RockyLinux10.2 : MySQL8 , WordPress Install

# dnf -y install mysql8.4-server

# vi /etc/my.cnf.d/charset.cnf

Please describe the following 
[mysqld]
character-set-server = utf8mb4
 
[client]
default-character-set = utf8mb4

# systemctl enable --now mysqld

# mysql_secure_installation

Securing the MySQL server deployment.

Connecting to MySQL using a blank password.

VALIDATE PASSWORD COMPONENT can be used to test passwords
and improve security. It checks the strength of password
and allows the users to set only those passwords which are
secure enough. Would you like to setup VALIDATE PASSWORD component?

# Enable password quality check
Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No: y

There are three levels of password validation policy:

LOW Length >= 8
MEDIUM Length >= 8, numeric, mixed case, and special characters
STRONG Length >= 8, numeric, mixed case, special characters and dictionary file

# When password quality check is enabled, select strength
Please enter 0 = LOW, 1 = MEDIUM and 2 = STRONG: 0　←Each person may choose as they wish.
Please set the password for root here.

# MySQL root Set a password
New password:　　←　Any password

Re-enter new password:　←　Enter the same password again

# Confirming the entered password is correct
Estimated strength of the password: 100
Do you wish to continue with the password provided?(Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user,
allowing anyone to log into MySQL without having to have
a user account created for them. This is intended only for
testing, and to make the installation go a bit smoother.
You should remove them before moving into a production
environment.

# Whether to delete anonymous users
Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from
'localhost'. This ensures that someone cannot guess at
the root password from the network.

# Whether to disable remote login for the root user
Disallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

By default, MySQL comes with a database named 'test' that
anyone can access. This is also intended only for testing,
and should be removed before moving into a production
environment.

# Whether to delete the test database
Remove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
- Dropping test database...
Success.

- Removing privileges on test database...
Success.

Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes
made so far will take effect immediately.

# Whether to reload privileged information
Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.

All done!

# vi /etc/my.cnf.d/charset.cnf
 
[mysqld]
character-set-server = utf8mb4
mysql_native_password=on　←Add
 
[client]
default-character-set = utf8mb4

# systemctl restart mysqld

# mysql -u root -p

Enter password: ←Enter the root password for MySQL (it will not be displayed on the screen).
Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 12
Server version: 8.4.8 Source distribution

Copyright (c) 2000, 2026, Oracle and/or its affiliates.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

#Create a dedicated database managed by WordPress
mysql> CREATE DATABASE wp_db DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

#Create an account, set a password, and grant access to the database you created
mysql>CREATE USER 'wp_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY '?Ww123456';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

Notify the database that the user needs full access to the configured database
mysql> GRANT ALL ON wp_db.* TO 'wp_user'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.04 sec)

#Reload permissions
mysql> flush privileges;

#Exit MySQL
mysql> exit;
Bye

# cd /var/www/html/[FQDN]
# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
# tar xvf latest.tar.gz

# cd wordpress/
# cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php

# vi wp-config.php

Line 23 : Database Specification
define( 'DB_NAME', 'wp_db' );

Line 26 : User-specified
define( 'DB_USER', 'wp_user' );

Line 29 : Specify a password
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', '?Ww123456' );

Add the following to the last line
If you do not do this, you will be asked for FTP connection information when you add the plugin.
define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

# cd /var/www/html/[FQDN]
# mv wordpress/* .

# cd /var/www/html/[FQDN]
# rm -R -f wordpress
# rm latest.tar.gz

# chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/[FQDN]

# dnf -y install php-mysqlnd
# systemctl restart mysqld
# systemctl restart httpd