Lamp stack install on Ubuntu 20.4 LTS apache, mysql, php 7.4(Debian 9 & Ubuntu 18.04 lts)

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#1. Update software packages

To update os 20.4

you may wanna upgrade ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 lts ,#here

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

#2 install apache server

sudo apt install -y apache2 apache2-utils

check apache2 sever status by this command.

systemctl status apache2

service apache2 status

if not running start the server manually

by this command

sudo systemctl start apache2

If unable to starts

check config errors by this command sudo apache2ctl -t

fix restart the server. Remove reinstall server by above command.

It’s a good idea to run this command to enable apache on boot (by default it’s run on boot). But just try this

sudo systemctl enable apache2

check apache 2 version

apache2 -v

Server version: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)

Now type your server ip address

You will see default index page of apache server.

Incase of blocked

first add exception to firewall

sudo ufw allow http

If ufw not installed,

Just install by this command

sudo apt install ufw (frontend of iptables)

sudo ufw allow http

assign apache server gruop to web directory

to avoid write permissions (, unable install WordPress plugins)

sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/

Domain mapping virtual hosts

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/servername.conf

servername yourwebsite.com

sudo a2enconf servername.conf && sudo service apache2 reload

Incase any errors.

check detailed information by this command

apache2ctl -t

Install MySQL server

Mariadb or MySQL

(MySQL community version improving much more than mariadb)

MySQL bought by Oracle, but free MySQL version continuing its legacy by name of mariadb contributing open source devolopers.

while MySQL free version by Oracle, along with their premium Oracle software.

sudo apt install mysql-server

follow instructions install 8.2 5.7 based on availability of repository with latest ubuntu 20.04

otherwise you can manually add MySQL 8.24 version repository to improved performance.

set MySQL password.

after installation completes.

systemctl status mysql-server

systemctl status mysql

2nd step securing

sudo mysql_secure_installation

set strong password && remove otherusers except root.

install php 7.4 through mod php (7.4 latest)

sudo apt install php7.4 libapache2-mod-php7.4 php7.4-

by above command you have installed, php 7 and php module for apache

to enable php_mod use this command

sudo a2enmod php7.4

but other php extensions required to run apache webserver

mysql php extensions

installing php -fpm on apache server

php-mod or php-fpm

(Note: you can only use only one either php_mod or php-fpm mod)

php-fpm has some advantages when you are using apache core module

as mpm-prefork

(threads ready to handle save memory)

Disable apache 7.4 module

sudo a2dismod php7.4

Install php-fpm module

sudo apt install php7.4-fpm

enable php-fpm module

sudo a2enconf php7.4-fpm

sudo a2enmod php7.4-fpm

Enable proxy_fcgi and setenvif module.

sudo a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif

sudo service apache2 restart

Install phpmyadmin on Ubuntu 20.04

sudo apt update && sudo apt install phpmyadmin

select webserver as

apache2

create database & user as phpmyadmin

NO.(yes means a database & phpmyadmin user will be created, later you have to grant root permissions to phpmyadmin user).

Accessing phpmyadmin page

example.com/phpmyadmin

Vhost file

/etc/apache2/conf-enabled/phpmyadmin.conf

automatically generated while installing,

Otherwise manually configure it.

accessing phpmyadmin from subdomain or new

just edit the conf file

Add domain

sudo a2ensite phpmyadmin.conf

sudo systemctl reload apache2

Note: same commands works for Debian 9 & ubuntu 18.04 even with ubuntu 16.04.

if you are here for reshat family like CentOS,fedora

just change repository name apt to yum all works fine.

migration server apache to nginx

navigate to the directory

cd /home/pubclubindia/epf/theonlineking.com

zip -r zipfilename.zip folder name

zip -r king.zip theonlineking.com

backup sql

know the database name by wp-config.php

export

mysql -u root -psqlpass king > /home/pubclubindia/epf/theonlineking.com/a.sql

import command
mysql -u root -psqlpass king < /var/www/html/king.sql

mysql login

mysql -u root -p

mysql -u root -psqlpass

create database king;

Next vhost nnginx

grant permissions to server user

chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/

LAMP installation on ubuntu & debian //Apache

sudo apt install apache2
sudo apt install mysql-server
sudo apt install php-pear php-fpm php-dev php-zip php-curl php-xmlrpc php-gd php-mysql php-mbstring php-xml libapache2-mod-php
sudo service apache2 restart

LAMP install on ubuntu

change apache.conf

apache htaccess allow rewrite

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Once inside that file, find the following section, and change the line that says AllowOverride from None to All. The section should now look like this:

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

sudo chown -R pubclubindia:pubclubindia /home/user/
rm -rf /home/user/wp-content/cache/object

<Directory /home/user/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

Configure domain to directory apache vhosts install wordpress on ubuntu

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/epfouanloginportal.co.in.conf

sudo chown pubclubindia:pubclubindia /etc/apache2/sites-available/epfouanloginportal.co.in.conf

if root permission not there

past this
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin pubclubindia@gmail.com
ServerName eaadharcarddownload.co.in
ServerAlias www.eaadharcarddownload.co.in
DocumentRoot /home/user/eaadharcarddownload.co.in
<Directory /home/user/eaadharcarddownload.co.in/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
Options All
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /home/user/eaadharcarddownload.co.in/error.log
</VirtualHost>

sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/aeaadharcarddownload.co.in.conf /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/aeaadharcarddownload.co.in.conf

or you can navbigate to cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/

and run this command sudo ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/burnbelly.in.conf

sudo here root level access i am not root user but own apachge directory

apachectl configtest

check for syntax error before restart becuase apache not able to start again.

sudo service apache2 reload

cheeck your website on browser.