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WordPress in a subdomain on Cloud Servers with Nginx

If you are looking for a guide to help you install WordPress in a subdomain with Nginx, you are in luck. Our experts have put together these steps to help you get started:

1. Before we begin, we have to ensure that we have the following:
   • Nginx, PHP and MySQL are installed on the server
   • Root access to the server
   • Subdomain has been created and points to the server
2. Then, log in to MySQL and create a new database for the subdomain as seen below:

   CREATE DATABASE supportdb;
3. Next, we must grant privileges to the database we created in the previous step and assign them a strong password as well.

   grant all privileges on supportdb.* TO ‘bob’@’localhost’ identified by ‘strongpassword’
4. Then, refresh the privileges and rules set to the database with the FLUSH PRIVILEGES command.
5. Now, it is time to create a directory for the subdomain. After that we have to download the WordPress and then extract the archive files.

   # mkdir /var/www/support.bobcaressupport.com
# cd /var/www/support.bobcaressupport.com
# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
6. Once we extract the files, we have to copy the files inside the created directory.
7. Next, we are going to set the Nginx configuration. This involves creating a new file at /etc/nginx/sites-available.

   # cd /etc/nginx/sites-available
# touch support.bobcaressupport.com .conf

8. After that, we have to copy the following Nginx configuration and save it in the file and ensure the Nginx syntax is correct.

   
9. Now, it is time to create a symlink. We can do this by activating the Nginx server block by linking it to the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled as seen below:

   ln –s /etc/nginx/sites-available/support.bobcaressupport.com.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/support.bobcaressupport.com.conf
10. Finally, restart the Nginx and PHP processes:

    # systemctl restart nginx.service
# systemctl restart php7.4-fpm.service
11. Now, we can finally, log in to the subdomain, and and click “Run the installation”.
12. Next, choose the required language and click Continue.
13. Then, we have to click Let’s go and enter the following details:
    • Database name
    • Username
    • Password
    • Database Host
    • Table Prefix

    Then, click Submit.
14. In the next window, enter the following details:
    • Site Title
    • Username
    • password
    • Your email
    • Search Engine Visibility

    Then, click Install WordPress.

After the final step, we will be able to view the WordPress dashboard.

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Conclusion

To sum up, our Support Techs introduced us to setting up WordPress in a subdomain on Cloud Servers with Nginx.