How to Setup WordPress on Windows Server 2016 or 2019 in Azure

Setting Up WordPress

Once you’ve logged into the virtual machine, the first step is to configure wordpress.

1. 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

Its highly recommended to change these passwords once you’ve configured WordPress.

Managing the Mysql database

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

Once you’ve finished setting up your WordPress website and now want to make it publicily available 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 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 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 accross the internet, may 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)

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