Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on Linode
EE v4.0.10
Hi all. I’ve been using an earlier version of EE for a while now. I wanted to update it to v4, but rather then try and upgrade I’ve decided to create a new Linode, install EE v4 and migrate my website(s) data over. I have a problem though.
I installed EE with no problems:
+-------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS | Linux 4.4.0-141-generic #167-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 10:40:15 UTC 2018 x86_64 |
| Shell | /bin/bash |
| PHP binary | /usr/bin/php7.2 |
| PHP version | 7.2.14-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 |
| php.ini used | /etc/php/7.2/cli/php.ini |
| EE root dir | phar://ee.phar |
| EE vendor dir | phar://ee.phar/vendor |
| EE phar path | /etc |
| EE packages dir | |
| EE global config | /opt/easyengine/config/config.yml |
| EE project config | |
| EE version | 4.0.10 |
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I’ve spent the last few days trying to work out where my web root folder was, as /var/www didn’t exist (after creating 3 sites with EE… 2 WP and 1 html). The output from EE upon creation is as follows:
steve@linode-sparkie:/etc$ sudo ee site create example.com --type=wp
[sudo] password for steve:
Configuring project.
Creating WordPress site example.com
Copying configuration files.
Starting site's services.
Downloading and configuring WordPress.
Moved /var/www/htdocs/wp-config.php to /var/www/wp-config.php successfully
Success: Host entry successfully added.
Checking and verifying site-up status. This may take some time.
Installing WordPress site.
Success: http://example.com has been created successfully!
Site entry created.
Creating cron entry
Success: Cron created successfully
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Site | http://example.com |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Site Root | /opt/easyengine/sites/example.com |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Site Title | example.com |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| WordPress Username | hidden |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| WordPress Password | hidden |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| DB Host | global-db |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| DB Name | example_com |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| DB User | example.com-qim1av |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| DB Password | hidden |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| E-Mail | [email protected] |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| SSL | Not Enabled |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Cache | None |
+--------------------+-----------------------------------+
Now this shows the site root as /opt/easyengine/sites/example.com, but there’s no wordpress files there.
It then dawned on me that maybe the /var/www folders were an Nginx thing, so to investigate further, I looked up what version I was running. It turns out I’m not running Nginx!
steve@linode-sparkie:/etc$ sudo service nginx status
● nginx.service
Loaded: not-found (Reason: No such file or directory)
Active: inactive (dead)
Now, I’m pretty sure that with my previous use of EE, Nginx was installed with it. Is that still the case? If not, shall I delete my sites in EE, install Nginx and recreate my sites?
I’d really appreciate some guidance from somebody who knows what they’re doing better than me. I always try very hard to find an answer on the web before I ask for help, but I have drawn a blank.
Many thanks 
Steve
