WordPress on Digital Ocean with Bedrock
Years ago when I read a post “Using Composer with WordPress” I followed the instructions and wrote my own scripts to do installation for me. Today when I revisit the same topic I find the post is updated and now uses a slightly different approach. Instead of reinvient the wheel this time, I decide to give roots/bedrock a try.
Here are my steps:
1. Create a new Droplet on DigitalOcean
- Under “Select Image”, choose “Applications -> LAMP on 14.04”, or similar options if not available.
2. Install Dependencies
# install git
apt-get update & apt-get install git
# install composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php &> /dev/null
mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
3. Follow docs at roots/bedrock to install WordPress boilerplate
- Refer to “Installation” section for details
- After
mysql -u root -p, using following command to create database and users for WordPress
CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER wordpressuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO wordpressuser@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
4. Follow instructions at How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to setup virtual host on Ubuntu 14.04.
5. (Optional) If you have permission issue to access your website after setting up virtual host, you can follow post How To Configure Secure Updates and Installations in WordPress on Ubuntu to use my scripts from WordPress-DigitalOcean.
Here is the minimum code you need:
##### config WordPress ftp user account #####
echo "=========="
echo "Create a FTP user for WordPress"
echo "https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-secure-updates-and-installations-in-wordpress-on-ubuntu"
echo "=========="
export WP_USER=wp-user
echo "Checking if user $WP_USER already exist ... "
id -u $WP_USER &> /dev/null
if [ $? == 0 ]; then
echo "System already has a user called $WP_USER, skip creation"
else
if ! type "adduser" &> /dev/null; then
echo "Could not find command adduser, please follow the above tutorials and create user for WordPress by yourself."
else
## Add a New User for WordPress
adduser $WP_USER
chown -R $WP_USER:$WP_USER $(dirname $0)
# skip if user is not successfully created
id -u $WP_USER &> /dev/null
if [ $? == 0 ]; then
## Create SSH Keys for WordPress
echo "Creating SSH key for user $WP_USER"
su -c "ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -f /home/$WP_USER/wp_rsa" $WP_USER
chown $WP_USER:www-data /home/$WP_USER/wp_rsa*
chmod 0640 /home/$WP_USER/wp_rsa*
mkdir /home/$WP_USER/.ssh
chown $WP_USER:$WP_USER /home/$WP_USER/.ssh/
chmod 0700 /home/$WP_USER/.ssh/
cp /home/$WP_USER/wp_rsa.pub /home/$WP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys
chown $WP_USER:$WP_USER /home/$WP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod 0644 /home/$WP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys
## Restrict Key Usage to Local Machine
echo -n 'from="127.0.0.1" ' | cat - /home/$WP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys > temp && mv temp /home/$WP_USER/.ssh/authorized_keys
fi
fi
fi