CentOS 7.x Redirect bitnami wordpress from /wordpress to /

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If bitnami installer is used it creates wordpress site at http://<FQDN>/wordpress. Many people prefer to not have /wordpress sub-folder. To redirect bitnami wordpress such that it works directly at / instead of /wordpress use:

1. Open /opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-prefix.conf and update to

   #Alias /wordpress/ "/opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/apps/wordpress/htdocs/"
   #Alias /wordpress "/opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/apps/wordpress/htdocs"
   Alias / "/opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/apps/wordpress/htdocs/"
   
   Include "/opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf"

   It is very important to Alias / with the path ending with / as shown above without that access denied message would be received

2. Edit /opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/apps/wordpress/conf/httpd-app.conf and update as follows
   1. Change RewriteBase as

      RewriteBase /
      #    RewriteBase /wordpress/

   2. Change final rewrite rule to:

      RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

   3. Comment banner config

      #    Include "/opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/apps/wordpress/conf/banner.conf"

3. Edit /opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/apps/wordpress/htdocs/wp-config.php and update

   #define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/wordpress');
   #define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/wordpress');
   define('WP_SITEURL', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');
   define('WP_HOME', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');

4. Restart apache for new settings to take effect:

   /opt/wordpress-5.0.3-2/ctlscript.sh restart apache

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