Install LAMP on Ubuntu 16.04

I am starting with the idea that you are already on your Ubuntu machine/VPS.

1. Acquire root privilages:

 sudo -i

2. Update system:

 apt update && apt upgrade 

3. Install Apache 2

 apt install apache2 

4. The KeepAlive setting allows Apache to utilize server-side memory, reducing latency for users on the hosted site. KeepAlive will make a website faster if the host has enough memory to support it. This is done by allowing Apache to reuse connections, instead of opening a new connection for every request.

 vi /etc/apache2/apache2.conf 

Make the changes as below (or you can edit it as per your needs):

 KeepAlive On
 MaxKeepAliveRequests 50
 KeepAliveTimeout 5

5.The default multi-processing module (MPM) is the prefork module. Mpm_prefork is the module that is compatible with most systems. Since the LAMP stack requires PHP, it may be best to stick with the default.

 vi /etc/apache2/mods-available/mpm_prefork.conf 

 <ifmodule mpm_prefork_module="">
 StartServers            4
 MinSpareServers         3
 MaxSpareServers         40
 MaxRequestWorkers       200
 MaxConnectionsPerChild  10000
 </ifmodule>

6. Disable the event module and enable prefork:

 a2dismod mpm_event 

 a2enmod mpm_prefork 

7. Restart Apache

 systemctl restart apache2 

8. Create a copy of the default Apache configuration file for the site:

 cp /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf 

9. Edit the new example.com.conf configuration file by uncommenting ServerName and replacing example.com with your site’s IP or Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). Enter the document root path and log directories.

 vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf 

 <virtualhost>

 ServerName example.com
 ServerAlias www.example.com
 ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
 DocumentRoot /var/www/html/example.com/public_html

 <directory /var/www/html/example.com/public_html>
 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
 AllowOverride All
 Require all granted
 </directory>

 ErrorLog /var/www/html/example.com/logs/error.log
 CustomLog /var/www/html/example.com/logs/access.log combined

 </virtualhost>

10. Create the directories:

 mkdir -p /var/www/html/example.com/{public_html,logs} 

11. Link virtual host file from the sites-available directory to the sites-enabled directory:

 a2ensite example.com.conf 

12. Disable the default virtual host to minimize security risks:

 a2dissite 000-default.conf 

13. Reload Apache:

 systemctl reload apache2 

14. Install the mysql-server

 apt install mysql-server 

14. Log into MySQL:

 mysql -u root –p 

15. Create a database and a user with permissions for it.

 CREATE DATABASE dbname;
 GRANT ALL ON dbname.* TO 'username' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; 

16. Exit MySQL

 quit 

17. Install PHP, the PHP Extension and Application Repository, Apache support, and MySQL support:

 apt install php7.0 libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mysql 

Optionally, install additional cURL, JSON, and CGI support:

 apt install php7.0-curl php7.0-json php7.0-cgi 

18. Edit the php configuration file

 vi /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini 

 max_input_time = 30
 error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_CORE_ERROR                 
 error_log = /var/log/php/error.log

19. Create the log directory for PHP and give ownership to the Apache system user:

 mkdir /var/log/php
 chown www-data /var/log/php 

20. Restart Apache:

 systemctl restart apache2 

Now Let's check if the installed LAMP server working properly
21. Paste the following code into a new file in the documentroot,(/var/www/html/example.com/public_html)

 vi /var/www/html/example.com/public_html/info.php 

 <?php
 phpinfo();
 ?>

22. Restart apache2

 systemctl restart apache2 

23. Edit the /etc/hosts file on local machine and enter the server's IP address and domain name.

 vi /etc/hosts 

 ip address       example.com 

Navigate to example.com/info.php from local machine.

October 28, 2018 Tags : lamp , lamp on ubuntu , ubuntu16.04

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