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instructions.md

  1. Install Duplicator plugin

  2. Build package (optionally filter out large image files)

  3. Download archive and installer to an empty directory

  4. Create a softlink to the directory ({name}) in the webserver folder

    $ sudo ln -s /{name} /var/www/html/{name}

  5. Change ownership of the directory to make it writable

    $ sudo chown -R www-data /{name}/

  6. Start web server and database

    $ sudo service apache2 restart
$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start

  7. Create new database

    $ mysql -u root -p
mysql> CREATE DATABASE {wp_name};
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEDGES;
mysql> exit

  8. Go to http://localhost/{name}/installer.php in browser and run installation

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