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Wordpress on Engine Yard AppCloud
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Wordpress on Engine Yard AppCloud

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# Wordpress on Engine Yard AppCloud



Have you wanted to get Wordpress installed on Engine Yard AppCloud?  Well we have something in common then!



## Installation Procedure



### Step 1. Fork this Repository



Of course you'll need a github account, but then if you're here you probably have one.



You need to fork your own Git Repository URI so that you can add a Deploy Key in a few steps.



### Step 2. Add the Application to Your EY AppCloud Account



  1. Click on **Applications** under Server Tools on the left.

  2. Then look for the **Add a New Application** button in the top right.  Click on that.

  3. Give the Application Name of "**wordpress**".

  4. Copy and paste your **Git Repository URI**, you just forked in Step 1.

  5. Change the Application Type to **Rack**.

  6. The **latest version** of Rack is fine, it's ultimately irrelevant.

  7. Click the **Create application** button to save your app.



### Step 3. Add Your Git Deploy Key to Your Repository's Deploy Key



  1. On your repository's page click on the **Admin** button.

  2. Then click on **Deploy Keys** under the left hand side.

  3. Click on **Add another deploy key**.

  4. Give it a Title like "**EY AppCloud**".

  5. Then paste in the **Key**, and click on the **Add key** button.

  6. Then switch back to EY AppCloud and click on the **My Deploy Key is in Place** button.

  7. There are no extra Gems to setup, click the **Next Step** button to proceed to Step 4.



### Step 4. Configure Unix Packages



  1. Enter "**dev-lang/php**" in the search.

  2. Click the **Add ->** button to add PHP to the wordpress application.

  3. Enter "**lighttpd**" in the search.

  4. Click on **Add ->** button so we get the fcgi processes from the lighttpd package.

  5. Now we're done configuring the Unix Packages so click on **Go to dashboard**.



### Step 5. Create a New Environment



  1. From the Dashboard, click on the **Create New Environment** button.

  2. Give your Environment a name, I choose "**blog**".

  3. The rest of the default options are fine, click "**Create environment**" to save the settings.

  4. You then need to choose which Application to add to your Environment.  Choose the **wordpress** application we configured in Steps 2 - 4, by clicking on the "**Add to blog**" button.

  5. The **Choose a Domain Name** dialog appears.  Just click **Save domain name** to proceed.



### Step 6. Boot Your Environment



  1. Click on the **Boot Instances** button for your Environment.

  2. The default instance size is a High CPU Medium.  If this is more than you need, you can click on **Custom** and choose **Small** from the *Server size* drop-down list.

  3. In order to setup your DNS later, you'll need to use an IP address.  So make sure to choose **Add IP Address** from the *External Address* drop-down.

  4. Click **Boot This Configuration** to start the instance.



### Step 7. Meanwhile Back at the CLI



While that environment boots, let's get some other things setup.  In order to complete the installation, you'll need to install the `engineyard` rubygem.



`sudo gem install engineyard`



You also need to have your repository checked out to your local machine, so we can run a couple of commands to upload and run custom chef recipes on your environment.



  * Open your code directory.



`cd ~/code`



  * Run the git command to clone the repository locally.  **USE YOUR REPO**



`git clone [email protected]:/wordpress.git`



  * Now move into that folder so we can upload the chef recipes.



`cd ~/code/wordpress`



`ey recipes upload`



  * This command will prompt you for your username and password (unless you've used this before).  Enter the same user/pass you use to login to Engine Yard AppCloud.

  * Then we'll run the custom chef recipes from the CLI to finish it off.



`ey recipes apply`



  * Now log back into EY AppCloud and to deploy your app in Step 8.



### Step 8. Deploy Your Application & Run Chef



  1. In the Dashboard, click on the **Applications** tab for your environment.

  2. Click on the **Deploy** link there.



### Step 9. Open Your Wordpress Blog



  1. Now you're ready to click on the **HTTP** link in your environment.

  2. You can start to setup your Wordpress blog.  Enjoy!



## Explanation of Non-Wordpress Files



    README.markdown  |  You're reading it sonny-jim.

    Rakefile         |  Tasks to create a cookbook or test for syntax errors.

    cookbooks/       |  The custom chef recipes folder.

    deploy/          |  This folder allows for EY AppCloud deploy hooks.



Read the code in the files for more information.  The rest of the files are needed to run Wordpress.