README.md

WordPress Helm Chart

This Helm chart will install WordPress in a Kubernetes cluster.

Quick start

Install the app with default settings:

# adds the repo
helm repo add suse-lab-setup https://opensource.suse.com/lab-setup
helm repo update

# installs the chart
helm upgrade --install wordpress suse-lab-setup/wordpress --namespace demo --create-namespace

Look at values.yaml for the configuration.

Clean-up:

helm delete wordpress
kubectl delete ns demo

Configuration examples

Ingress (NGINX class with self-signed certificate) + WordPress password as secret + Azure storage class

secrets:
  wordpressPassword:
    encryptedValue: xxx
wordpress:
  global:
    storageClass: azureblob-fuse
  wordpressUsername: myuser
  wordpressBlogName: "My WordPress!"
  existingSecret: wordpress-credentials
  ingress:
    enabled: true
    ingressClassName: nginx
    hostname: wordpress.demo
    tls: true
    selfSigned: true
  mariadb:
    auth:
      rootPassword: "xxx"
      password: "xxx"

Troubleshooting

MariaDB failing to start

Check storage class compatibility

Empty website & incomplete template

View pod logs

Increase livenessProbe initialDelaySeconds as WordPress installation may take several minutes (see Issue #9563)

Error 503

Make sure Kubernetes wordpress service exists (may also be linked to long installation time and disabled probes)

Upstream version update

• Look for the available versions:

# adds bitnami helm chart repository
helm repo add bitnami https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami
helm repo update

# lists available charts
helm search repo wordpress

• Update Chart.yaml

• Update Chart.lock file:

helm dependency update