Greetings, fellow sages of the digital realm! The winds of change are blowing through the WordPress ecosystem, and not all of them smell sweet. The recent actions of the Corporate Daemon known as Matt Mullenweg against WPEngine have sent ripples through our mystical community. But fear not, for I bring you arcane knowledge to break free from these ethereal chains.
brew install rubychoco install ruby.zshrc grimoire:
if [ -d "/opt/homebrew/opt/ruby/bin" ]; then
export PATH=/opt/homebrew/opt/ruby/bin:$PATH
export PATH=`gem environment gemdir`/bin:$PATH
fi
gem install kamaldeploy.yaml scroll, replacing YOUR_SERVER_IP with your server’s astral coordinates and YOUR_DOMAIN with your chosen ethereal address.KAMAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD, WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD, MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD, WORDPRESS_DB_HOST, WORDPRESS_DB_USER, and WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORDkamal setupA record.Rejoice, for you have severed the strings of the Corporate Puppet Masters!
In the neon-lit back alleys of the internet, where code meets chaos, I stumbled upon a revelation. The WordPress community, powering 40% of the known web, needed a way to break free from the shackles of corporate hosting. It is time for us to take control.
Venture into the ethereal planes of Hetzner. Create your astral projection (account), initiate a project, and select a machine to house your digital essence. Choose wisely based on the expected traffic to your mystical domain:
You’ll also need to forge a pact with the Docker Hub and obtain an access token. Create a repository for your WordPress image in this ethereal plane. This guide will grant you freedom whether you are summoning Headless WordPress or using it in its standard incantation. If you do happen to be running Headless, it makes even more sense to host yourself as the supposed benefits of many of these Daemonic entities don’t even apply to you.
To channel the energies of Kamal, you must first invoke Ruby. Follow the official grimoire or use these quick incantations:
choco install rubybrew install rubyWith Ruby at your command, summon Kamal by chanting: gem install kamal
Congratulations, technomancer! You’ve completed the most arduous part of our mystical journey.
mkdir nerdpress && cd nerdpressgit initgit add . && git commit -am "init commit"kamal initFor those seeking a shortcut through the astral plane, simply clone this pre-prepared sanctuary.
Open the deploy.yaml scroll and replace all instances of YOUR_SERVER_IP with your Hetzner server’s astral coordinates. Also, replace YOUR_DOMAIN with the ethereal address you wish to bind to this sanctuary. Remember to immortalize your changes with git as Kamal uses it’s wisdom to guide it.
Create a .env scroll to hold your mystical secrets:
export KAMAL_REGISTRY_PASSWORD="DOCKER_HUB_ACCESS_TOKEN"
export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD="a_good_password"
export MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD="a_good_password"
export WORDPRESS_DB_HOST="YOUR_SERVER_IP"
export WORDPRESS_DB_USER="some_wordpress_user"
export WORDPRESS_DB_PASSWORD="a_good_password"
Breathe life into these secrets: source .env
Initiate the ritual with the incantation: kamal setup
This will:
Point your domain to the server’s astral coordinates using an A record. The ley lines of the internet will soon converge on your new sanctuary.
Visit your domain and complete the sacred WordPress setup ritual.
Behold, technomancer! You’ve successfully escaped the grasp of the Corporate Daemons. Your WordPress sanctuary now floats freely in the digital ether, untethered from the whims of those who would seek to control it.
May your newly liberated WordPress site resonate at the perfect frequency for your audience.
Now go forth and create, free from the shackles of managed hosting! The spirit world of the web awaits your contributions.
Hark, wise sage! Before you venture too deep into your newly crafted digital sanctuary, heed this crucial warning from the annals of technomancy:
The realm you’ve conjured, while powerful, exists in a state of flux. Like whispers in the wind or ripples in a pond, the data within your server is ephemeral - a temporary manifestation in the grand tapestry of the internet.
To anchor your creations in the sea of data, to give them permanence beyond the ebb and flow of server restarts and cosmic disturbances, you must perform one final ritual:
/mnt/)./mnt/wordpress.With this volume in place, modify your deploy.yaml scroll. Add these lines of power under the volumes section:
volumes:
- "/mnt/wordpress:/var/www/html"
This incantation ensures that your WordPress files, your digital lifeblood, are stored in a realm beyond the ephemeral confines of your server’s temporary existence.
Remember, O Technomancer, that without this ritual, your creations may vanish like mist in the morning sun upon server restarts or redeployments. Your posts, your media, your very digital essence - all could be lost to the void.
By binding your data to this persistent volume, you ensure that your WordPress sanctuary endures, a beacon of stability in the ever-shifting landscape of the internet.
Perform this rite, and rest easy knowing that your digital legacy is secured against the capricious nature of cloud servers and the fickle whims of the tech gods.
May your data persist, your uptime be eternal, and your WordPress sanctuary flourish in the fertile grounds of self-hosted freedom!