Category: General

🚀 Full Root Access | 🔐 Secure Setup | 🌍 Open-Source Power

If you’re ready to take full control of your WordPress website, installing it on a HostEONS VPS is the best way to go. Unlike shared hosting, a VPS gives you dedicated resources, full root access, and the ability to customize your server exactly the way you want.

This guide will walk you through how to install WordPress on a HostEONS VPS step-by-step.

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✅ Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

• A HostEONS VPS with a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04
• Root SSH access
• A registered domain (you can buy one from HostEONS Domains)
• Pointed the domain’s A record to your VPS IP

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🔧 Step 1: Update the Server

Log into your VPS using SSH:

ssh root@your-server-ip

Update your package list:

apt update && apt upgrade -y

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☁️ Step 2: Install Required Software (LEMP Stack)

1. 

Install NGINX

apt install nginx -y

Start and enable NGINX:

systemctl start nginx
systemctl enable nginx

2. 

Install MySQL

apt install mysql-server -y

Secure your database setup:

mysql_secure_installation

Then log in and create a database for WordPress:

mysql -u root -p

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'wpuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'strongpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON wordpress.* TO 'wpuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

3. 

Install PHP

apt install php-fpm php-mysql php-cli php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-xmlrpc php-soap php-intl php-zip -y

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🌐 Step 3: Configure NGINX for WordPress

Create a new NGINX config:

nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.com

Paste the following:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com;

    root /var/www/html;
    index index.php index.html;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.1-fpm.sock;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}

Activate the config:

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/yourdomain.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
nginx -t
systemctl reload nginx

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📥 Step 4: Download and Install WordPress

Navigate to web root:

cd /var/www/html
rm index.nginx-debian.html

Download WordPress:

wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -xvzf latest.tar.gz
mv wordpress/* .
rm -rf wordpress latest.tar.gz

Set the correct permissions:

chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html
chmod -R 755 /var/www/html

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✍️ Step 5: Configure wp-config.php

Copy the sample config:

cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Edit it:

nano wp-config.php

Update the database section with the credentials you created earlier:

define( 'DB_NAME', 'wordpress' );
define( 'DB_USER', 'wpuser' );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'strongpassword' );
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );

Save and exit.

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🔑 Step 6: Finish Installation via Browser

Now go to:

http://yourdomain.com

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup:

• Choose your language
• Set your site title, username, password, and email
• Log in to your new WordPress dashboard

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🎉 Done! You’re Now Running WordPress on a HostEONS VPS

You’ve successfully installed WordPress on your VPS! You now have full control over your hosting environment, with speed and security unmatched by shared hosting platforms.