Introduction

This is a guide to setup a new installation of WordPress + WP-CLI, running in an Ubuntu 22.04 Vagrant Box. Install Vagrant and Virtualbox before proceeding.

Clone Repository

Clone Github repository to your local development machine:

git clone [email protected]:hamishau/vagrant.wordpress.git

Project Name

Search for all instances of yourapp and replace with your preferred project name.

Deploy Vagrant Box

vagrant up

Edit Hosts

Windows Powershell: notepad c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
Ubuntu Terminal: sudo nano /etc/hosts

192.168.56.10 yourapp.local

Setup WordPress:

http://yourapp.local:8080

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Post Installation

These are not required as a part of the Vagrant deployment process - just a collection of helpful commands that might be required at some point in your Vagrant box.

Update WP-CLI

vagrant ssh -c 'sudo wp cli update'

Set Directory Permissions to 755:

vagrant ssh -c 'cd /var/www && find ./html -type d -exec chmod 0755 {} \;'

Set File Permissions to 644:

vagrant ssh -c 'cd /var/www && find ./html -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;'

Fix File and Folder Ownership:

vagrant ssh -c 'cd /var/www && sudo chown -R www-data:www-data ./html'

Export MySQL Database

vagrant ssh -c 'cd /var/www/html && sudo wp db export yourapp.sql --allow-root'

Import MySQL Database

vagrant ssh -c 'cd /var/www/html && sudo wp db import yourapp.sql --allow-root'

Reset WordPress Database

vagrant ssh -c 'cd /var/www/html && wp db reset --yes'

Restart Vagrant Box

vagrant reload

Destroy Vagrant Box

vagrant destroy