Wordpress Blog Site (Tool)
Log in to: http://www.mcnaircenter.org/blog/wp-admin/
Install FTP server
Log in and sudo su yourself, then:
apt-get install vsftpd
Man page for the vsftpd.conf file
http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html
Securing the FTP:
https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/ftp-server.html
Configuration
Edit /etc/vsftpd.conf (note next restart will reflect changes in /etc/init)
#add at tend of file: listen_port=26
Generate keys for our website with the following command:
openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 -keyout /etc/vsftpd.pem -out /etc/vsftpd.pem
Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:US State or Province Name (full name) [Some-State]:Texas Locality Name (eg, city) []:Houston Organization Name (eg, company) [Internet Widgits Pty Ltd]:McNair Center at Rice University's Baker Institute Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []: Common Name (e.g. server FQDN or YOUR name) []:McNair Center Email Address []:admin@mcnaircenter.org
Edit /etc/vsftpd.conf again
#change the lines as follows: rsa_cert_file=/etc/vsftpd.pem rsa_private_key_file=/etc/vsftpd.pem write_enable=YES chroot_local_user=YES chroot_list_enable=YES chroot_list_file=/etc/vsftpd.chroot_list ssl_enable=YES
Edit /etc/vsftpd.chroot_list to contain a list of usernames (e.g., ravali)
Restart the server
service vsftpd restart
The FTP server should be accessible. Beware local packet shaping. Connect through mcnaircenter.org:26. Otherise have a check that the process is running and listening:
ps -aux netstat -lnt
Assuming all is good with the FTP server, we now need to update Wordpress.
Update Wordpress
First make a copy of the wordpress folder and dbase
cp -R /var/lib/wordpress/ /var/lib/wordpress_bak mysqldump -u mcnair_wp -p wordpress > backup_12Aug2016.sql (enter password for dbase found in wp-config.php)
Change the permissions on every in the wordpress folder and make www-data its owner:
chown -R www-data /var/lib/wordpress chmod -R 755 /var/lib/wordpress
Browse to 128.42.44.180/blog/wp-admin Click update now. Enter:
Hostname 128.42.44.180:26 FTP Username ravali (or some other account) FTP Password Connection Type FTPS (SSL)
Leave the Akismet plugin Go to appearance, themes -> add new
Choose Accesspress Lite 2.46.7 Activate
Install all of the recommended pluggins that come with the theme
Check the media library works by uploading a file (e.g., GreenRoundLogo.png)
Create a child theme
cd /var/lib/wordpress/wp-content/themes
mkdir accesspress-lite-child
vi accesspress-lite-child/style.css
Add in the template from the parent folder's style.css (just the top of the file)
Update the theme name and text domain to accesspress-lite-child.
vi accesspress-lite-child/functions.php
Add in the section that never changes
<?php
function my_theme_enqueue_styles() {
$parent_style = 'parent-style'; // This is 'twentyfifteen-style' for the Twenty Fifteen theme.
wp_enqueue_style( $parent_style, get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
wp_enqueue_style( 'child-style',
get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
array( $parent_style ),
wp_get_theme()->get('Version')
);
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'my_theme_enqueue_styles' );
?>
Check the permissions on the new files:
chown -R www-data /var/lib/wordpress chmod -R 755 /var/lib/wordpress
Active the child theme! Check out what it looks like: www.mcnaircenter.org/blog
