Installing WordPress

Make sure you have enabled the web virtual server, otherwise you will not have access to Virtualmin's Install Scripts feature. You can enable the web virtual server from Virtualmin by doing the following:

  1. Sign in to Virtualmin (see Account logins and important URLs).
  2. Select a virtual server from the drop-down in the left-hand navigation (your main virtual server should be already selected when you first login to Virtualmin).
  3. Click Edit Virtual Server in the left-hand navigation.
  4. Click Enabled features
  5. Select Web virtual server enabled? and Enable PowerDNS domain?
  6. Click Save Virtual Server

You will need to create a MySQL database first before you can install WordPress. Please see Creating a MySQL database

To install WordPress on your account, do the following:

  1. Sign in to Virtualmin (see Account logins and important URLs).
  2. Select a domain from the drop-down in the left-hand navigation (your main domain should be already selected when you first login to Virtualmin). The domain you select here will be the one that you'll be adding WordPress to.
  3. Click Install Scripts in the left-hand navigation. You should now see a list of available applications to install or a list of your already install applications.
  4. If you see a list of installed applications, click the Available Scripts tab.
  5. From the list of available scripts, select WordPress and click Show Install Options
  6. For the Database drop-down, select either an existing database from the drop-down or select the MySQL database name that contains new database, which will create a new MySQL database for your WordPress installation.
  7. For Sub-directory , select None if you wish WordPress to be installed in the document root of your domain (i.e., http://yourdomain.com/). This will install WordPress at the top level of your domain and the WordPress admin area will be available at http://yourdomain.com/wordpress/. With a subdomain (such as the default value wordpress ), the WordPress admin area will be available at http://yourdomain.com/wordpress/wordpress/.
  8. Click Install Now You should now see a progress page and your installation should be complete. If you'd like to access your WordPress installation, click the provided link.
  9. Click Return to list of scripts. You should now see a list of your installed applications, including your WordPress installation. If you don't see your installed scripts, click Installed Scripts at the top of the page. From here you can upgrade or remove your scripts or access each application by clicking on the Install Path link .

And that's it, you've just installed WordPress at Joyent!