1. Configure System Time

Ensure the system clock is synchronized:

systemctl restart chronyd
systemctl enable chronyd
hwclock -w

2. Install Apache and MariaDB

Install the required packages:

yum -y install httpd mariadb mariadb-server
systemctl enable --now httpd
systemctl enable --now mariadb

3. Secure MariaDB Installation

Run the security script to harden the database:

mysql_secure_installation

During execution:

• Press Enter when prompted for the current root password (none set initially).
• Enable unix_socket authentication.
• Set a strong root password.
• Remove anonymous users.
• Skip disabling remote root login if local access only is acceptable.
• Delete the test database.
• Reload privilege tables.

4. Install PHP and Extensions

Install PHP along with commonly used modules:

yum -y install php php-cli php-fpm php-gd php-curl php-mysqlnd

5. Configrue PHP Timezone

Edit /etc/php.ini to set the correct timezone:

[Date]
date.timezone = Asia/Shanghai

Then restart and enable PHP-FPM:

systemctl restart php-fpm
systemctl enable php-fpm

6. Test PHP Processing

Create a test file in the web root:

echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' > /var/www/html/index.php

Update Apache’s directory index settings in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
</IfModule>

Restart Apache:

systemctl restart httpd

7. Prepare WordPress Files

Install tools for file transfer and extraction:

yum -y install lrzsz tar
mkdir -p /opt/software
cd /opt/software

Upload wordpress-*.tar.gz using rz -E, then extract it:

tar -xzvf wordpress-*.tar.gz

8. Deploy WordPress to Web Root

Move WordPress files into the document root and set permissions:

cp -r wordpress /var/www/html/
chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/wordpress
chmod -R 775 /var/www/html/wordpress

9. Create Database and User for WordPress

Log into MariaDB:

mysql -u root -p

Execute the following SQL commands:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress_db;
CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secure_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress_db.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Note: Replace 'secure_password' with a strong password.

10. Configure Virtual Host for WordPress

Copy the virtual host template and edit it:

cp /usr/share/doc/httpd-core/httpd-vhosts.conf /etc/httpd/conf.d/
vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/httpd-vhosts.conf

Add the following configuration (replace IP with your server’s address):

<VirtualHost 192.168.35.142:80>
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/html/wordpress"
    <Directory "/var/www/html/wordpress">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Restart Apache to apply changes:

systemctl restart httpd