devilbox/docs/examples/setup-wordpress.rst
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Setup Wordpress

This example will use git to install Wordpress from within the PHP container.

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Overview

The following configuration will be used:

Project name VirtualHost directory Database TLD_SUFFIX Project URL
my-wp /shared/httpd/my-wp my_wp loc http://my-wp.loc

Walk through

It will be ready in six simple steps:

  1. Enter the PHP container
  2. Create a new VirtualHost directory
  3. Download Wordpress via git
  4. Symlink webroot directory
  5. Setup DNS record
  6. Visit http://my-wp.loc in your browser

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1. Enter the PHP container

host> ./shell.sh

work_inside_the_php_container

2. Create new vhost directory

devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ mkdir my-wp

3. Download Wordpress via git

devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd $ cd my-wp
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-wp $ git clone https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress wordpress.git
devilbox@php-7.0.20 in /shared/httpd/my-wp $ ln -s wordpress.git/ htdocs

5. DNS record

If you do not have setup_auto_dns configured, you will need to add the following line to your host operating systems /etc/hosts file (or C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc on Windows):

127.0.0.1 my-wp.loc
  • howto_add_project_dns_entry_on_mac
  • howto_add_project_dns_entry_on_win
  • setup_auto_dns

6. Open your browser

Open your browser at http://my-wp.loc