How to build and run WordPress on raspberry pie

This simple tutorial allows you to run your... On raspberry pie WordPress Website .

WordPress Is a very popular open source blog platform and content management platform （CMS). It's easy to build , There is also an active developer community to build websites 、 Create themes and plug-ins for others to use .

Although through one button WordPress Setting up to get managed packages is easy , But you can also simply use the command line in Linux The server Set your own hosting package on , And raspberry pie is a pretty good way to try it and learn something by the way .

A frequently used Web The four parts of the kit are Linux、Apache、MySQL and PHP. Here is what you need to know about each of them .

Linux

The system running on raspberry pie is Raspbian, This is a base Debian, Optimized for running on raspberry pie hardware Linux Distribution version . You have two choices ： Desktop version or compact version . The desktop version has a familiar desktop and many educational software and programming tools , Like LibreOffice Kit 、Mincraft, One more web browser . The compact version has no desktop environment , So it only has the command line and some necessary software .

This tutorial can be used in both versions , But if you use a lite version , You must have another computer to visit your site .

Apache

Apache Is a popular web The server application , You can install it on your raspberry pie to serve your web page . In itself ,Apache Can pass HTTP Provide static HTML file . Use additional modules , It can also be used like PHP The scripting language of provides dynamic web pages .

install Apache It's simple . Open a terminal window , Then type the following command ：

1. sudo apt install apache2 -y

Apache By default, a test file is placed in a web Directory , You can access it from your computer or other computers in your network . Just open it web browser , Then enter the address <http://localhost>. perhaps （ Especially if you use Raspbian Lite Words ） Enter your raspberry pie IP Address substitution localhost. You should see such content in your browser window ：

That means yours Apache It's already working ！

This default web page is just a file in your file system . It's in your local /var/www/html/index/html. You can use Leafpad Text editor write some HTML To replace the contents of this file .

1. cd/var/www/html/
2. sudo leafpad index.html

Save and close Leafpad Then refresh the page , See your changes .

MySQL

MySQL（ pronounce as “my S-Q-L” perhaps “my sequel”） Is a very popular database engine . It's like PHP, It is widely used in Web Services , That's why it's like WordPress The same project chose it , And why these projects are so popular .

Enter the following command in a terminal window to install MySQL service （LCTT Translation notes ： It's actually installed MySQL Branch MariaDB）：

1. sudoapt-get install mysql-server -y

WordPress Use MySQL Store articles 、 page 、 User data 、 There are many other things .

PHP

PHP It's a preprocessor ： It is the code that runs when the server accepts the web page request through the web browser . It addresses the content that needs to be displayed on the web , Then send these pages to the browser . Unlike static HTML,PHP Be able to show different content in different situations .PHP It's a web A very popular language on ; A lot like Facebook and Wikipedia All projects use PHP To write .

install PHP and MySQL Plug in for ：

1. sudoapt-get install php php-mysql -y

Delete index.html, Then create index.php：

1. sudorm index.html
2. sudo leafpad index.php

Add the following to it ：

1. <?php phpinfo();?>

preservation 、 sign out 、 Refresh your web page . You will see PHP Status page ：

WordPress

You can use wget Command from the wordpress.org download WordPress. Abreast of the times WordPress Always used wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz This web site , So you can grab these files directly , There is no need to check inside the web , The current version is 4.9.8.

Make sure you're in /var/www/html Directory , Then delete all the contents ：

1. cd/var/www/html/
2. sudorm*

Use wget download WordPress, Then extract the contents , And move the extracted WordPress The contents of the directory are moved to html Under the table of contents ：

1. sudowget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
2. sudotar xzf latest.tar.gz
3. sudomv wordpress/* .

Now you can delete the compressed package and empty wordpress Catalogue ：

1. sudorm-rf wordpress latest.tar.gz

function ls perhaps tree -L 1 Command display WordPress Contents included under the project ：

1. .
2. ├── index.php
3. ├── license.txt
4. ├── readme.html
5. ├── wp-activate.php
6. ├── wp-admin
7. ├── wp-blog-header.php
8. ├── wp-comments-post.php
9. ├── wp-config-sample.php
10. ├── wp-content
11. ├── wp-cron.php
12. ├── wp-includes
13. ├── wp-links-opml.php
14. ├── wp-load.php
15. ├── wp-login.php
16. ├── wp-mail.php
17. ├── wp-settings.php
18. ├── wp-signup.php
19. ├── wp-trackback.php
20. └── xmlrpc.php
21. 3 directories,16 files

This is a WordPress The default installation source for . stay wp-content Directory , You can edit your custom installation .

You should now change the ownership of all documents to Apache Running users of www-data：

1. sudochown-R www-data:.

WordPress database

To build your WordPress Site , You need a database . What we use here is MySQL.

Run in the terminal window MySQL Safe installation commands ：

1. sudo mysql_secure_installation

You will be asked a series of questions . There was no password here , But in the next step, you should set one . Make sure you remember the password you entered , Later you need to use it to connect your WordPress. Press enter to confirm all the following questions .

When it's finished , You will see “All done!” and “Thanks for using MariaDB!” Information about .

Run in the terminal window mysql command ：

1. sudo mysql -uroot -p

Enter the root password （LCTT Translation notes ： No Linux Systematic root password , yes MySQL Of root password ）. You will see “Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.” Welcome to . stay “MariaDB [(none)] >” Use the following command at the prompt , For you WordPress Create a database for the installation of ：

1. create database wordpress;

Pay attention to the semicolon at the end of the declaration , If the command is executed successfully , You will see the following prompt ：

1. Query OK,1 row affected (0.00 sec)

Give the database permission to root The user enters the password at the bottom of the statement ：

1. GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOURPASSWORD';

In order for the changes to take effect , You need to refresh database permissions ：

1. FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Press Ctrl+D sign out MariaDB Prompt , Back to Bash shell.

WordPress To configure

In your Raspberry pie Open a web browser , Address field input http://localhost. Choose one you want in WordPress The language used , And then click “Continue”. You will see WordPress Welcome interface for . Click on “Let’s go!” Button .

Fill in the basic site information as follows ：

1. DatabaseName:      wordpress
2. UserName:          root
3. Password:<YOUR PASSWORD>
4. DatabaseHost:      localhost
5. TablePrefix:       wp_

Click on “Submit” continue , And then click “Run the install”.

Fill in the following format ： Set a title for your site 、 Create a username and password 、 Enter your email Address . Click on “Install WordPress” Button , Then log in with the account you just created , You are now logged in , And your site has been set up , You can enter... In the browser address bar http://localhost/wp-admin Check your website .

Permanent link

Change your permanent link settings , Make your URL Being more friendly is a good idea .

To do this , First log in to your WordPress , Go to the dashboard . Get into “Settings”,“Permalinks”. choice “Post name” Options , And then click “Save Changes”. Then you need to turn on Apache Of rewrite modular .

1. sudo a2enmod rewrite

You also need to tell the virtual hosting service , The site allows rewriting requests . Edit for your virtual host Apache The configuration file ：

1. sudo leafpad /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Add the following after the first line ：

1. <Directory"/var/www/html">
2.     AllowOverride All
3. </Directory>

Make sure there is something like this <VirtualHost *:80>：

1. <VirtualHost *:80>
2. <Directory"/var/www/html">
3.         AllowOverride All
4. </Directory>
5.     ...

Save this file , And then quit , restart Apache：

1. sudosystemctl restart apache2

next step ？

WordPress It can be highly customized . Click on your site name in the banner at the top of the website , You will enter the dashboard . Here you can modify the theme 、 Add pages and articles 、 Edit menu 、 Add the plug-in 、 And many other things .

Here are some interesting things you can try on the raspberry pie web service ：

• Add pages and articles to your website
• Install different themes from the appearance menu
• Customize your website theme or create your own
• Use your website services to display useful information to others on your network

Don't forget it , Raspberry pie is a Linux The computer . You can also use the same structure to run Debian perhaps Ubuntu On the server of WordPress.

via: https://opensource.com/article/18/10/setting-wordpress-raspberry-pi

author ：Ben Nuttall Topic selection ：lujun9972 translator ：dianbanjiu proofreading ：wxy

This paper is written by LCTT Original compilation ,Linux China Honor roll out