How to Install WordPress with LEMP Stack on Ubuntu 18.04

wordpress-lemp.sh

##Install NGINX

#Update the system
sudo apt update

#Install nginx
sudo apt install nginx

#Allow connections to Nginx on firewall
sudo ufw allow 'Nginx HTTP'

#verify the change
sudo ufw status

#
#Enable ufw firewall
#sudo ufw enable
#

##Install the MySQL Database server
sudo apt-get install mysql-server -y

#Configure MySQL Security
sudo mysql_secure_installation

#Check, Start, Enable MySql service to automatically start upon boot
sudo service mysql status
sudo systemctl start mysql
sudo systemctl enable mysql

#Chek MySql Version
sudo mysqladmin -p -u root version

###################Optional################################
#Open up the MySQL prompt
sudo mysql

#Check authentication method for database user
# SELECT user,authentication_string,plugin,host FROM mysql.user;

#Configure the root account to authenticate with a password
# ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';

#Reload the grant tables and put changes into effect
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

#After configuring root user to authenticate with a password, it is not possible to access MySQL with the sudo mysql command, Instead, use mysql -u root -p

exit
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##Installing PHP and Configuring Nginx to Use the PHP

# Install Ubuntu’s universe repository
sudo add-apt-repository universe

#Install fastCGI process manager- php-fpm along with php-mysql module
sudo apt install php-fpm php-mysql

#And some more module
apt install -y php-common php-mbstring php-gd php-intl php-xml php-mcrypt

#Check PHP Version
php --version

#open the PHP configuration file, funcomment the ‘cgi.fix_pathinfo’ line
nano /etc/php/7.3/fpm/php.ini

#restart the PHP-FPM service
systemctl restart php7.3-fpm.service

#create a new MySQL user and database
sudo mysql -u root -p

#CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
#GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'PASSWORD';
#FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
#exit;
#Download and Install WordPress and unzip and change right
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.zip
unzip latest.zip -d /var/www/html/
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress

#List the contents for the directory /var/run/php/
ls /var/run/php/
#.sock file should be there this .sock file will be in location section in server block file

##server block By default located in /etc/nginx/sites-available/default. Open a new server block configuration file within the /etc/nginx/sites-available/ directory name the config file mylemp.com
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/mylemp.com

#Add the following content in mylemp.com file	
#	
#server {	
#        listen 80;	
#        root /var/www/html/wordpress;	
#        index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;	
#        server_name mylemp.com;	
#	
#        location / {	
#                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;	
#        }	
#	
#        location ~ \.php$ {	
#                include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;	
#                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
#                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
#                include fastcgi_params;
#
#        }	
#	
#        location ~ /\.ht {	
#                deny all;	
#        }
#}

#After adding this content, save and close the file
#Enable new server block file by creating a symbolic link from (/etc/nginx/sites-available/ directory) to (/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/)
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

#Unlink the default configuration file from the /sites-enabled/ directory
sudo unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
sudo unlink /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

#Edit the file in nano.
#sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

#Test your new configuration file for syntax errors
sudo nginx -t
#If any errors are reported, go back and recheck your file before continuing

#Reload Nginx to make the necessary changes
sudo systemctl reload nginx

#Test if PHP is working properly place a file called info.php inside  nginx web server root directory (/var/www/html/)
sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php

#Enter the following content inside the file and save it

###############
# <?php       #
# phpinfo();  #
# ?>          #
###############

#Reload Nginx to make the necessary changes
sudo systemctl reload nginx

#Visit page: http://your_server_ip_address/info.php or http://localhost/info.php

#To install Wordpress visit http://wplemp.com and follow on screen instruction

View on Youtube: part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK2V4QDeLFw&t=5s
part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5oRuthWiu0