How Do I Install WordPress on Linux Nginx?

Installing WordPress on Linux with Nginx

WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems (CMS) in the world, and is also one of the easiest to set up on Linux. This guide will show you how to install WordPress on a Linux server using Nginx as a web server.

First, you will need to install Nginx. On Ubuntu, you can install Nginx with the following command:

sudo apt-get install nginx

On Debian, you can install Nginx with the following command:

sudo apt-get install nginx-full

Once Nginx is installed, you can configure it to serve WordPress by following these steps:

1. Add the following lines to your Nginx configuration file:

server {

listen 80;

server_name example.com;

root /var/www/WordPress;

location / {

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;

}

2. Add the following lines to your WordPress configuration file:

# Nginx configuration

server.nginx.wsgi-bin = “/usr/local/nginx/sbin/nginx”;

# WordPress configuration

rootdir = “/usr/local/share/WordPress”;

# Load WordPress

include_once ‘./wp-config.php';

# Debugging

error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;

pid /var/run/nginx.pid;

3. Restart Nginx and WordPress:

sudo service nginx restart

sudo service wp restart

Conclusion

In this guide, you have learned how to install WordPress on a Linux server using Nginx as a web server. By following these steps, you have enabled WordPress to run on your server without any problems.