Install and configure LAMP
Install apache2:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Set Global ServerName to Suppress Syntax Warnings. Append in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
(bottom of the file):
ServerName IP_ADDRESS
Launch the command:
sudo apache2ctl configtest
you should receive the message Syntax OK
.
Restart Apache to implement the changes:
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Adjust the Firewall to Allow Web Traffic
sudo ufw app list
http://your_server_IP_address
to see the welcome page from apache.
Install MySQL
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Set a secure password for the root user and launch the script to remove some dangerous defaults and lock down access to our database system
sudo service mysql restart //restart the service
mysql_secure_installation
try the connection to the db with:
mysql -u root -p
Install PHP
sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt php-mysql
Modify the way that Apache serves files when a directory is requested serving php
file before instead of html
edit the file:
/etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf
And insert the php
index file before:
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.cgi index.pl index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>
restart apache: sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
test php with a phpinfo
page.
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