Rebuilding VPS for WordPress hosting
My VPS hosting provider discontinued the current plan and the new plan required a manual migration process. Below are notes on what I installed and setup on a VPS SSD plan.
OS
Debian 11
Debian Packages Installed
- mariadb-server
- apache2
- php (7.4 is default for Debian 11)
- php-mysql
- lynx
- snapd
- python3-certbot-apache
Snap Installer
snap install core
snap install –classic certbot
Configuration
Database / MariaDB
Steps for initial configuruation
cmd: mysql_secure_installation
Database Create Export / Import
See How to import and export databases in mariadb
Backup Files
tar -cvzf /home/dbh/site_folder.tgz /var/www/site_folder/