How to Install on Ubuntu with Nginx and MariaDB WordPress Supports PHP 7.

Step 1: Install Nginx HTTP Server

To install Nginx on Ubuntu, run the commands below:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable Nginx service to always
start up with the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop nginx.service
sudo systemctl start nginx.service
sudo systemctl enable nginx.service

Step 2: Install MariaDB Database Server

To install MariaDB, run the commands below.
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client

After installing, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable MariaDB service to always
start up when the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

After that, run the commands below to secure MariaDB server by creating a root password and
disallowing remote root access.
sudo mysql_secure_installation

When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.

•Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
•Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
•New password: Enter password
•Re-enter new password: Repeat password
•Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
•Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
•Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y
•Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y

Restart MariaDB server

sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service

Step 3: Install PHP 7.2-FPM and Related Modules

Run the commands below to add the below third party repository to upgrade to PHP 7.2
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Then update and upgrade to PHP 7.2

sudo apt update
sudo apt install php7.2-fpm php7.2-common php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-gd php7.2-xml
php7.2-mysql php7.2-cli php7.2-zip php7.2-curl

After install PHP 7.2, run the commands below to open PHP-FPM default file.
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini
Then make the changes on the following lines below in the file and save. The value below are great
settings to apply in your environments.
file_uploads = On
allow_url_fopen = On
memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_file_size = 100M
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
max_execution_time = 360
date.timezone = America/Chicago

Step 4: Create WordPress Database

Now that you’ve install all the packages that are required, continue below to start configuring the
servers. First run the commands below to create a blank WordPress database.
To logon to MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p

Then create a database called wpdb

CREATE DATABASE wpdb;
Create a database user called wpdbuser with new password
CREATE USER 'wpdbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON wpdb.* TO 'wpdbuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT
OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 5: Download WordPress Latest Release

Next, visit WordPress site and download the latest version….
After downloading, run the commands below to extract the downloaded file and move it into a new
WordPress root directory.
cd /tmp && wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz
sudo mv wordpress /var/www/html/wordpress

Then run the commands below to set the correct permissions for WordPress to function.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress/

Step 6: Configure Nginx HTTP Server

Finally, configure Nginx site configuration file for WordPress. This file will control how users access
WordPress content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called wordpress
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress

Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your
own domain name and directory root location.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
root /var/www/html/wordpress;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name example.com www.example.com;

client_max_body_size 100M;

location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}

Save the file and exit.

Step 7: Enable the WordPress and Rewrite Module

After configuring the VirtualHost above, enable it by running the commands below… the commands also
disable PHP7.0 and enable PHP 7.1 for Nginx.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/wordpress /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

Step 8 : Restart Nginx

To load all the settings above, restart Nginx by running the commands below.
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

STEP 9: CONFIGURE WORDPRESS

Now that Nginx is configured, run the commands below to create WordPress wp-config.php file.
sudo mv /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config-sample.php /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-
config.php

Then run the commands below to open WordPress configuration file.

sudo nano /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php

Enter the highlighted text below that you created for your database and save.
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'wpdb');
/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'wpdbuser');
/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'user_password_here');
/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
/** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

After that, open your browser and browse to your domain name to launch WordPress configuration
wizard.
You should see WordPress setup wizard to complete. Please follow the wizard carefully.