How to Setup WordPress on Windows Server 2016 or 2019 in Azure
The easiest and quickest way to setup and install WordPress in Azure is to use our marketplace listings. Our public virtual machine will setup WordPress on Windows Server into your Azure tenant. Host as many websites and Mysql databases as you need. Also comes pre installed with phpMyadmin, Webmin and an FTP Server to manage your databases easily and upload files.
WordPress on Windows in Azure
Setup WordPress on Windows 2016 in Azure
Click to deploy WordPress on Windows 2016 into your Azure tenant
Setup WordPress on Windows 2019 in Azure
Click to deploy WordPress on Windows 2019 into your Azure tenant
Table of Contents
Setting Up WordPress on Windows
After logging into the virtual machine, the first step is to configure WordPress.
- Open up the desktop shortcut called (localhost).
2.Follow the onscreen setup instructions to configure how you would like WordPress configured.
Once you’ve completed the initial setup of WordPress, the login URL will be:
http://localhost/wp-admin/
The Default installation path of WordPress is: “C:\inetpub\wwwroot\”
MysSQL database credentials are:
MYSQL Username: root
MYSQL Password: #my4q17mgtk
WordPress Database details are:
Database Name: wordpress722
Database User Name: wordpressuser722
Database Password: _D741xv%ORJg
It is highly recommended to change these passwords once you’ve configured WordPress.
Managing the Mysql database for WordPress
PhpMyAdmin is pre installed allowing you to manage the WordPress database.
From the desktop click on phpMyAdmin and use the Mysql root username and password to login:
MYSQL Username: root
MYSQL Password: #my4q17mgtk
PHP Manager
Within IIS Manager, you can manage the PHP server settings:
Connecting to your WordPress website externally
Upon finishing up on setting your WordPress website, you want to make it publicly available.
So, the next step is to add a public DNS name for the virtual machine hosting your WordPress website.
In the Azure portal, under the overview properties of your virtual machine click on “Configure DNS“.
Next step is to choose a dynamic or static IP.
Static IP is recommended so you always have the same IP address.
Give it a unique public DNS name of your choice.
Your VM should now be configured with a public DNS name:
Next step is to configure a CName record in your public DNS to point to the public DNS name of your virtual machine hosting of your WordPress website.
You will be able to do this in your domain registrar where your domain name is hosted.
In this example I will use namecheap.com where I host my domain name.
Within your domains DNS settings, add new CName record.
Under host add “@” and “www” the value it should point to is the public DNS name of your virtual machine where your WordPress website is hosted.
Depending how quickly DNS propagates across the internet, which can take a few hours, you should be able to use your domain name to access your Azure WordPress website.
WordPress Firewall Ports
You will need to make sure you have the following firewall ports configured. As part of this Azure marketplace solution they are automatically configured via an NSG, but if you need to manually configure them on other firewall appliances, they are:
- http – 80
- https – 443
- Mysql – 3306 (optional, no need to expose this externally).
To setup Azure firewall rules refer to – Azure Network Security Groups
WordPress Server Support
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