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Bitnami Virtual Machines contains a minimal Linux operating system with installed and configured WordPress. Utilizing the Bitnami Virtual Machine image requires hypervisor software such as VirtualBox or VMware Player, both of these hypervisors are available for free configuration.

Bitnami WordPress Application using Virtual host

Using a virtualization platform like VirtualBox you can simply begin the Bitnami virtual machine image whenever you want to access the application. There are no specific additional libraries, databases, and runtimes to deal with, and the virtual machine is completely isolated from software installed on your machine.

WordPress is the most popular blogging platform in the world, this consists of millions of websites hosted, comes with thousands of themes and extensions, and is completely free and open source. By this, It’s not hard to say why WordPress is incredibly easy to use.

I’ll walk you through setting up a Bitnami WordPress virtual machine which gives you a pre-configured WordPress website with easy to set up.

Step 1: Launch Bitnami WordPress virtual host

Initially download a Bitnami WordPress virtual machine as a .ova file and once it is downloaded, follow the below steps:

• Launch VirtualBox.

• Choose the “File” >> Import Appliance menu option in VirtualBox and then select the .ova file to download from the Bitnami website >> Click “Continue” to proceed.

• Next review the configuration displayed and alter values by double-clicking them and entering new values. You have an option to set a different machine name or adjust the available memory >> Click “Import” to proceed. The memory should have 512 MB or higher. For other applications like Ruby or Java, configure the machine memory size to 1 GB or higher.

Through this process, the virtual machine will now be imported and will appear in the list of virtual machines in the VirtualBox interface. Now select the virtual machine and click the “Start” button in the VirtualBox toolbar. A new window will be launched for running the virtual machine.

Once this startup process is completed, you should get a login prompt in the virtual machine console. This will display the login credentials for the application and the current IP address of the virtual machine. You can access the application at the given URL with IP from the console, by launching your Web browser and browsing to the virtual machine’s IP address. You should get the front page of your blog with a sample post.

Step 2: Login and start using WordPress

To access the WordPress dashboard, follow these simple steps:

• Browse to the WordPress dashboard with the URL http://Host-IP/wp-admin.

• Next, log in with the administrator credentials from the previous step.

You will then log in to the WordPress dashboard, this allows you to manage posts, and pages, customize your blog with themes and plugins, manage navigation menus, import and export content add or delete new user’s profiles and much more.

Create your first post

You can now add a new post using the below steps:

• Click on the “Posts” >> “Add New” menu option to create a post.

• Enter a content title for the post.

• Edit by choosing the format and category for your post.

• Finally, publish it immediately using the “Publish” button.

Eventually, newly edited posts will display when you visit the blog’s front page. You now have a fully-functional WordPress blog in the cloud.

Keep your WordPress installation up-to-date

With the WordPress update feature, you can keep your WordPress installation up-to-date. Below are the steps to follow:

• Log in to your WordPress account.

• Select the “Dashboard >> Updates” menu item.

• Review the resulting page to see if any WordPress updates require. If an update is available then you can install it by clicking on the “Update Now” button.

Conclusion

To sum up, you have seen step by step process of using a Bitnami virtual appliance with VirtualBox to quickly start using a new server application. Following to create a new WordPress post and to keep the WordPress up to date.