====== Part 4: Install and Configure Content Management System======
This page will show how to install the WordPress [[whatiscms|Content Management System]].

**Note: This is a guide on how to install and configure CMS on localhost.**
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To install WordPress on Debian, we would need to set up a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP).

Below is a step-by-step guide on how to install WordPress through the command line.

1. Before starting, ensure your Debian system is up to date.
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt upgrade
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2. WordPress requires a web server (Apache), a database (MySql/MariaDB), and PHP.
\\ Let's install **Apache** first.
  sudo apt install apache2
\\ Press ''y'' and Enter to continue.
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To start and enable Apache, use command:
  sudo systemctl start apache2
  sudo systemctl enable apache2
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3. Install **MySQL (MariaDB)**
  sudo apt install mariadb-server
Press ''y'' and Enter to continue.
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  sudo mysql_secure_installation
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4. Install **PHP**
  sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip
Press ''y'' and Enter to continue.
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5. Restart Apache
  sudo systemctl restart apache2
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6. Create a MySQL Database for WordPress.
\\ Log into MySQL.
  sudo mysql -u root -p
The password should be your root password.
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\\ Once you are in, you will be greeted with this menu.
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Now, create a database and user for WordPress. 
  CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
  CREATE USER 'eusoff'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'eusoff*A';
  GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress_db.* TO 'eusoff'@'localhost';
  FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
  EXIT;
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7. Download and configure WordPress.
  sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz 
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Unzip using this command:
  sudo tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz
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Now move the files to the web root directory.
  sudo mv wordpress /var/www/html/wordpress
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Set the correct permissions
  sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress
  sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress
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8. Create a new Apache configuration file for WordPress.
  sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/wordpress.conf
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\\ Add the following configuration:
  <VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/wordpress
    ServerName localhost
    
    <Directory /var/www/html/wordpress>
        AllowOverride All
    </Directory>
    
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
  </VirtualHost>
Press ''Ctrl + X'', ''y'', and ''Enter'' to save.
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  sudo a2ensite wordpress.conf
  sudo a2enmod rewrite
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  sudo systemctl restart apache2
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  sudo nano /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php
Make sure your wp-config.php have the contents.
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  sudo chmod 644 /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php
  sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php
Make sure the permission is accessible.
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Restart Apache2
  sudo systemctl restart apache2
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9. Go to ''localhost'' on the browser and now we have the option to Install WordPress.
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Fill up every information needed.
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\\ And bam! We now have WordPress working.
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\\ Press the __Log In__ to log in to WordPress Dashboard.

Enter the username and password and press Log In.
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Let's say we want to publish something.
\\ Edit some texts and description. Once done, click publish.
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\\ A sample of published post.
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\\ The post we had posted just now is now in the main WordPress home page.
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Congratulations! You have created your very own CMS using WordPress.