Newbie looking for help up and running with WordPress
I'm fairly experienced with WordPress (and ever ran my own servers back in the day) but I'm brand-new to Linode. I'm trying to:
- Launch a Linode and
- Use a StackScript to install LAMP and WordPress.
I used the Cloud Manager to create a new Linode using the WordPress StackScript. The description says:
A ready-to-rock WordPress install using the latest release from >WordPress.org. Installs WordPress on a full LAMP stack using MySQL for >Debian/Ubuntu and MariaDB for CentOS (the new default)."
I ran it using Ubuntu v14.
I let the script run for almost an hour then, when the console kept telling me that the script was still running (that's too long, no?) I rebooted the server. As far as I can tell, WP was never installed, but I'm not sure how or where to look.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
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I followed Linode’s guide on setting up a webserver and then installing Wordpress. Always worked fine.
Greetings @sdimbert,
Our customers have reported issues using the Wordpress Stackscript with older distros. I ran a test of my own on Ubuntu 14.04 and it also failed. Currently, we're reviewing these distro by distro.
For now, you can use our StackScript for Ubuntu 16.04 - made by one of our team members.
Hope that helps. Be sure to @pambrosky so I get pinged on your reply.
@pambrosky, thanks for the help… and I'm willing to try the new script. But, of course, I have some questions. :)
- Do I need to undo anything the first StackScript did? Should I just kill the Linode and start again?
- The link you gave me takes me to a page that lists the (surprisingly short) text of the script… but I don't know what to do with it. The other script was right there inside my Cloud Manager with a big "Run Script" button. What do I do with this new script?
Thanks, in advance, for your help.
@pambrosky, pinging again.