I have Ubuntu Server 22.04 installed on a VM in Proxmox. I am going to set up WordPress on there. This guide will show you how to do it.

1. Update your system

apt update && apt upgrade

2. Install Apache

apt install apache2
systemctl enable --now apache2

Next, go you your servers IP address in your browser.

3. Install MySQL

apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client
mysql_secure_installation

It will ask you if you want to change the root password. If you didn’t make a password for root, you can just type n. For the rest of the questions, answer yes (y) for the best security.

4. Install PHP

apt install php php-mysql

To confirm PHP is working, create a file like so

vim /var/www/html/info.php

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Then go to your server in your browser

ip-address/info.php

5. Create a WP database (swap password for a more secure password)

$ mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE wordpress_db;

CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

GRANT ALL ON wordpress_db.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Exit;

6. Install WordPress

The following commands will download WP to /tmp and extract it

cd /tmp && wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

tar -xvf latest.tar.gz

cp -R wordpress /var/www/html/

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress/

chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/wordpress/

mkdir /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/

To complete WP installation, go to http://ip-address/wordpress

When you hit Lets go! you should fill in the database information from earlier.

• Database Name: wordpress_db
• Username: wp_user
• Password: password
• Database Host: localhost
• Table Prefix: wp_

You should be able to run the installation and the last step after installation would be to create a WP account and choose a site title.

Congrats! You setup your self-hosted WordPress. You can start blogging/making a website!