Tutorial for installing WordPress website in Linode (new version in September 2021)

Linode is VPS recommended by daddy One, how does Linode use it? Is it easy to use? This article gives you a complete tutorial of installing WordPress website in Linode. If you don't understand something, please leave a message to discuss it.

1、 Register Linode

Registered address of Linode

1. Open the above link and enter the official website of Linode. The default registration account can use Google, GitHub and Email. Here we choose Email.

2. Enter the email, user name and password in the new interface to register, as shown below:

Since the father has already registered an account, select log in at the bottom of the page to log in directly.

2、 Recharge Linode

Linode charges on demand, so you need to recharge first. After clicking Account, make a payment in the upper right corner to recharge. You can select credit card, PayPal or Google pay.

3、 Create Server

Method 1: Create the server by installing the pagoda panel yourself

This way is to work with us Tutorial of installing pagoda panel The same operation is suitable for friends with strong learning ability.

The advantage of this method is that all configurations of the server are arranged by you, which is convenient for later management and maintenance. However, if you are familiar with English, you can also directly consider the aaPanel of the two methods

After the system is created, please refer to the previous Tower Panel Installation Tutorial 。

If prompted Account Limit reached. Please open a support ticket.

Please issue a work order to ask the customer service why. （ Work order link ）

Method 2: Create a server directly from the Marketplace

This method is faster, because they directly installed the required program in the system, eliminating the manual installation process. The aaPanel in the following figure is the English version of the pagoda panel, so it is recommended to choose this one first.

The other CyberPanel is a panel similar to the pagoda developed by foreigners. It can also be used because of its different usage habits.

CentOS 7 is recommended for the server version, which has the best compatibility with the pagoda panel and has complete online information.

Just select the right region according to your own business needs.

Plan novices can start with the Shared CPU package, which is cheaper. A novice can start with a $5 or $10 configuration.

Finally, enter the complex server management password, select whether the backup service is required, and then create it.

After the installation, you can see the server IP. When we resolve the domain name, we can resolve to this IP.

4、 Management Server

We need to use the corresponding SSH software for the management server. Dad still recommends the Xshell. Click the link below to download and install it.

#Website # Free VPS management software Xshell7/Xftp7 Chinese version download

After installation, open the Xshell, enter the following command, and then enter Enter.

 ssh  root@ip address

Change the IP address to the IP address of your own server. Don't copy it.

Then enter the server root password that was filled in when the server was created. After successful login, the following interface is displayed.

 Connecting to 170.187.*.*:22... Connection established. To escape to local shell, press Ctrl+Alt+]. WARNING! The remote SSH server rejected X11 forwarding request. [ root@li2338-25  ~]#

Then enter cat /root/.aapanel_info View the default aaPanel information, as shown below:

Open the web address behind aaPanel Internet Address with a browser, and the aaPaenle login interface will appear. (The Xshell can be closed. It is not needed for the time being.)

Use the username and password information in the above figure to log in, as shown in the following figure after success:

In the figure above, if you are planning to install WordPress, it is recommended that the PHP version should be above 7.4, MySQL 5.6, and FTP version should not be installed, but rarely used (see WordPress configuration requirements ）。

The installation process can take dozens of minutes depending on the server performance. Now you can resolve the domain name first.

5、 Resolve domain name

The operation interfaces of domain names purchased from different websites are different. The general method is to add A records to the server IP, which can be referred to Domain Name Guide One wen.

Domain name solution is simply to fill in the IP address of your server in the domain name management background. After purchasing the domain name, you need to resolve the domain name before others can access your website through the domain name.

The method of domain name resolution is much the same, please refer to the following tutorials:

1. NameSilo Domain Name Resolution and DNS Server Modification Tutorial
2. Namecheap Domain Name Resolution Tutorial
3. Tutorial on Modifying DNS Resolution Records for Godaddy Registered Domain Names
4. How to view the SiteGround server IP and DNS and resolve the domain name
5. Shopify Domain Name Setting Tutorial Resolves Your Domain Name to Shopify
6. Tutorial for dynadot to purchase and resolve domain names
7. Purchase Eagle host website building and domain name resolution binding tutorial
8. Alibaba Cloud domain name resolution tutorial, how to modify IP records for Alibaba Cloud registered domain names
9. Tencent Cloud Domain Name Registration and Domain Name Resolution Tutorial

Finally, the interface is almost like the following figure.

6、 Add Site

After the aaPanel is installed, return to the background and enter the website. (If you look tired in English, you can refer to Chinese Tower Installation Tutorial The steps are almost the same.)

Website>Add site>Enter the domain name, create a database, and then submit.

Then enter the website settings. There are two things you need to do:

1. SSL， Select the first Let's Encrypt, check your domain name and click the button to automatically generate it. After success, open the Force HTTPS button in the upper right corner. (Why don't you check SSL directly when creating a website? Because your domain name may not be resolved effectively at that time, and the application for SSL will fail.)
2. In URL rewrite, select WordPress and save.

7、 Install WordPress website

Then we will start to install the WordPress website on the Linode server. First, click the website directory to enter.

Then download the installation package of WordPress remotely. The address is: https://wordpress.org/latest.zip

Unzip after downloading.

Enter the extracted WordPress folder, select all files, and select Cut.

After selecting all and cutting, click the domain name folder in the address to return. Then click the Paste button in the upper right corner to paste the file under the domain name folder.

Open your website with a browser, and the WordPress installation interface will appear.

The installation process will not be repeated here. See WP installation steps in WordPress tutorial 。

At this point, the WordPress website is installed on the Linode server.