Latest revision as of 17:49, 21 October 2011

[edit] Running Wordpress 2.5.1 on Resin 3.1.6

[edit] Requirements

1. MySQL server
2. Java 1.5 or higher

[edit] Quick start

Follow these instructions if you would simply like to evaluate running WordPress without doing a system-wide installation. Follow the instructions below to perform a system-wide installation.

1. Download WordPress 2.5.1 from http://www.wordpress.org/download
2. Download Resin 3.1.6 from http://www.caucho.com/download
3. Unzip Resin 3.1.6
4. Delete resin-3.1.6/webapps/ROOT/index.jsp
5. Unzip WordPress and copy all files and directories to resin-3.1.6/webapps/ROOT
6. Create the WordPress database:

   mysql -u root

   mysql> CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

7. Create the directory resin-3.1.6/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib
8. Download MySQL Connector/J 5.1.6 (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html)

version 3.1.4 is Recommanded, the 5.1.6 may have some issues.

1. Unzip MySQL Connector/J and place the mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar in resin-3.1.6/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib
2. Run

   java -jar resin-3.1.6/lib/resin.jar

3. Browse to http://localhost:8080 and set up WordPress according to the online directions

I have tried again and again and again, but it never works under Resin, I don't know why. So what I can do is to tell you never do follow above. And I hope some one can post something really work,please!

[edit] Full installation

Follow these instructions if you would like to perform a permanent installation with virtual hosts. Follow the above directions for a quick start evaluation.

1. Download WordPress 2.5.1 from http://www.wordpress.org/download
2. Download Resin 3.1.6 from http://www.caucho.com/download
3. Unzip Resin 3.1.6 in /usr/local/share
4. Copy /usr/local/share/resin-3.1.6/conf/resin.conf to /etc/resin/resin.conf
5. Edit /etc/resin/resin.conf to change the host-deploy directory:

   <host-deploy path="/var/www/hosts">

6. Create a virtual host directory for your domain:

   /var/www/hosts/blog.example.com/webapps/ROOT

   (in this example, the domain is blog.example.com)
7. Unzip WordPress and copy all files and directories to /var/www/hosts/blog.example.com/webapps/ROOT
8. Create the WordPress database:

   mysql -u root

   mysql> CREATE DATABASE wordpress;

9. Create the directory /var/www/hosts/blog.example.com/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib
10. Download MySQL Connector/J 5.1.6 (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/j/5.1.html)
11. Unzip MySQL Connector/J and place the mysql-connector-java-5.1.6-bin.jar in /var/www/hosts/blog.example.com/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib
12. Run

    java -jar /usr/local/share/resin-3.1.6/lib/resin.jar -conf /etc/resin/resin.conf start

13. Browse to http://blog.example.com:8080 and set up WordPress according to the online directions