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.