{"id":37598,"date":"2021-07-12T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=37598"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:31:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:31:37","slug":"how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install WordPress on AlmaLinux 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"742\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8.jpg\" alt=\"How to Install WordPress on AlmaLinux 8\" class=\"wp-image-37599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress is a free, open-source and one of the best content management systems around the world. It is based on PHP and uses MySQL\/MariaDB as a database backend. It provides a simple and easier way to create a simple to advanced blog or website. It provides a web-based frontend to create and manage a website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this post, we will show you how to install WordPress on AlmaLinux 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662d2706b26bf\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662d2706b26bf\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/#Prerequisites\" title=\"Prerequisites\">Prerequisites<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/#Log-in-to-the-Server-Update-the-Server-OS-Packages\" title=\"Log in to the Server &amp; Update the Server OS Packages\">Log in to the Server &amp; Update the Server OS Packages<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/#Install-LAMP-Server\" title=\"Install LAMP Server\">Install LAMP Server<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/#Create-a-WordPress-Database\" title=\"Create a WordPress Database\">Create a WordPress Database<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/#Install-WordPress\" title=\"Install WordPress\">Install WordPress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/#Configure-Apache-for-WordPress\" title=\"Configure Apache for WordPress\">Configure Apache for WordPress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/#Configure-Firewall\" title=\"Configure Firewall\">Configure Firewall<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8\/#Access-WordPress-Installation-Wizard\" title=\"Access WordPress Installation Wizard\">Access WordPress Installation Wizard<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prerequisites\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Prerequisites\"><\/span>Prerequisites<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>An AlmaLinux 8 VPS (we\u2019ll be using our SSD 2 VPS plan)<\/li><li>Access to the root user account (or access to an admin account with root privileges)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-log-in-to-the-server-update-the-server-os-packages\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Log-in-to-the-Server-Update-the-Server-OS-Packages\"><\/span>Log in to the Server &amp; Update the Server OS Packages<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, log in to your AlmaLinux 8 server via SSH as the root user:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">ssh root@IP_Address -p Port_number<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You will need to replace &#8216;IP_Address&#8217; and &#8216;Port_number&#8217; with your server\u2019s respective IP address and SSH port number. Additionally, replace &#8216;root&#8217; with the username of the admin account if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before starting, you have to make sure that all AlmaLinux OS packages installed on the server are up to date. You can do this by running the following commands:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">dnf update -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, verify the current version of your operating system using the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cat \/etc\/os-release<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>You should get the following output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">NAME=\"AlmaLinux\"\nVERSION=\"8.4 (Electric Cheetah)\"\nID=\"almalinux\"\nID_LIKE=\"rhel centos fedora\"\nVERSION_ID=\"8.4\"\nPLATFORM_ID=\"platform:el8\"\nPRETTY_NAME=\"AlmaLinux 8.4 (Electric Cheetah)\"\nANSI_COLOR=\"0;34\"\nCPE_NAME=\"cpe:\/o:almalinux:almalinux:8.4:GA\"\nHOME_URL=\"https:\/\/almalinux.org\/\"\nDOCUMENTATION_URL=\"https:\/\/wiki.almalinux.org\/\"\nBUG_REPORT_URL=\"https:\/\/bugs.almalinux.org\/\"\nALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT=\"AlmaLinux-8\"\nALMALINUX_MANTISBT_PROJECT_VERSION=\"8.4\"\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-install-lamp-server\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-LAMP-Server\"><\/span>Install LAMP Server<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, install the Apache web server, MariaDB server, PHP and other packages using the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">dnf install httpd httpd-tools mariadb-server php php-json php-mysqlnd php-json php-curl unzip -y<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>After installing all packages, start the Apache and MariaDB service and enable them to start at system reboot:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl start httpd\nsystemctl enable httpd\nsystemctl start mariadb\nsystemctl enable mariadb<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-create-a-wordpress-database\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Create-a-WordPress-Database\"><\/span>Create a WordPress Database<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you will need to create a database and user for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, log in to MariaDB with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">mysql<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you log in, create a database and user with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">MariaDB [(none)]&gt; CREATE DATABASE wpdb;\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; CREATE USER 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, grant all the privileges to WordPress database with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">MariaDB [(none)]&gt; GRANT ALL ON wpdb.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password' WITH GRANT OPTION;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, flush the privileges and exit from the MariaDB with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">MariaDB [(none)]&gt; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;\nMariaDB [(none)]&gt; EXIT;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-install-wordpress\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Install-WordPress\"><\/span>Install WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First, change the directory to the Apache web root and download the latest version of WordPress with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd \/var\/www\/html\nwget https:\/\/wordpress.org\/latest.tar.gz<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>After downloading WordPress, extract the downloaded file with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, change the directory to WordPress and rename the sample config file:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">cd wordpress\nmv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, edit the sample config file and define your database settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">nano wp-config.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Change the following values:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">define( 'DB_NAME', 'wpdb' );\n\n\/** MySQL database username *\/\ndefine( 'DB_USER', 'wpuser' );\n\n\/** MySQL database password *\/\ndefine( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'password' );\n\n\/** MySQL hostname *\/\ndefine( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Save the file then set proper ownership to the WordPress directory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">chown -R apache:apache \/var\/www\/html\/wordpress<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-configure-apache-for-wordpress\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configure-Apache-for-WordPress\"><\/span>Configure Apache for WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, create an Apache virtual host configuration file for WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">nano \/etc\/httpd\/conf.d\/wp.conf<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Add the following lines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">&lt;VirtualHost *:80&gt;\n   ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com\n   DocumentRoot \"\/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\"\n   ServerName wp.example.com\n   ErrorLog \"\/var\/log\/httpd\/example.com-error_log\"\n   CustomLog \"\/var\/log\/httpd\/example.com-access_log\" combined\n\n&lt;Directory \"\/var\/www\/html\/wordpress\"&gt;\n   DirectoryIndex index.html index.php\n   Options FollowSymLinks\n   AllowOverride All\n   Require all granted\n&lt;\/Directory&gt;\n&lt;\/VirtualHost&gt;\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Save the file then restart the Apache to apply the changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">systemctl restart httpd<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-configure-firewall\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Configure-Firewall\"><\/span>Configure Firewall<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, you will need to allow ports 80 and 443 through the firewall. You can allow them with the following command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http\nfirewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, reload the firewall to apply the changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">firewall-cmd --reload<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-access-wordpress-installation-wizard\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Access-WordPress-Installation-Wizard\"><\/span>Access WordPress Installation Wizard<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, you can access the WordPress installation wizard using the URL <strong>http:\/\/wp.example.com<\/strong>. You will be redirected to the following page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8.png 971w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8-150x104.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-on-almalinux-8-768x531.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 971px) 100vw, 971px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Select your Language and click on the <strong>Continue<\/strong> button. You should see the following page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-on-almalinux-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37794\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-on-almalinux-8.png 793w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-on-almalinux-8-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-on-almalinux-8-150x126.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-on-almalinux-8-768x643.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide your Site name, admin username, password, and click on the <strong>Install<\/strong> <strong>WordPress<\/strong> button. Once the installation is completed, you should see the following page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"974\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wordpress-on-almalinux-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wordpress-on-almalinux-8.png 974w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wordpress-on-almalinux-8-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wordpress-on-almalinux-8-150x73.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/wordpress-on-almalinux-8-768x375.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 974px) 100vw, 974px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the <strong>Login<\/strong> button. You will be redirected to the WordPress admin login page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-almalinux-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-almalinux-8.png 837w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-almalinux-8-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-almalinux-8-150x98.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/install-wordpress-almalinux-8-768x500.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide your admin username, password and click on the <strong>login button. You should see the WordPress dashboard on<\/strong> the following page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-almalinux-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-almalinux-8.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-almalinux-8-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-almalinux-8-150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/installing-wordpress-almalinux-8-768x404.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations! You have successfully installed WordPress on AlmaLinux 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to install WordPress if you use one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/linux-vps-hosting\/\">Managed Hosting services<\/a>, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to install WordPress on AlmaLinux 8, for you. They are available 24\u00d77 and will take care of your request immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PS. If you liked this post on how to install WordPress on AlmaLinux 8, please share it with your friends on the social networks using the buttons on the left or simply leave a reply below. Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is a free, open-source and one of the best content management systems around the world. 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