How to install WordPress with Apache on FreeBSD
In this FreeBSD tutorial, we will learn how to install WordPress using an Apache web server with SSL from Let’s Encrypt for HTTPS.
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Install Apache
Install Apache web server.
1 | pkg install apache24 |
Enable apache24 service.
1 | sysrc apache24_enable="YES" |
Run the apache24 service.
1 | service apache24 start |
Browse http://serverIP to test if the Apache web server is running properly.
Configure VirtualHost
Next, configure the virtual host for the domain musaamin.my.id.
Create a folder for the document root.
1 2 | mkdir -p /var/www/musaamin.my.id echo "hello world" > /var/www/musaamin.my.id/index.html |
Create a folder to store virtual host configuration files.
1 | mkdir /usr/local/etc/apache24/vhosts |
Create a folder for Apache logs.
1 | mkdir /var/log/apache |
Create a virtual host configuration file.
1 | nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/vhosts/musaamin.my.id.conf |
Fill in the virtual hosts configuration file.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 | <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot /var/www/musaamin.my.id ServerName musaamin.my.id ServerAlias www.musaamin.my.id ErrorLog /var/log/apache/musaamin.my.id_error.log CustomLog /var/log/apache/musaamin.my.id_access.log common <Directory /var/www/musaamin.my.id> Order allow,deny Allow from all Require all granted AllowOverride All </Directory> </VirtualHost> |
Open the Apache configuration file.
1 | nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf |
Enable the ServerName option and enter the server IP address.
1 | ServerName 207.148.123.152 |
Add include vhosts at the bottom of the line.
1 | Include etc/apache24/vhosts/*.conf |
Check for configuration errors.
1 | apachectl -t |
If there is no mistake.
1 | Syntax OK |
Restart the Apache service.
1 | service apache24 restart |
Browse http://musaamin.my.id.
Install PHP
Install PHP 7.4 and its extensions.
1 | pkg install php74 mod_php74 php74-mysqli php74-mbstring php74-pecl-mcrypt php74-zlib php74-curl php74-opcache php74-xml php74-xmlrpc php74-gd php74-json php74-zip |
Create a configuration file to connect Apache with PHP.
1 | nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes/php.conf |
Fill in the php.conf file.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | <IfModule dir_module> DirectoryIndex index.php index.html <FilesMatch "\.php$"> SetHandler application/x-httpd-php </FilesMatch> <FilesMatch "\.phps$"> SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source </FilesMatch> </IfModule> |
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Create a php.ini file
1 2 | cp /usr/local/etc/php.ini-production /usr/local/etc/php.ini-production.default ln -s /usr/local/etc/php.ini-production /usr/local/etc/php.ini |
Restart the Apache service.
1 | service apache24 restart |
Create the info.php file.
1 | echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/musaamin.my.id/info.php |
Browse http://musaamin.my.id/info.php
Install SSL Let’s Encrypt
Open the Apache configuration file.
1 | nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf |
Enable SSL module and rewrite.
1 2 | LoadModule ssl_module libexec/apache24/mod_ssl.so LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache24/mod_rewrite.so |
Restart the Apache service.
1 | service apache24 restart |
Install certbot Let’s Encrypt.
1 | pkg install py37-certbot-apache |
Request SSL for the musaamin.my.id domain.
1 | certbot --apache -d musaamin.my.id -d www.musaamin.my.id |
If successful, certbot changes the virtual host configuration file musaamin.my.id.conf.
1 | nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/vhosts/musaamin.my.id.conf |
The contents of the virtual hosts file.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | <VirtualHost *:80> DocumentRoot /var/www/musaamin.my.id ServerName musaamin.my.id ServerAlias www.musaamin.my.id ErrorLog /var/log/apache/musaamin.my.id_error.log CustomLog /var/log/apache/musaamin.my.id_access.log common <Directory /var/www/musaamin.my.id> Order allow,deny Allow from all Require all granted AllowOverride All </Directory> RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =musaamin.my.id [OR] RewriteCond %{SERVER_NAME} =www.musaamin.my.id RewriteRule ^ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [END,NE,R=permanent] </VirtualHost> |
Certbot also creates new file.
1 | nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/vhosts/musaamin.my.id-le-ssl.conf |
The contents of the virtual hosts file.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 | <IfModule mod_ssl.c> <VirtualHost *:443> DocumentRoot /var/www/musaamin.my.id ServerName musaamin.my.id ServerAlias www.musaamin.my.id ErrorLog /var/log/apache/musaamin.my.id_error.log CustomLog /var/log/apache/musaamin.my.id_access.log common <Directory /var/www/musaamin.my.id> Order allow,deny Allow from all Require all granted AllowOverride All </Directory> Include /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-apache.conf SSLCertificateFile /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/musaamin.my.id/fullchain.pem SSLCertificateKeyFile /usr/local/etc/letsencrypt/live/musaamin.my.id/privkey.pem </VirtualHost> </IfModule> |
Browse https://musaamin.my.id.
Install MariaDB
Install MariaDB database.
1 | pkg install mariadb105-server mariadb105-client |
Activate and run the MariaDB service.
1 2 | sysrc mysql_enable="YES" service mysql-server start |
Secure MariaDB installation.
1 | mysql_secure_installation |
Answer the question.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | Enter current password for root (enter for none): ENTER Switch to unix_socket authentication [Y/n] y Change the root password? [Y/n] y 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 |
Login MariaDB
1 | mysql |
Create a database for WordPress.
1 2 3 4 5 | CREATE DATABASE musaamin; CREATE USER 'musaamin'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'rahasia'; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON musaamin.* TO 'musaamin'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit |
Install WordPress
Download the latest WordPress.
1 | wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz -O wordpress.tar.gz |
Extract wordpress.tar.gz
1 | tar xzvf wordpress.tar.gz |
Copy the contents of the wordpress folder to the document root.
1 | cp -Rfv wordpress/* /var/www/musaamin.my.id |
Change ownership.
1 | chown -R www:www /var/www/musaamin.my.id |
Delete the index.html and info.php files created earlier.
1 2 | rm -f /var/www/musaamin.my.id/info.php rm -f /var/www/musaamin.my.id/index.html |
Browse https://musaamin.my.id to install WordPress.
- Continue
- Let’s go!
- Enter the database name, username, and password that was created in MariaDB. For Database Host = 127.0.0.1. Submit
- Run the installation
- Enter the site title, username, password and email. Install WordPress.
WordPress has finished installing.
Browse https://musaamin.my.id and login to the dashboard.
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