Build LAMP Server (step by step guide)

[nasacis]

This document will walk you through the installation of what is known
as a "LAMP" Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP system.

OS: CentOS 5.2
Apache: httpd-2.2.9.tar.gz
MySQL:mysql-5.0.51b.tar.gz
PHP:php-5.2.6.tar.gz
Method: tar-ball

Build and Install MySQL
groupadd mysql
useradd -g mysql -c "MySQL Server" mysql
cd /usr/local/src/mysql-4.1.22
chown -R root.root *
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --
localstatedir=/usr/local/mysql/data --disable-maintainer-mode --with-
mysqld-user=mysql --with-unix-socket-path=/tmp/mysql.sock --without-
comment --without-debug --without-bench
make && make install

Configuring MySQL

./scripts/mysql_install_db
chown -R root:mysql /usr/local/mysql
chown -R mysql:mysql /usr/local/mysql/data
cp support-files/my-medium.cnf /etc/my.cnf
chown root:sys /etc/my.cnf
chmod 644 /etc/my.cnf
echo "/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
ldconfig
cp ./support-files/mysql.server /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql
chmod +x /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql
/sbin/chkconfig --level 3 mysql on
cd /usr/local/mysql/bin
ln -s /usr/local/mysql/bin/* /usr/bin/

Security Issue
Edit /etc/my.cnf and uncomment the line (delete the leading #).
skip-networking

Start MySQL
/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start
mysqladmin version
mysqladmin -u root password new-password #replace new-password with
your actual password of your database

Test Mysql
mysql -u root -p #provide password which you set with above command
and you will see mysql prompt
mysql>
drop database test;
use mysql;
delete from db;
delete from user where not (host="localhost" and user="root");
flush privileges;
update user set user="sqladmin" where user="root";
flush privileges;
create database foo;
drop database foo;
\q


Build and Installing APACHE
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache
make && make install

Build and Install PHP
./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs --disable-debug --
enable-ftp --enable-inline-optimization --enable-magic-quotes --
enable-mbstring --enable-wddx=shared --enable-xml --with-gd --with-
gettext --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-regex=system --with-zlib-
dir=/usr/lib
make && make test && make install
cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini
ln -s /usr/local/lib/php.ini /etc/php.ini
ln -s /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd.conf
vi /etc/httpd.conf #and add these content type in apache conf file
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
DirectoryIndex index.php index.htm index.html

Start Apache
ln -s /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
ln -s /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S90httpd
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start

Regards

[x2oxen]

Here is the One for Ubuntu Server

Installing Apache2

1. Open up the Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal).

2. Copy/Paste the following line of code into Terminal and then press enter:

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sudo apt-get install apache2

3. The Terminal will then ask you for you're password, type it and then press enter.

Testing Apache2

To make sure everything installed correctly we will now test Apache to ensure it is working properly.

1. Open up any web browser and then enter the following into the web address:

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http://localhost/

You should see a folder entitled apache2-default/. Open it and you will see a message saying "It works!" , congrats to you!

Installing PHP5

In this part we will install PHP 5.

Step 1. Again open up the Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal).

Step 2. Copy/Paste the following line into Terminal and press enter:

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sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

Step 3. In order for PHP to work and be compatible with Apache we must restart it. Type the following code in Terminal to do this:

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sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Testing PHP5

To ensure there are no issues with PHP let's give it a quick test run.

Step 1. In the terminal copy/paste the following line:

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sudo gedit /var/www/testphp.php

This will open up a file called phptest.php.

Step 2. Copy/Paste this line into the phptest file

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<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Step 3. Save and close the file.

Step 4. Now open you're web browser and type the following into the web address:

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 http://localhost/testphp.php

Congrats you have now installed both Apache and PHP!

Installing MySQL5

To finish this guide up we will install MySQL. (Note - Out of Apache and PHP, MySQL is the most difficult to set up. I will provide some great resources for anyone having trouble at the end of this guide.)

Step 1. Once again open up the amazing Terminal and then copy/paste this line:

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sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Step 2. This is where things may start to get tricky. Begin by typing the following into Terminal:

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mysql -u root -p

Enter in the password that you setup during the apt-get install process.

Step 3. We are now going to install a program called phpMyAdmin which is an easy tool to edit your databases. Copy/paste the following line into Terminal:

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sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin

After that is installed our next task is to get PHP to work with MySQL. To do this we will need to open a file entitled php.ini. To open it type the following:

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gksudo gedit /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

Step 4. Once the text editor opens the php.ini file, go to the bottom of the file and add in the following line:

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extension=mysql.so

This will allow you to use MySQL within your PHP scripts.

Now just restart Apache and you are all set!

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sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

[mudasir]

AOA,

Good work... Its worth an appreciation.

[nasacis]

thanks for appreciation

[lambda]

php step 2 is broken.

[nasacis]

from mine post ?

[lambda]

is there a step 2 in your post?

[nasacis]

yes, but i did not mention

[x2oxen]

This is what my aptitude search showed up.

root@proxy:~# aptitude search php5
p libapache2-mod-php5 ---------server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (apache 2 module)
p libgv-php5---------Php5 bindings for graphviz
p php5---------server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (meta-package)
p php5-apache2-mod-bt---------PHP bindings for mod_bt


Its working fine for me!

[lambda]

the phptest step is broken.

[LinuxFreaK]

Dear x2oxen,
Salam,

Agreed with lambda, you need to add some thing like this.

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<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Best Regards.

[x2oxen]

Its done! Is it seems ok now?