How-to guides

Manage the full operations lifecycle of the WordPress charm, from initial deployment through production maintenance. Each guide assumes that you’ve already deployed the charm with Juju.

Initial setup

A freshly deployed WordPress charm requires admin credentials and baseline configurations before the site is ready to serve traffic.

• Retrieve initial credentials

• Configure initial settings

Basic operations

Day-to-day operational tasks – such as hostname configuration and theme management – keep a WordPress deployment healthy and connected to the rest of your infrastructure.

• Configure hostname

• Configure object storage

• Install plugins

• Install themes

• Integrate with COS

Security

A public-facing WordPress site is exposed to spam, malicious traffic, and credential leakage. The charm comes equipped with basic security features that help to mitigate these threats.

• Enable antispam

• Enable WAF

• Rotate secrets

Maintenance and development

Upgrades, redeployments, and community contributions ensure the WordPress charm stays current and benefits from ongoing improvements.

• Upgrade

• Redeploy

• Contribute