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Setting up a LAMP stack (Centos 7, Apache, MariaDB, PHP)

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mingtaiha edited this page Jun 7, 2017 · 1 revision

This shows how to set up a LAMP stack. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache Server, MySQL, PHP.

This guide assumes that you have root (or sudo) access

Useful Sources: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-centos-6

https://www.tecmint.com/install-lamp-in-centos-7/

The LAMP stack was set up on a DigitalOcean VM with 1 Core, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD storage, 2TB data transfer

L

L - The Linux operating system chosen is CentOS 7. CentOS was chosen because RHEL was not supported by DigitalOcean, and is a standard OS for system administration

A

A - Apache HTTP Server

  1. First, install Apache HTTP Server with yum install httpd
  2. After that, start the Apache server with service httpd start
  3. Enable HTTP traffic through the firewall with firewall-cmd --add-service=http. To do so permanently, firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http. This only takes effect when the firewall service is restarted

Note: At this point, I decided to enable TCP traffic on port 5000 in case the app will run on a webserver. I did so by running firewall-cmd --add-port=5000/tcp

To show the firewall rules, run iptables -S

For more firewall and security notes: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-firewall-using-firewalld-on-centos-7 https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-migrate-from-firewalld-to-iptables-on-centos-7

Testing the setup: In the file etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf Enable Options in the LocationMatch element. Specifically, Options -Indexes to Options +Indexes

To see changes to the webserver, you need to restart the Apache service service httpd (re)start. Then, visit the IP address in a browser

M

M - MariaDB (a drop-in that is fully compatible with MySQL) Install with `yum install mariadb

Run /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation to set up the database. You will have to set a password. When presented with options, I pressed (y).

Useful Source: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-mariadb-on-centos-7

P

P - PHP (It really doesn't have to be PHP. Python can also be used) Install with yum install php php-mysql php-pdo php-gd php-mbstring

Testing PHP installation: Run echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/html/info.php and restart httpd to see that PHP works with the webserver

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