Wordpress Installation on Debian

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Introduction

This HOWTO will show you how to install Wordpress (version 2.3.1) from the Debian package manager as well as configure a Wordpress blog for multiple domains. Please note that there are other HOWTOs available for setting up Wordpress on Debian Etch but this is the method that worked best for me. YMMV.

Requirements

A Debian Etch base installation - Installation HOWTO here.
Root access to your server.

Assumptions

For this HOWTO we'll assume that you want to install your Wordpress blog for www.example.com and that your server's IP address is 192.168.1.2. Any reference to www.example.com or 192.168.1.2 must be replaced with your domain name and server's IP address respectively.

Install Wordpress

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
apt-get install wordpress

Modify The htaccess File

Open up the Wordpress htaccess file:

vim /etc/wordpress/htaccess

Add the following to the file - make sure you only add what isn't there already:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.+) [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [QSA,R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

Save and close the file.

Create Apache Config Files

vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com

Add the following to your first new file:

<VirtualHost 192.168.1.2:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAdmin me@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
DirectoryIndex index.php
<Directory /var/www/example.com/>
  AllowOverride All
  Order Deny,Allow
  Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save this file and create the following new one:

/etc/apache2/sites-available/www.example.com

Add the following to your second new file:

<VirtualHost 192.168.1.2:80>
ServerName www.example.com
ServerAdmin me@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com
DirectoryIndex index.php
<Directory /var/www/example.com/>
  AllowOverride All
  Order Deny,Allow
  Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Once you've saved this second file you should see two new files in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ namely example.com and www.example.com.

Create A Symbolic Link To Your Wordpress Files

cd /var/www/
ln -s /usr/share/wordpress example.com

Enable Your New Sites

a2ensite www.example.com
a2ensite example.com
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Setup MySQL Database & Wordpress Config File

The following command will setup a new database and create a config file at /etc/wordpress/config-example.com.php.

/usr/share/doc/wordpress/examples/setup-mysql -n example example.com

Replace "example" in the command above to the name of your database and "example.com" to the domain name for your website.

Setup Wordpress

Once you've completed these you can now go to www.example.com and you'll see a new Wordpress Install screen. Simply follow the steps and you're new Wordpress website will be live and ready to go.

If you'd like to add additional Wordpress blog sites then follow steps 6 through 10 for each additional domain name. |

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