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Appliance Details

Package: wordpress
Version: 3.4.2-1
Certified: no
Section: www
Location: http://download.proxmox.com/appliances/www/debian-6.0-wordpress_3.4.2-1_i386.tar.gz
Maintainer: Proxmox Support Team
OS: debian-6.0

Introduction

WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

For more details see: Wordpress

Virtual Appliances can be downloaded directly via the Central Web-based Management.

Recommended settings for Proxmox VE

  • Memory (MB): 512
  • Swap (MB): 512
  • Hard disk (GB): 8

Wordpress settings

  • Main software packages: Debian Lenny, Wordpress 3.4.2, MySQL 5.1, Postfix, Apache2, PHP5.3

First steps

Start the VM and open a VNC console and install the latest security updates.

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
  • Set the server timezone via command line:
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

Now, connect to the Wordpress web installer http://youripaddress/ and follow the instructions.

The default admin url will be

http://youripaddress/wp-admin

MySQL root password

During the first start of the appliance the mysql root and the database user password for wordpress are auto-generated.

For the mysql root password, see:

cat /root/.my.cnf

you can remove this file, its not needed anymore.

Upgrading Wordpress

This version of WordPress features an Automatic Upgrade. Launch the automatic upgrade by clicking the link in the new version banner (if it's there) or by going to the Tools -> Upgrade menu. After that it should be straightforward. A set of pictures showing the Wordpress upgrading process is available here.

Automatic Upgrades do fail sometimes, though, so remember to backup your database first, and deactivate your plugins before starting the upgrade.

Debian Appliance Builder configuration files

See https://git.proxmox.com/?p=dab-pve-appliances.git;a=summary

Documentation and HowTo´s about Wordpress

Wordpress | WP Comments Desktop Notifier |

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