USER_DOC.md

User Documentation

Services Provided

This project provides an isolated, ready-to-use WordPress hosting environment:

• Nginx: web server and reverse proxy handling secure HTTPS connections.
• WordPress: Content Management System (CMS) for managing the website.
• MariaDB: relational database storing all site content and configurations.

Starting and Stopping the Project

Use the Makefile in the project root:

• Start: run make up to initialize and start all services in the background.
• Stop: run make down to safely stop services without deleting any data.

Accessing the Website

• Main Website: https://kikwasni.42.fr
• Administration Panel: https://kikwasni.42.fr/wp-admin (Ensure you have mapped 127.0.0.1 kikwasni.42.fr in your local hosts file.)

Locating and Managing Credentials

All default system credentials (database parameters, WordPress admin, and standard user accounts) are stored centrally in the .env file at the root of the repository.

Checking Service Status

To verify that the system is running correctly:

• Run docker ps to check that nginx, wordpress, and mariadb containers are "Up".
• Run make test to automatically test the web server connection.
• Run docker compose logs to check for any background errors.