In this part, we will setup plesk control panel for wordpress website.
This blog will have miltipart series
Create new wordpress website in your local system - part 1
We have done first part. If you have not done you can follow link below:
Deploy a new server with plesk control panel - part 2
Setup plesk control panel for wordpress website
- Deploy Wordpress website through plesk panel in vultr VPS
When we setup a server, that time we got server details. There it has given the plesk panel details:
Plesk url: https://104.156.224.76:8443/login
User: root
Password: same as root
It will show the warning, click on Advanced -> Accept the Risk and Continue.
Next screen will show like below:
Enter username and password -> click on Log in
Next screen will show like below:
We need to fill details of administrator user. I have entered name, email, password and accepted the condition and click on Enter Plesk.
Then next screen will show like below:
Now we need to add domain name. So click on "+ Add Domain". Next screen will show like below. I have written the domain name and click on Add Domain.
After adding the domain name next screen will show like below:
Let us test dev.samplewebsite.com is working or not. For that click on "File Manager" -> click + and create index.php.
There is default index.html, i have renamed as i don't need that file.
In index.php i have just written "This is test file". Click on Save.
Open command prompt as administrator and go to drivers/etc directory. Then open hosts file in noepad.
hosts file will open in notepad. We have to make host entry like below:
Open url in browser http://dev.samplewebsite.com. Click on continue to dev.samplewebste.com(unsafe).
Next will show like below:
The website http://dev.samplewebsite.com is working.
We need to create database for wordpress website. In plesk panel "Website & Domains" -> click Databases.
Click on "Add Database".
Write database name and select Related site (dev.samplewebsite.com).
Create databse user -> write dabase user name, password, select "user has access to all databases within the selected subscription" -> Click on OK.
Database, database user created successfully.
We have added the domain name and created a database in this part. In next part we will transfer wordpress files.