How to install LAMP stack on Rocky Linux Cloud Servers

2021-12-28 By Nathan 1717 Views linux rockylinux lamp apache mariadb php development

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Lamp stack is a free Open source combination of Software components installed in the Server machines. It contains Linux OS, Apache web server, MySQL database and PHP. These software work together to serve web content hosted on the server.

Prerequisite

Primarily the requirement is to have root SSH access to the Cloud server.

Installing Apache webserver

Apache is the common webserver used in servers. The step describes the installation of httpd package.

Firstly, refresh the repositories and update them.
```
# dnf update
```
The installation of the httpd package is given here, this installs the webserver.
```
# dnf install httpd -y
```
Once the webserver is installed, it requires to start it manually and then enable them so that it automatically starts up while booting up.
```
# systemctl start httpd

# systemctl enable httpd
```
Now, the firewall by default would be disabled, please enable the firewall by the following commands.
```
# systemctl start firewalld

# systemctl enable firewalld
```
Firewall has become active, now can add the rules to allow http, https traffic, and open port 80 on your server, this is an additional layer of security.
```
# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http

# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https

# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-port=80/tcp
```
Once entered the rules, reload the firewall:
```
# firewall-cmd --reload
```
To verify the changes made, the below command will show the rules listed:
```
# firewall-cmd --permanent --list-all
```
This completes the installation of Apache, to verify the installation log on to browser with the IP address of the server, the correct installation will show the default apache page shown below:
```
http://<the-server ip-address="">
```

Installing MariaDB

MariaDB and MySQL are very similar, Installation of the database for Rocky Linux here we use MariaDB.

Installing MariaDB is given below:
```
# dnf install mariadb-server mariadb
```
Once installed, the process needs to be started manually and enabled so that it starts while booting up the server.
```
# systemctl start mysqld

# systemctl enable mysqld
```
Secure the MariaDB installation using the command and provide the root password for the database and it will run an interactive process that will ask the following as per the screenshots.
```
# mysql_secure_installation
```

Set Root Passwords: Set your passwords and note them down in a password manager
Remove anonymous users: Yes
Disallow root login remotely: Recommended
Remote test database and access to it: Yes

Installing PHP

Installing PHP in Rocky Linux can be done easily, as you can intend to change the version by specifying the version number after a colon.
```
# dnf module install php:7.4
```
Once installed, you can verify the version installed using the command.
```
# php -v
```
Now, for testing the PHP functionality we disable the default welcome page of Apache.
```
# nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf
```
Comment all the lines of the file and save it, as shown in the screenshot:
Now, create a simple test.php file at /var/www/html/.
```
# vi /var/www/html/test.php
```
Copy-paste and save the code.
```

```
Now call the file using a browser, and check the PHP configuration.
```
http:// <ip-address>/test.php
```
The desired output may show like the below screenshot:

How to install LAMP stack on Rocky Linux Cloud Servers

Installing Apache webserver

Installing MariaDB

Installing PHP

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