Install WordPress on IBM BlueMix : Easy Way Via Git

This is generic CloudFoundry free, IBM free way of installing WordPress. Most of the guides on web are far inferior and does not involve checking of MySQL connection. Here is how to install WordPress on IBM BlueMix in easy way via git. You need idea of using SSH, Git, MySQL via CLI to follow this guide.

Install WordPress on IBM BlueMix : Easy Way Via Git

Login to BlueMix account. Create a Bluemix PHP application from the catalog using CloudFoundry PHP Buildpack. Fill the application name field, just deploy it, test the URL of the sample app. Then create MySQL database (Compose for MySQL) in Bluemix. You’ll see a dialog that will asking you to restage the application, click Restage and continue.
Click on the View credentials button of MySQL service box, where you’ll see a dialog with the service configuration and credentials in JSON format. Copy-paste and save it somewhere. It will have lines like :

If you have a server (or localhost) with root access where MySQL client running, SSH to it and test with the above command :

It will ask for password. In the above example, ABCDEFGHIJKKLMNOP is password. If you run command show database; on MySQL, it will show the names of MySQL databases :

That means MySQL is fine and we know the host name, username, password of MySQL.

Go to the PHP Application created, under the Overview section you’ll find and area called Continuous delivery, push the Enable button of this section. Scroll down the initial form and look for the Git Repos and Issue Tracking options, then change the value of Repository type to New and press the Create button. Now go to Git Profile URL of Bluemix, which at present is :

Add SSH keys and other things (like Github) which we normally get on Mac & GNU/Linux by running :

You’ll see that on Git of that PHP application, it will be written how to clone, add changes etc. From local computer you can run like this, just to make you understand :

Now change directory to that repo’s clone on localhost. Then wget WordPress :

All files are at root now. Rename wp-config-sample.php and edit it :

MySQL settings for wp-config.php will be like this, compose and admin are probably constant for all regions :

Save the file. Only IBM Bluemix specific work you need to do is :

Add this to options.json :

Save the file. Push it :

Add this to options.json :

After few minutes, go to the web URL of PHP application and you’ll get the usual WordPress installation wizard. WordPress will nicely run like my test :