{"id":1,"date":"2020-04-01T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.1.56\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-10-07T09:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:11:44","slug":"change-log","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strover.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Build Your Own"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

These are the steps to create a WordPress website and webserver on a Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Description<\/th>Source<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Format SD card to FAT32<\/td>https:\/\/www.sdcard.org\/downloads\/formatter\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Install Raspberry Pi Imager for Windows<\/td>https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.com\/software\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Select OS and SD Card then click \u201cWrite\u201d to copy image to SD card<\/td>Raspberry Pi installation<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Insert the SD card into the Raspberry Pi and power it up; Enter user = \u201cpi\u201d, password (default) = \u201craspberry\u201d<\/td>Raspberry Pi documentation<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Change the default password<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Enable SSH<\/td>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Secure_Shell<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Find the IP address on your local network<\/td>Raspberry Pi remote access<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Connect to Raspberry Pi from PuTTY<\/td>https:\/\/www.putty.org\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Create a LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP\/Perl\/Python)<\/td>LAMP Server<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Choose a WordPress theme and create some content<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Test accessing the website on your local network<\/td>http:\/\/192.168.xxx.xxx<\/td><\/tr>
Set up a fixed IP on your home network; set up port forwarding for Port 80 & 443 on your broadband router.<\/td>Port Forwarding<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Set up the DNS entries. This is usually where you purchased your domain name.<\/td>Type = A; Name = @; Value = [External IP address]; TTL [Leave blank]

Type = CNAME; Name = www; Value = strover.com; TTL [Leave blank]<\/td><\/tr>
Check Port 80 is open; Port 443 cannot be confirmed until SSL is set up later in the process<\/td>https:\/\/www.yougetsignal.com\/tools\/open-ports\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
[Optional] Request a fixed external IP address from your broadband provider. This avoids having to use a DNS re-direction service. If not, you will need to maintain periodic updates to your external IP address at the domain manager whenever your broadband provider changes your external IP address.<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Amend Settings\/General in WordPress: WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) to \u201chttp:\/\/strover.com\u201d<\/td>This converts the URL from being identified with 192.168.xxx.xxx to your chosen domain name<\/td><\/tr>
Use Better Search Replace plugin in WordPress to fix broken links when moving from local IP to strover.com<\/td>https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/better-search-replace\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Set up SSL Encryption to change the http:\/\/ to https:\/\/<\/td>https:\/\/pimylifeup.com\/raspberry-pi-ssl-lets-encrypt\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Amend Settings\/General in WordPress: WordPress Address (URL) and Site Address (URL) to \u201chttps:\/\/strover.com\u201d<\/td>https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/changing-the-site-url\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Use Better Search Replace plugin in WordPress to fix any broken links<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
Install Akismet Antispam plugin to WordPress<\/td>https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/akismet\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Back up the website via SSH connection using PuTTY and create the back up files. <\/td>cd \/var\/www
sudo tar -cpvzf html-backup-$(date +%F).tar.gz \\
–exclude=’html\/wp-content\/cache’ \\
–exclude=’html\/wp-content\/aiowps_backups’ \\
–exclude=’html\/wp-content\/updraft’ \\
html<\/td><\/tr>
Use FileZilla via SFTP to copy the backup files to your PC. Connect to IP address on port 22; Navigate to \/home\/pi<\/td>https:\/\/filezilla-project.org\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Restore the database back up<\/td>sudo mysql -u root -p wordpress < wordpress.sql<\/td><\/tr>
Unzip back up to a new directory<\/td>sudo mkdir -p \/var\/www\/html\/restore\/
sudo tar -cpvzf html-backup-$(date +%F).tar.gz -C \/var\/www\/html\/restore\/<\/td><\/tr>
Verify the files in the new directory<\/td>ls -l \/var\/www\/html\/restore\/<\/td><\/tr>
Remove previous files from website back-up process<\/td>sudo rm wordpress.sql
sudo rm strover.tar.gz<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Useful Linux Commands<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Description<\/th>Source<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
View file<\/td>sudo cat <filename><\/td><\/tr>
Edit file (via nano text editor)<\/td>sudo apt install nano
sudo nano <filename><\/td><\/tr>
Update the Raspberry Pi build version<\/td>sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot<\/td><\/tr>
Always use the halt command before powering down to avoid corrupting the SD card<\/td>sudo halt<\/td><\/tr>
Check and renew the SSL certificate<\/td>sudo certbot certificates
sudo service apache2 stop
sudo certbot renew
sudo systemctl reload apache2

More details:
https:\/\/upcloud.com\/community\/tutorials\/install-lets-encrypt-apache\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Confirm php version<\/td>php -v
sudo update-alternatives –config php<\/td><\/tr>
Create info.php for troubleshooting. Remove after using.<\/td><?php phpinfo(); ?><\/td><\/tr>
Restart mysql following “Error establishing a database connection”<\/td>sudo service mysql restart<\/td><\/tr>
Missing gd library<\/td>sudo apt-get install php7.4-gd<\/td><\/tr>
Inspect directory and sort for largest folders\/subfolders<\/td>du -h \/var\/www\/html | sort -hr | head -20<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Software<\/th>Linux Command<\/th>Version<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
RaspberryPi<\/td>cat \/proc\/cpuinfo<\/td>Pi 3 Model B<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
SD Card<\/td>cat \/sys\/block\/mmcblk0\/device\/cid<\/td>SanDisk Ultra 32GB microSDXC Class 10, U1, A1<\/td><\/tr>
Linux<\/td>cat \/etc\/os-release<\/td>11 (Bullseye)<\/td><\/tr>
Apache2<\/td>apache2 -v<\/td>2.4.65 (Raspbian)<\/td><\/tr>
MariaDB<\/td>sudo mariadb –version<\/td>15.1<\/td><\/tr>
PHP<\/td>php –version<\/td>8.4.12<\/td><\/tr>
WordPress<\/td>cd \/var\/www\/html\/
grep wp_version wp-includes\/version.php<\/td>		6.8.3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
Updated Oct 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These are the steps to create a WordPress website and webserver on a Raspberry Pi. Description Source Format SD card to FAT32 https:\/\/www.sdcard.org\/downloads\/formatter\/ Install Raspberry Pi Imager for Windows https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.com\/software\/ Select OS and SD Card then click \u201cWrite\u201d to copy image to SD card Raspberry Pi installation Insert the SD card into the Raspberry Pi … <\/p>\n

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