This post highlights advanced deployment resources for setting up WordPress infrastructure from the ground up.

Key installation components include:

  • Installing Nginx from package repository or compiling it from scratch
  • PHP5, php-mysql, php-fpm, and additional PHP libraries (such as php-gd)
  • MySQL or MariaDB database systems
  • Configuration of PHP, Nginx, and database services

For those new to WordPress administration, start with the Kick-Ass WordPress Optimization roadmap. The long form of this note is Setting Up a Web Server.

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Part 3 of the series covers nginx and PHP-FPM with the config files. Part 2 is the droplet and the firewall.