WordPress Using Apache and Nginx
　　This guide has two way of installation, one is using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and other is LEMP(Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP). So, please select your installation method based on your web servers. Before moving ahead let me provide you a little description about WordPress, LAMP & LEMP.
What Is WordPress?
　　WordPress is an open source and free blogging application and a dynamic CMS (Content Management System) developed using MySQL and PHP. It has huge number of third party plugins and themes. WordPress currently one of the most popular blogging platform available on the internet and used by millions of people across the globe.
What Is LAMP and LEMP?
　　LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) is an open source Web application platform that runs on Linux systems. Apache and Nginx both are Web servers, MySQL is RDMS (Relational Database Management System) and PHP is a server side scripting language.
　　Install WordPress 3.9 on RHEL 6.5/6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8, CentOS 6.5/6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Fedora 20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12
　　As I said above the installation method has two ways, one is using Apache and other is Nginx. So I have named it A and B. Those who want to install WordPress on their Apache server they can use A method and those who want to install WordPress using Nginx they can follow method B. In case, if you don’t have LAMP or LEMP setup on your systems, please use the following guides to install it.

• 　　LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) setup on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora
  
• 　　LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) setup on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora
  

Method A: Installing WordPress 3.9 for Apache on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora
　　This Method A installation guide shows you how to install latest WordPress 3.9 using LAMP setup on RHEL 6.5/6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8, CentOS 6.5/6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Fedora 20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12.
Step 1: Downloading WordPress 3.9 for Apache
　　You must be root user to download the package.
# cd /tmp　　
# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
Step 2: Extracting WordPress 3.9 for Apache
　　Once the download finishes, run the following command to untar it.
# tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz -C /var/www/htmlStep 3: Creating MySQL Database WordPress
　　Connect to MySQL server and run the following commands to create database and grant privileges.
## Connect to MySQL Server & Enter Password (if any or leave blank)## mysql -u root -p　　
Enter password:## Creating New User for WordPress Database ##CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "your_password_here";## Create New Database ##create database wordpress;## Grant Privileges to Database ##GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost;## FLUSH privileges ##FLUSH PRIVILEGES;## Exit ##exit
　　Please replace text a shown in Red color with your appropriate Database Name, User and Password. These settings we will required later.
Step 4: Creating Apache VirtualHost for WordPress
　　Open the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf with VI editor.
# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf　　Add the following lines of code at the bottom of the file. Replace the text shown in Red color with your required settings.
<VirtualHost *:80>　　
  ServerAdmin tecmint@tecmint.com
　　
  DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress
　　
  ServerName wordpress
　　
  ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress-error-log
　　
  CustomLog /var/log/httpd/wordpress-acces-log common
　　
</VirtualHost>
　　Next, restart the Apache service to reflect changes.
# service httpd restart　　Add the following line to /etc/hosts file.
127.0.0.1  wordpressStep 5: Configuring WordPress Installation
　　Copy default wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php to configure WordPress installation.
# cd /var/www/html/wordpress　　
# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
　　Open wp-config.php file.
# vi wp-config.php　　Modify the following database settings as we created in the Step #3 above.
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //　　
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
　　
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');
　　

　　
/** MySQL database username */
　　
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');
　　

　　
/** MySQL database password */
　　
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');
　　

　　
/** MySQL hostname */
　　
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
　　

　　
/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
　　
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
　　

　　
/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
　　
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
Step 6: Finishing WordPress Installation
　　Open your browser and type any of the following address.
http://wordpress/　　
http://localhost
　　
http://your-ip

　　Give your Site>

　　Creating WordPress Admin Login
　　Login into your WordPress Dashboard.

　　WordPress Login Screen
　　Enter your WordPress Login details.

　　Enter WordPress Login Details
　　Welcome to WordPress Dashboard.

　　WordPress 8 Dashboard
　　View your New WordPress blog.

　　View WordPress Blog
Method B: Installing WordPress 3.9 for Nginx on RHEL, CentOS & Fedora
Step 1: Creating WordPress Directories for Nginx
# mkdir -p /srv/www/wordpress/public_html　　
# mkdir /srv/www/wordpress/logs
　　
# chown -R nginx:nginx /srv/www/wordpress
Step 2: Downloading and Extracting WordPress 3.9 for Nginx
cd /tmp　　
# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
　　
# tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz -C /srv/www/wordpress/public_html --strip-components=1
Step 3: Creating MySQL Database WordPress
　　Connect to MySQL server and run the following commands to create database and grant privileges.
## Connect to MySQL Server & Enter Password (if any or leave blank)## mysql -u root -p　　
Enter password:## Creating New User for WordPress Database ##CREATE USER wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "your_password_here";## Create New Database ##create database wordpress;## Grant Privileges to Database ##GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost;## FLUSH privileges ##FLUSH PRIVILEGES;## Exit ##exit
　　Please replace text a shown in Red color with your appropriate Database Name, User and Password. These settings we will required later.
Step 4: Creating Nginx VirtualHost For WordPress
　　If you’ve followed our LEMP guide these directories are already created. In case, if not then please create it by running these commands.
# mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-available　　
# mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-enabled
　　Add the following line of code to /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file, After the line that says “include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf.
include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;　　Next create Nginx virtualhost file for WordPress.
# vi /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress　　Add the following content to /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress file.
server {　　
    server_name wordpress;
　　
    access_log /srv/www/wordpress/logs/access.log;
　　
    error_log /srv/www/wordpress/logs/error.log;
　　
    root /srv/www/wordpress/public_html;
　　

　　
    location / {
　　
        index index.php;
　　
    }
　　

　　
    # Disable favicon.ico logging
　　
    location = /favicon.ico {
　　
        log_not_found off;
　　
        access_log off;
　　
    }
　　

　　
    # Allow robots and disable logging
　　
    location = /robots.txt {
　　
        allow all;
　　
        log_not_found off;
　　
        access_log off;
　　
    }
　　

　　
    # Enable permalink structures
　　
    if (!-e $request_filename) {
　　
        rewrite . /index.php last;
　　
    }
　　

　　
    # Handle php requests
　　
    location ~ \.php$ {
　　
        include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
　　
        fastcgi_pass  127.0.0.1:9000;
　　
        fastcgi_index index.php;
　　
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /srv/www/wordpress/public_html$fastcgi_script_name;
　　
    }
　　

　　
    # Disable static content logging and set cache time to max
　　
    location ~* \.(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$ {
　　
        expires max;
　　
        log_not_found off;
　　
    }
　　

　　
    # Deny access to htaccess and htpasswd files
　　
    location ~ /\.ht {
　　
        deny  all;
　　
    }
　　
}
　　Create symlink for sites enabled directory.
# cd /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/　　
# ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress
　　Restart the Nginx server to reflect changes.
# service nginx restart　　Add the following line to /etc/hosts file.
127.0.0.1  wordpressStep 5: Configuring WordPress Installation
　　Copy default wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php to configure WordPress installation.
# cd /srv/www/wordpress/public_html　　
# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
　　Modify the following database settings as we created in the Step #3 above.
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //　　
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
　　
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name_here');
　　

　　
/** MySQL database username */
　　
define('DB_USER', 'username_here');
　　

　　
/** MySQL database password */
　　
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'password_here');
　　

　　
/** MySQL hostname */
　　
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
　　

　　
/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
　　
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
　　

　　
/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
　　
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
　　Now follow STEP 6 above for the WordPress installation.
　　In case, if you are having any trouble while installing please do let me know via comments and don’t forget to share this article with your friends.