1. Introduction

This is a very short post which guides you how to install WordPress on Oracle Virtual box using a automated script.

2. Setup the environment

We will use virtual box as out hypervisor where our WordPress virtual machine is going to hosted.

Download Virtual Box: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

We will use vagrant to manage and build virtual machines on the hypervisor.

Download Vagrant: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads

Installation scripts can be found as a git repository. We shall install git to clone this repository.

Git for widows: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Getting-Started-Installing-Git

Git for MacOS: https://sourceforge.net/projects/git-osx-installer/files/

A complete guide [optional] to install git: https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/install-git

3. Clone the git Repository

At this point it has been assumed that Oracle virtual box, Vagrant and git applications are installed in your local machine.

git clone https://github.com/krishanthisera/WP-EZY.git

In this case you may use the terminal(on Linux, OSX) or CMD(for windows).

4. Bootstrap the Server

CD in to the cloned directory (WP-EZY).

cd WP-EZY 

Bootstrap the server.

vagrant up

Now you may wait until the bootstrapping process complete it may take some time depending on your internet connection.

5. Verify the installation

URL: http://192.168.5.50/blog/wp-admin/

User Name: admin

Password: password

–Enjoy–

6. Note

You may change the configuration using install.sh file. For an example,

1. MySQL configuration
2. IP Configuration
3. Apache2 Configuration

If you are OSX user, you might encounter an error when you ought to install VirtualBox.

-> Go to your system preference

• -> Unlock to make the changes

• -> Allow VIrtual Box as a system app

Install.sh

#Install dependencies
sudo apt-get 
DB_ROOT_PASS=root-pass
DB_WP_PASS=wp-pass

sudo debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password ${DB_PASS}'
sudo debconf-set-selections <<< 'mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password ${DB_PASS}'
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y wordpress php libapache2-mod-php mysql-server php-mysql apache2 mysql-client ufw

sudo service mysql start
mkdir -p /etc/apache2/sites-available

#Configure mysql 
mysql -u "root" -p'$DB_ROOT_PASS' -e "CREATE DATABASE wordpress;"
mysql -u "root" -p'$DB_ROOT_PASS' -e "GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,DROP,ALTER ON wordpress.* TO wordpress@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '${DB_WP_PASS}';"
mysql -u "root" -p'$DB_ROOT_PASS' -e "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"


#Configure Apache2 server
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf
Alias /blog /usr/share/wordpress
<Directory /usr/share/wordpress>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride Limit Options FileInfo
    DirectoryIndex index.php
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
<Directory /usr/share/wordpress/wp-content>
    Options FollowSymLinks
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>	
EOF


mkdir -p /etc/wordpress


cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/wordpress/config-localhost.php 
<?php
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
define('DB_USER', 'wordpress');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '${DB_WP_PASS}');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_COLLATE', 'utf8_general_ci');
define('WP_CONTENT_DIR', '/usr/share/wordpress/wp-content');
?>
EOF



sudo service mysql start
sudo a2ensite wordpress
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 reload

Thank you 🙂