Creating a Developer Environment

Below are the steps needed to create a new Developer Environment on the TownSites server.

Note: If you’re just starting to develop, these instructions likely don’t apply to you. Follow the instructions in Setting Up Your Developer Environment instead.

Log in to Cpanel as townsitesdev.
Create a new domain. E.g., dev00.townsites.dev at document root public_html/dev00.townsites.dev
Go to WHM→Manage AutoSSL→Run AutoSSL For All Users.
Login to SFTP as townsitesdev and install WordPress in the new directory using wp-downloader.php.
- Use {subdomain}_ as the table prefix.
Configure the new installation as a subdirectory multisite.
Using AIO WP Migration, copy the Staging site to the new dev site.
- Directory path: /home/townsitesdev/public_html/staging.townsites.dev/wp-content/ai1wm-backups
Create a new superuser and record the login info to give to the developer.
In the installation’s root directory, create a directory named primary and repeat the steps above to install the primary site.
- Use {subdomain}primary_ as the table prefix.
Using AIO WP Migration, copy the Staging Primary site to the new primary site.
- Directory path: /home/townsitesdev/public_html/staging.townsites.dev/primary/wp-content/ai1wm-backups
Create a new admin and record the login info to give to the developer.
In Windows Terminal, run ssh-keygen to generate a new SSH key.
Login to the server as root and add the public key to /etc/ssh/authorized_keys.
Send the developer the private key and the instructions located here.
Via SSH, log in as townsitesdev and navigate to the new installation.
Navigate the the new installation directory and install Git:

git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/townsites/townsites.git
git fetch
git reset origin/dev
git checkout -t -f origin/dev

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