Local Development Box

Script to quickly install and remove WordPress, PHP and static sites on a local LEMP server.

Supported Platforms

• Ubuntu LTS last two versions!

Generic Goals

• To bootstrap a new WordPress site quickly.
• To remove a new WordPress site.
• To create or remove a new PHP site automatically.

Performance Checklist

• Redis for object cache (with memcached as an option)
• WP Super Cache as full page cache (with Batcache as an alternative)
• PHP 8.x
• Nginx with Apache

Security Considerations

• A user needs the following entry in sudoers file... 'user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/mysql, /usr/sbin/nginx, /usr/bin/systemctl, /usr/bin/ln, /usr/bin/cp, /usr/bin/rm, /usr/bin/sed' (replace user with the actual username)
• A common certificate needs to be present for all local sites already. Recommended to use a real certificate.
• Credentials-less login for PhpMyAdmin for local network.

Implementation Details

• Agentless.
• Idempotent.
• Integrated wp-cli.
• Support for version control (git, hg).
• Composer pre-installed.
• Auto-update of almost everything (wp-cli, composer, certbot certs, etc).
• Your own SSL CA.
• PHP-Xdebug pre-installed.

Roadmap

• Web interface (planned, but no ETA).

Install procedure

• Rename .envrc-sample file as .envrc and insert as much information as possible
• Set correct sudo permission ('user ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/mysql, /usr/sbin/nginx, /usr/bin/systemctl, /usr/bin/ln, /usr/bin/cp, /usr/bin/rm, /usr/bin/sed'). Replace user with the actual username.
• Download local-box and try to execute it.