WordPress Complete LEMP instructions

Hi,

I have a WordPress site that gets over 2 million pageviews per month. Traffic is approx 3TB/month and the WP theme + plugins use approx 30MB frontend. The theme is built on the Genesis Framework.

Now we want to move the site here and install it on a LEMP stack.

Are there complete step by step instructions available for a LEMP stack completely optimized for WordPress?

I already have followed the basic instructions from Justin Ellingwood (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-14-04), here on DO, which look very good.

However, I guess I need some more advanced instructions for further finetuning and optimizing everything for WordPress.

Things we’re thinking of are

• LEMP with PHP microcaching for performance? (see http://reviewsignal.com/blog/2014/06/25/40-million-hits-a-day-on-wordpress-using-a-10-vps/)

• Other / further PHP optimization?

• MySQL optimization?

• CSF for security?

• Other hardening / security needs?

• ReWrite rules must be possible for nice permalinks and custom 301’s

• SSL must be possible

• We only want to use it as a webserver.

• No email

• No Control Panel

With the instructions we want to create a secure, high performing server that is fully optimized for WordPress.

Any help would be highly appreciated.

Thank you, Maurice