How To Install WordPress with LEMP on Rocky Linux 9

To install WordPress with LEMP on Rocky Linux 9, follow the steps below.

Step 1 : Install LEMP Stack

If you haven't installed the LEMP stack yet, refer to the guide Rocky Linux 9 Guides.

Step 2 : Create Database

- Log in to your MySQL server.

sudo mysql

- Create a new MySQL user and database.

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Step 3 : Create a directory for your WordPress installation:

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

Step 4 : Change to the newly created directory:

cd /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

Step 5 : Download WordPress:

sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Step 6 : Extract the downloaded file:

sudo tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz

Step 7 : Move the files to the appropriate directory:

sudo mv wordpress/* .

Step 8 : Set the correct permissions:

sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io

Step 9 : Configure Nginx for example.devtutorial.io

- Edit your Nginx configuration file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/example.devtutorial.io.conf

- Add the following configuration:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name example.devtutorial.io;
    root /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;


    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }


    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Save and exit.

Step 10 : If SELinux is enabled, set the appropriate file context:

sudo semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_rw_content_t '/var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io(/.*)?'
sudo restorecon -Rv /var/www/html/example.devtutorial.io