Site Setup – WordPress Deployment

Obtain WordPress

• Download latest OR reuse stable version

Deploy Files

• Copy into:

/var/www/com.evalue-it.www

Configure wp-config.php

DB connection

/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define( 'DB_NAME', 'p_mydb' );

/** Database username */
define( 'DB_USER', 'p_mydb' );

/** Database password */
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'secret password' );

/** Database hostname */
define( 'DB_HOST', '10.3.6.134' );

WordPress Security Initialisation

• Generate unique AUTH/SALT keys
• Insert into wp-config.php
• Verify not default placeholders
• Store copy in secure vault alongside DB user (KeePass)

Debug settings (off for prod)

define( 'WP_DEBUG', false );

Custom variables and HTTP Forwarding

Insert the following, CHANGING the variables, below:

/* Add any custom values between this line and the "stop editing" line. */

define('WP_HOME', 'https://foo.ensite.me');
define('WP_SITEURL', 'https://foo.ensite.me');

if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']) && $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] === 'https') {
    $_SERVER['HTTPS'] = 'on';
}

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */

Support permalinks through apache2

Update the sites-available config file

    <Directory /var/www/me.ensite.foo>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

Enable rewrites

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo apache2ctl configtest
sudo systemctl restart apache2