This git repository helps you get up and running quickly w/ a Wordpress installation on OpenShift. The backend database is MySQL and the database name is the same as your application name (using $_ENV['OPENSHIFT_APP_NAME']). You can name your application whatever you want. However, the name of the database will always match the application so you might have to update .openshift/action_hooks/build.

Create an account at http://openshift.redhat.com/

Create a php-5.3 application (you can call your application whatever you want)

rhc app create -a wordpress -t php-5.3

Add MySQL support to your application

rhc app cartridge add -a wordpress -c mysql-5.1

Add this upstream Wordpress repo

cd wordpress 
git remote add upstream -m master git://github.com/openshift/wordpress-example.git
git pull -s recursive -X theirs upstream master
# note that the git pull above can be used later to pull updates to Wordpress

This is optional but it is highly recommended you set the WordPress adminstrator's email address. This can be done by editing the .openshift/action_hooks/deploy file and setting the WP_ADMIN_EMAIL variable to the WordPress administrator's email (or your email).

sed -i "s/^WP_ADMIN_EMAIL=.*$/WP_ADMIN_EMAIL=\"[email protected]\"/"  \
        .openshift/action_hooks/deploy
git commit . -m 'set wordpress admin email'

And finally, push the changes to your application

git push

That's it, you can now checkout your application at:

http://wordpress-$yournamespace.rhcloud.com

GIT_ROOT/.openshift/action_hooks/deploy: This script is executed with every 'git push'. Feel free to modify this script to learn how to use it to your advantage. By default, this script will create the database tables that this example uses. You can also set the initial/default WordPress admin email via the WP_ADMIN_EMAIL variable.

If you need to modify the schema, you could create a file 
GIT_ROOT/.openshift/action_hooks/alter.sql and then use
GIT_ROOT/.openshift/action_hooks/deploy to execute that script (make sure to
back up your application + database w/ 'rhc app snapshot save' first :) )

If you wish to reset the WordPress administrator's email and/or password, ssh into your application ssh $appguid@wordpress-$yournamespace.rhcloud.com and update the wp_users table using mysql.

sh> mysql wordpress
mysql> update wp_users set user_email='[email protected]'
       where user_login = "admin";
mysql> update wp_users set user_pass=MD5('<insert-your-password-here>')
       where user_login = "admin";

This repository contains configuration files with security related variables.

Since this is a shared repository, any applications derived from it will share those variables, thus reducing the security of your application.

You should follow the directions below and push your updated files to OpenShift immediately.

The following table lists files and the procedure for securing.