This Vagrantfile was created as I documented it here.

I kept the notes in this README but they were too long and are much better presented at the URL above.

Something I distilled before finally purging that README was that I wrote at length about backup strategies. Logical and physical. Both leave the media directory not backed up. So I turned my attention to that, through various endeavours. Ultimately, though, plain mysqldump is my go-to backup command.

What's included

• MySQL
• WordPress
• Apache
• UFW (firewall)
• TLS certificate

What's not included

• php-imagick
• php-gd

The user must should install either to get image resizing and broader imaging support.

README

This repo contains my original Vagrantfile for getting started with WordPress. I promptly migrated it to Ansible, but that involves a great deal more moving parts and is less beginner-friendly. Indeed, Vagrant is as close to recording the manual shell commands and scripts verbatim as any IaC solution I've used.

I've since expanded and refined this into other roles. It was my local devlopment VM for six months. It's sad there are not cloud providers to test my Vagrantfile anymore. I have even begun moving it to Docker, as you'll find in another of my repositories, wp_app_api.

I don't know which if any I'll maintain, but making them public might help me decide.

Requirements

• vagrant

Initialisation

• git clone [email protected]:ployt0/wordpress_vagrant.git
• cd wordpress_vagrant
• vagrant up
• vagrant ssh (optional)
• browse to https://localhost:8541 for first setup:

• alternatively save and restore wp-config and the generated sql to bypass this manual step. IMPORTANT the saved SQL is specific to your host, or site_url: https://localhost:8541.

Credentials

• WordPress: nothing, you choose
• MySQL: wordpressabuser/wordpiece
• MySQL root: passwordless, via local shell only

Test and Operation

Use the WORDPRESS_VM_SSH_PORT variable at the top of the Vagrantfile to connect from your dev machine via ssh.

Whereas, https://localhost:8541, is the address for pointing your browser to the secure site, via port forwarding to 443 inside the VM. Here, WordPress will prompt you to install it.