hello-wordpress

git push and deploy a Wordpress website with free HTTPS domain.

This project is a Wordpress installation with MySQL which can be deployed to the cloud using Hasura's free hosting tier. Immediately get a HTTPS domain and access to Wordpress admin dashboard. Custom domain can be deployed with simple git push and HTTPS is added automatically.

What's included?

Wordpress website with free HTTPS domain
MySQL database

Quickstart

# quickstart from this project
$ hasura quickstart hello-wordpress
$ cd hello-wordpress

The quickstart command does the following:

Creates a new directory hello-wordpress in the current working directory
Creates a free Hasura cluster and sets it as the default for this project
Sets up a git repository and adds hasura remote to push code
Adds your SSH public key to the cluster so that you can push to it

Set MySQL password

# set a password for mysql database
$ hasura secrets update mysql.password [secure-password]
# verify the password
$ hasura secrets list

Deploy

# git push to deploy
$ git add . && git commit -m "First commit"
$ git push hasura master

Once deployed, access the website using the following command:

# open wordpress website in a browser
$ hasura microservice open wordpress

Viewing server logs

# see status of microservices
$ hasura microservice list

# get logs for wordpress
$ hasura microservice logs wordpress

Adding a custom domain

A custom domain can be added in 3 easy steps. Hasura provides free SSL certificates using LetsEncrypt.

Checkout Custom domains & SSL on Hasura Docs for complete instructions.

Accessing files on the cluster

To get a shell inside Wordpress microservice, use hasura microservice exec:

$ hasura microservice exec -it wordpress -- bash
root@wordpress-2112168164-p91qj:/var/www/html#

To copy files to and from the microservice, use hasura microservice copy:

# copy wp-config.php from the microservice to your system:
$ hasura ms cp wordpress:/var/www/html/wp-config.php wp-config.php

# copy wp-config.php from your system to the microservice:
$ hasura ms cp wp-config.php wordpress:/var/www/html/wp-config.php

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