Host WordPress on Oracle Cloud: Cost and Performance Checklist

Oracle Cloud can run WordPress efficiently if you control network exposure, caching, and update discipline. This checklist focuses on reliability and cost control.

Instance baseline

• Ubuntu LTS + Apache/Nginx + PHP
• MySQL or MariaDB with daily backups
• Fail2Ban and firewall defaults

Network and TLS

• Restrict SSH to trusted admin IPs.
• If using Cloudflare proxy, allow origin 80/443 only from Cloudflare ranges.
• Use Full (strict) TLS mode with valid origin certificates.

Performance controls

• Enable OPcache
• Use edge caching rules for static assets
• Monitor worker exhaustion and slow PHP requests

Operational routine

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo systemctl status apache2
sudo tail -n 100 /var/log/apache2/error.log

Validation Commands

php -v
sudo systemctl status mysql
sudo tail -n 80 /var/log/mysql/error.log

Further reading: PHP Installation and Configuration

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