Jorge Saldívar

Tag: B5CEA8

  • LAMP Stack Setup

    Setup for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS or 22.04 LTS. Lifted from this resource on AWS.

    Linux

    WSL, Ubuntu Multipass, or equivalant.

    Apache

    Version: distribution

    sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install apache2 -y

    PHP FPM

    Version: 8.2

    Run the following commands to install PHP:

    sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt install php8.2 php8.2-{fpm,mysql,curl,gd,mbstring,mysql,xml,mcrypt,zip,ldap} libapache2-mod-php8.2 -y

    Install PHP-FPM

    sudo a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
sudo a2enconf php8.2-fpm
sudo a2dismod php8.2
sudo systemctl enable php8.2-fpm
sudo service apache2 restart;sudo service php8.2-fpm restart

    MariaDB

    Version: 11.1.2

    Run the following command to add the MariaDB yum repository (For all Linux distributions):

    curl -LsS https://downloads.mariadb.com/MariaDB/mariadb_repo_setup | sudo bash -s -- --mariadb-server-version="mariadb-11.1.2"

    Install MariaDB Package

    sudo apt install mariadb-server -y

    MariaDB Secure Installation

    sudo mysql_secure_installation

    When prompted, set a password for the root account:

    • Enter the current root password. By default, the root account doesn’t have a password set.
    • Press Enter.
    • Press N to switch to unix_socket authentication.
    • Press Y to set a password, and then enter a secure password twice. Make sure to store this password in a safe place.
    • Press Y to remove the anonymous user accounts.
    • Press Y to disable the remote root login.
    • Press Y to remove the test database.
    • Press Y to reload the privilege tables and save your changes.

    Permissions

    The following command will add the ubuntu user to the www-data group:

    sudo usermod -a -G www-data ubuntu

    The following commands will set the correct permissions for the /var/www directory:

    sudo chown -R ubuntu:www-data /var/www
sudo chmod 2775 /var/www
find /var/www -type d -exec sudo chmod 2775 {} \;
find /var/www -type f -exec sudo chmod 0664 {} \;

    Your site is ready!

    Visit your website by entering your instance’s public IP address in your browser. You should see the default Apache page.

    LAMP Stack Setup