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, MySQL and PHP Manager for IIS.

WordPress on Windows in Azure

Setup WordPress on Windows 2016 in Azure

 

Click to deploy WordPress on Windows 2016 into your Azure tenant

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Setup WordPress on Windows 2019 in Azure

 

Click to deploy WordPress on Windows 2019 into your Azure tenant

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Table of Contents

Setting Up WordPress on Windows

After logging 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

 

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

To manage your WordPress Users, try our WordPress Single Sign On plugin, allowing you to manage your WordPress user access, role mappings, sync user attributes from your identity provider and secure logins.

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

If you have any questions about the setup of WordPress in Azure using our WordPress Windows server images leave your comments below and we will reply within 24 hours.

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Andrew Fitzgerald

Cloud Solution Architect. Helping customers transform their business to the cloud. 20 years experience working in complex infrastructure environments and a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert on everything Cloud.

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