This page will show how to install the WordPress Content Management System.

Note: This is a guide on how to install and configure CMS and Wiki System on localhost.

To install and configure WordPress and DokuWiki on a Debian system, each with its own directory (localhost/wordpress and localhost/dokuwiki), follow these steps:

1. Before starting, ensure your Debian system is up to date.

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

2. Install packages needed for both CMS and Wiki.

sudo apt install apache2 mariadb-server php php-mysql php-xml php-gd php-mbstring php-curl unzip -y

• Apache: Web server.
• MariaDB: Database server.
• PHP: Scripting language for WordPress and DokuWiki.
• unzip: To extract WordPress and DokuWiki files.

3. Secure your MariaDB installation and create databases for WordPress and DokuWiki.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Follow the prompts to set a root password and secure the database.

4. Log in to MariaDB.

sudo mysql -u root -p

5. Create database and users:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE DATABASE dokuwiki;

CREATE USER 'eusoffwp'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'eusoff*A';
CREATE USER 'eusoffdw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'eusoff*A';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'eusoffwp'@'localhost';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON dokuwiki.* TO 'eusoffdw'@'localhost';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

6. Download WordPress.

cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

7. Extract WordPress.

sudo tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz

8. Remove the .tar file.

sudo rm latest.tar.gz

9. Set permissions of WordPress directory

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress

10. Configure WordPress by opening browser and go to http://localhost/wordpress.

11. Follow the WordPress installation wizard.

• Database Name: wordpress
• Username: eusoffwp
• Password: eusoff*A
• Database Host: localhost
• Table Prefix: wp_

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