Create Site Copy From Dev55

Copy the remote (web) folder over to your server directory

rsync -av (remote):/var/www/server/(sitename)/web/ (sitename)

NOTE: in the following you'll see (user) (dbname) and (pword) These are found in the sites wp-config.php file. You will need to replace the (user) with user etc.

Make sure permissions are good. Group writable

copy the database (from remote inside the web directory)

wp export db ~/(sitename).sql

Create the database on your localhost - wp-cli way (inside your copy)

wp db create 

copy over the database

scp (remote):(dumplocation).sql .

Import the database - use the same info as was used in the wp-config.php on remote - wp-cli way (inside web your copy)

wp db import (dumplocation).sql

Edit the file and replace the dev55 site url with your new localhost. In vim. - wp-cli way

wp search-replace 'oldsite.gaslightmedia.com' 'newsite.localhost' --all-tables

Add new site file for nginx.

If this is the first time you're creating site copies:

cd /etc/nginx/sites-available/
cp default newsite
sudo vim newsite
## Comment out the two listen lines at the start of server {
## Change the 'root' line to suit the new location e.g. /var/www/server/newsite
## Change the server_name to newsite.localhost;
cd ../sites-enabled/
sudo ln -s ../sites-available/newsite ./
sudo service nginx restart

Should have a line for location

location / {
    # This is cool because no php is touched for static content.
    # include the "?$args" part so non-default permalinks doesn't break when using query string
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
}

Edit your /etc/hosts file to use (sitename).localhost

sudo vim /etc/hosts
## add the line: 127.0.0.1 newsite.localhost