For this instructional tutorial we'll be exploring the installation and setup of both WordPress v4.0 and the required MySQL database used to support it. However, sometimes we find ourselves in interesting situations which either necessitate or involve remote instances of a MySQL server or database. Quite simply, most of the time remote databases or servers are used for security purposes--specifically security through obscurity and not having all of your eggs in a single basket.
Important: Please ensure that you are correctly modifying usernames, passwords, hostnames and IP addresses to suit your needs. If you do not, this setup will not work correctly for you.
LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) is one of the most stable and widely used production/development environments available to developers. Anything Apache can do, Nginx can do much faster. This includes PHP proc