Next, you will need to create a database and user for WordPress.įirst, log in to MariaDB with the following command: mysql Systemctl enable mariadb Create a WordPress Database PRETTY_NAME='AlmaLinux 8.4 (Electric Cheetah)'ĬPE_NAME='cpe:/o:almalinux:almalinux:8.4:GA'įirst, install the Apache web server, MariaDB server, PHP and other packages using the following command: dnf install httpd httpd-tools mariadb-server php php-json php-mysqlnd php-json php-curl unzip -yĪfter installing all packages, start the Apache and MariaDB service and enable them to start at system reboot: systemctl start httpd

You should get the following output: NAME='AlmaLinux' Next, verify the current version of your operating system using the following command: cat /etc/os-release You can do this by running the following commands: dnf update -y Additionally, replace ‘root’ with the username of the admin account if necessary.īefore starting, you have to make sure that all AlmaLinux OS packages installed on the server are up to date. You will need to replace ‘IP_Address’ and ‘Port_number’ with your server’s respective IP address and SSH port number. Log in to the Server & Update the Server OS Packagesįirst, log in to your AlmaLinux 8 server via SSH as the root user: ssh -p Port_number

Access to the root user account (or access to an admin account with root privileges).

An AlmaLinux 8 VPS (we’ll be using our SSD 2 VPS plan).

Setup ftp for wordpress centos 7