Installing WordPress on a CentOS server using VPSSIM is very simple.
You will have a WordPress website accelerated with ZendOpcache Memcached and Google PageSpeed.
Prepare
- VPS server has VPSSIM installed.
- Login as root user using an SSH client like MobaXTerm
Install WordPress on CentOS 6/7 with VPSSIM
First, you need to point the domain name to the server’s IP .
In the terminal of MobaXTerm, type vpssim to open the vpssim function menu. Choose 1.
Choose the 3rd option to let vpssim automatically install WordPress for you. At this point vpssim asks which cache plugin you want to install. I like W3 Total Cache so choose this option:
Next, you need to enter the following 3 pieces of information:
Domain: the domain name of the website, enter without www
Username and password for the WordPress admin account
After vpssim is installed, you will see the location of the website’s source code, the nginx configuration file for the website:
Now you log into the website to optimize W3 Total Cache, turn on all caches such as Page, Object Cache (select Memcached) and Database Cache (select Memcached):
Test again the Database Cache to see if Memcached is working properly:
Install Let’s Encypt for the website
These days, installing SSL for websites is almost mandatory.
Fortunately, installing Let’s Encrypt certificate for websites using vpssim is also easy.
You only need the domain that pointed to the VPS server and do not use the CloudFlare CDN service.
In the function menu of vpssim select option 23:
Select 1 and then Enter to install the certificate:
Enter the domain you want to install the certificate for. Vpssim will check whether the domain meets the certificate installation or not. If everything is ok, type y to install the certificate.
Once the installation is done, you should install and activate the Really Simple SSL plugin in WordPress.
Because the Let’s Encrypt certificate is only valid for 90 days. You choose the 3rd function to activate automatic renewal:
It’s done.
You have finished setting up a website on CentOS 6.7 with vpssim. Your website also has a blue SSL certificate in the browser.
