How Do I Set Up WordPress on Unmanaged VPS Hosting?

[Arthur]

How can an unmanaged VPS Hosting be beneficial for my site and what are the steps that I need to follow for setting up WordPress on Unmanaged VPS Hosting?

[ELI]

An unmanaged VPS hosting can be more cost-efficient as it helps in cutting down the operations by a great margin. You can setup the popular WordPress on the self-managed VPS for running your blog or website.

Follow the below sequence of steps for setting up WordPress on an unmanaged VPS hosting-

• Once the servers gets activated, obtain the control panel credentials
• Save the obtained root password
• Using the credentials login and click on Manage
• Select the distro with you’re most comfortable and install that distro
• Connect your server to an SSH client
• Complete the host field (Username as in root and the previously-saved password)
• Copy the IP address of your VPS
• Installing WordPress: Give your domain name to your VPS and here you can find the one-click installer for installing WordPress in your control panel. You can also install WordPress manually and just needs 2-3 minutes for setting it up
• Saving the WordPress Credentials: You can log in to your website/blog with the login credentials

[Sven]

Hey,

If you have knowledge about server management then you can go with unmanaged VPS hosting services. But for reliable and efficient servers management, managed hosting is always good. I know unmanaged hosting is less expensive than managed, but all the management will be by your site.