Step-by-Step Guide: Deploy WordPress with NFS on CentOS 7

Experiment Content

Host IPs: NFS server 192.168.29.120, NFS client 192.168.29.110.

Requirements

NFS server shares /data/web and /data/mysql.

NFS client mounts these directories and deploys WordPress.

Server‑side Configuration

Install nfs-utils: # yum install nfs-utils Edit /etc/exports to share the directories:

/data/web    *(rw,no_root_squash)
/data/mysql  *(rw,no_root_squash)

Create the shared directories:

# mkdir -pv /data/web/
# mkdir -pv /data/mysql

Start the NFS service:

# systemctl start nfs.service

Client‑side Configuration

Create the mount point: # mkdir /var/www/html Mount the NFS shares:

# mount -t nfs 192.168.29.120:/data/web /var/www/html
# mount -t nfs 192.168.29.120:/data/mysql /var/lib/mysql

Install the LAMP stack:

# yum install httpd mariadb-server php php-mysql -y

Create a virtual host for WordPress:

<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "/var/www/html"
ServerName www.mywordpress.com
<Directory "/var/www/html">
AllowOverride None
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Check Apache syntax and start the service:

# httpd -t
# systemctl start httpd.service

Extract WordPress and copy to the document root:

# tar -xf wordpress-4.7.4-zh_CN.tar.gz
# cp -a wordpress /var/www/html/

Give write permission to wp-content: # chmod o+w /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-content/ Start MariaDB: # systemctl start mariadb Edit wp-config.php with database credentials (DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_HOST).

Create the WordPress database and user, then grant privileges:

CREATE DATABASE wordpress;
CREATE USER 'test1'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '123456';
GRANT ALL ON wordpress.* TO 'test1'@'localhost';

Test the site by opening http://192.168.29.110/wordpress/ in a browser.