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Making multiple WordPress Sites

  • Use the multiple databases method as in here
    • Arrange the DNS entry <site> <www.site> nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn
    • Add a folder in the html directory to hold the site /var/www/html/wp_site
    • Download and untar the wordpress installation there
      • wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
      • tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz
    • Create a new database in the MySQL system for the new wordpress site such as in here
      • this database will have a user and a password
    • Do the /etc/apache2 configuration for the new site and restart the deamon
      • Make entry in /etc/apache2/sites-available
      • Make link in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled
      • service apache2 restart
    • Run the certbot letsencrypt script for www.wp_site.ac.za
      • First time fetching of certificate .... sudo certbot --apache --domains www.wp_site.ac.za
      • afterwards, when it has made the certificates and folders in sudo certbot --apache
      • make the two options for the site (with and without the www.) together
      • default to secure connection

Database backup

If you have an account in MySQL/Maria with all permissions, you can dump out the databases behind WordPress. The dumped files can be used to recover the database if the database doesn't survive an upgrade.

mysqldump -p --all-databases > mysql_backup_$(date -I).sql

Note that this contains site layout and posts, but not uploads and site media. The site files should be backed up separately. See: Backing up your wordpress site.

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