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How to create a LAMP server on CentOS 7

by Brandon Hammond
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The LAMP stack is one of the most popular web server configurations in use today. Comprised of Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, the LAMP stack is a versatile platform on which you can build your website.

For this tutorial, we will be using CentOS, a free version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, to provide the Linux aspect of the stack. We will be installing and configuring Apache, MySQL, and PHP on CentOS 7.

Creating LAMP server on CentOS 7

Prerequisites

You will need:

  • A computer or VM with CentOS installed
  • A working network connection

Configure CentOS

1. Install firewalld

It is recommended that you install a firewall on your server for added protection. In this case, we will be using firewalld, a simple firewall daemon.

To begin, we will install the firewalld package:

# yum install firewalld

Next, we will enable firewalld, so that it starts on boot:

# systemctl enable firewalld

And restart the system to finalize changes:

# reboot

2. Set the Servers Hostname

NOTE: This step is optional depending on how your server is set up and your use case

To set the server’s hostname, run:

# hostnamectl set-hostname HOSTNAME

Where HOSTNAME is the hostname, you want to use.

Install Apache, MySQL, and PHP

3. Install Apache

Now, we will install the Apache HTTP server. To do this, run:

# yum install httpd

Installing httpd

It will install the httpd package. Now, add the HTTP service to firewalld with:

# firewall-cmd --add-service=http

Now, reload firewalld:

# firewall-cmd --reload

Next, restart the httpd service:

# systemctl restart httpd.service

Then, enable the service, so it starts on boot:

# systemctl enable httpd.service

4. Install MySQL

Once Apache is installed, we can install the MySQL database software. CentOS replaced MySQL with MariaDB in its repositories; however it is still possible to install MySQL.

To do this, first add the MySQL 8.0 repositories:

# yum localinstall https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql80-community-release-el7-1.noarch.rpm

Adding the MySQL repo

Once the repository is added, install MySQL:

# yum install mysql-community-server

Installing MySQL

Once the MySQL package is installed, we must enable it:

# systemctl enable mysqld

And start it:

# systemctl start mysqld

5. Install PHP

Now we will install the PHP programming language onto the system. First, enable the EPEL repository:

# yum install epel-release

Enabling the epel repo

After you have done this, enable the remi-php73 repository:

# yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

Adding the remi repo

Next, enable the repository:

# yum-config-manager --enable remi-php73

Enabling the remi repo

Finally, install PHP:

# yum install php

Installing PHP

Conclusion

Now you have a fully functioning LAMP server on which you can build whatever you want.

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