Site Creation Automation

make_site.sh

echo Making site $1 directory...
mkdir /var/www/html/$1

echo Creating apache configuration file...
sudo touch /etc/apache2/sites-available/$1.conf

echo Writing configuration file...
echo "<VirtualHost *:80>
	
	ServerName $1.$2
	ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
	DocumentRoot /var/www/html/$1
	
	ErrorLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
	CustomLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

	<Directory /var/www/html/$1>
		Options -Indexes +FollowSymLinks
		AllowOverride All
		Require all granted
	</Directory>        

</VirtualHost>" > /etc/apache2/sites-available/$1.conf

echo Activating site
sudo a2ensite $1

echo Reloading Apache
sudo service apache2 reload


if [ -n "$3" ]
	then
	echo Downloading and installing WordPress
	cd /var/www/html/$1
	sudo -u vagrant wp core download
	sudo -u vagrant wp core config --dbuser=root --dbpass=root --dbname=$1
	sudo -u vagrant wp db create
	sudo -u vagrant wp core install --url=$1.$2 --title=$1 --admin_user=danielpataki --admin_password=yourpassword --admin_email=youremail@email.com
	sudo -u vagrant wp plugin delete hello akismet
fi

echo All Done

Site Creation Automation On A Vagrant Box

This is a script I made for myself that allows me to create a virtual host with an optional WordPress site working in about 5 seconds. You invoke the bash script like this:

sudo bash make_site.sh mysite local yes

The three parameters are:

• The name of the site
• The TLD of the site
• Wether or not you want the WordPress install

The result of this command will be a website at mysite.local with WordPress installed and running. There are a few things to note before running this script:

• It will create the folder for the website at /var/www/html/website_name. If you have a different setup, change the folder in line 2, the DocumentRoot on line 12 and the Directory directive on line 17.
• You must have WP-CLI installed for the WordPress install to work.
• If you do not want the WordPress install just omit the third parameter. Setting it to no or false will not work.

The script does the following things:

• Creates a directory for the site
• Adds a config file for the site
• Enables the site and restarts the server
• Optionally installs WordPress
  • The user and password for the database is set to root because that's what it is on my Vagrant box. Change this on line 37 if needed
  • The database name is the same as the site name. Change this on line 37 if needed
  • Change the details of your admin user on line 39
  • The Hello Dolly And Akismet plugins are removed