How to Install Nginx on Ubuntu

Assuming you already have Nginx and FastCGI configured, setting up WordPress is a snap.

Download WordPress to your document root:

root@warzone:/#wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip

Extract the WordPress package:

root@warzone:/#unzip latest.zip

Rename WordPress’s configuration file:

root@warzone:/#mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

Edit the wp-config.php file and add your database info:

root@warzone:/#nano -w wp-config.php

File excerpt: wp-config.php

/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define('DB_NAME', 'database_name');

/** MySQL database username */
define('DB_USER', 'database_user_name');

/** MySQL database password */
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'database_password');

/** MySQL hostname */
define('DB_HOST', 'database_host');

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');

Check your Nginx Configuration:

The file you need to edit is called “nginx.conf” and is installed in different locations depending on your Linux distribution. If you install Nginx from source, the default location is /usr/local/nginx/conf/nginx.conf, however it may be somewhere else like /etc/nginx/conf/nginx.conf or /etc/nginx/nginx.conf.

Since we are assuming you already have Nginx up and running, you just need to check your try_files line:

try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php;

Then all that’s left it to install WordPress from the web interface:

http://your-domain.com/wp-admin/install.php