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Ubuntu16.04LAMPservertutorialwithApache2.4,
PHP7andMariaDB(insteadofMySQL)
LAMPisshortforLinux,
Apache,MySQL,PHP.This
tutorialshowshowyoucan
installanApache2web
serveronanUbuntu16.04
(XenialXerus)serverwith
PHP7(mod_php)and
MySQLsupport.
Additionally,Iwillinstall
PHPMyAdmintomake
MySQLadministration
easier.ALAMPsetupisthe
perfectbasisforCMS
systemslikeJoomla,
WordpressorDrupal.

PreliminaryNote

ThistutorialexistsfortheseOSversions
Ubuntu15.10(WilyWerewolf)
Ubuntu15.04(VividVervet)
Ubuntu14.10(UtopicUnicorn)
Ubuntu14.04LTS(TrustyTahr)
Ubuntu13.10(SaucySalamander)

Onthispage
PreliminaryNote
InstallingMariaDBasMySQLreplacement
InstallApache2.4
InstallPHP7
TestPHPandgetdetailsaboutyourPHPinstallation
GetMySQL/MariaDBsupportinPHP
InstalltheAPCuPHPcachetospeedupPHP
EnabletheSSLwebsiteinapache
InstallphpMyAdmin
Links

Inthistutorial,Iwillusethehostnameserver1.example.comwiththeIPaddress
192.168.1.100.Thesesettingsmightdifferforyou,soyouhavetoreplacethemwhere
appropriate.
IrecommendtouseaminimalUbuntuserversetupasbasisforthetutorial,thatcanbeavirtual
orrootserverimagewithanUbuntu16.04minimalinstallfromawebhostingcompanyoryouuse
ourminimalservertutorialtoinstallaserverfromscratch.
I'mrunningallthestepsinthistutorialwithrootprivileges,somakesureyou'reloggedinasroot:

sudosu
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InstallingMariaDBas
MySQLreplacement
WewillinstallMariaDBinsteadofMySQL.
MariaDBisaMySQLforkmaintainedbythe
originalMySQLdeveloperMontyWidenius.
MariaDBiscompatiblewithMySQLand
providesinterestingnewfeaturesandspeed
improvementswhencomparedtoMySQL.
Runthefollowingcommandtoinstall
MariaDBserverandclient:

aptgetyinstallmariadbservermariadbclient

NowwesetarootpasswordforMariaDB.

mysql_secure_installation

Youwillbeaskedthesequestions:
Entercurrentpasswordforroot(enterfornone):<pressenter
Setrootpassword?[Y/n]<y
Newpassword:<EnterthenewMariaDBrootpasswordhere
Reenternewpassword:<Repeatthepassword
Removeanonymoususers?[Y/n]<y
Disallowrootloginremotely?[Y/n]<y
Reloadprivilegetablesnow?[Y/n]<y
TestthelogintoMariaDBwiththe"mysqlcommand"

mysqlurootp

andentertheMariaDBrootpasswordthatyou'vesetabove.Theresultshouldbesimilartothe
screenshotbelow:

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ToleavetheMariaDBshell,enterthecommand"quit"andpressenter.

InstallApache2.4
Apache2isavailableasanUbuntupackage,thereforewecaninstallitlikethis:

aptgetyinstallapache2

Nowdirectyourbrowsertohttp://192.168.1.100,andyoushouldseetheApache2default
page(Itworks!):

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Thedocumentrootoftheapachedefaultvhostis/var/www/htmlonUbuntuandthemain
configurationfileis/etc/apache2/apache2.conf.Theconfigurationsystemisfully
documentedin/usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz.

InstallPHP7
WecaninstallPHP7andtheApachePHPmoduleasfollows:

aptgetyinstallphp7.0libapache2modphp7.0

ThenrestartApache:

systemctlrestartapache2

TestPHPandgetdetailsaboutyourPHPinstallation
Thedocumentrootofthedefaultwebsiteis/var/www/html.WewillnowcreateasmallPHPfile
(info.php)inthatdirectoryandcallitinabrowser.Thefilewilldisplaylotsofusefuldetailsabout
ourPHPinstallation,suchastheinstalledPHPversion.

nano/var/www/html/info.php

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<?php
phpinfo()
?>

Thenchangetheowneroftheinfo.phpfiletothewwwdatauserandgroup.

chownwwwdata:wwwdata/var/www/html/info.php

Nowwecallthatfileinabrowser(e.g.http://192.168.1.100/info.php):

Asyousee,PHP7.0isworking,andit'sworkingthroughtheApache2.0Handler,asshownin
theServerAPIline.Ifyouscrollfurtherdown,youwillseeallmodulesthatarealreadyenabled
inPHP5.MySQLisnotlistedtherewhichmeanswedon'thaveMySQL/MariaDBsupportinPHP
yet.

GetMySQL/MariaDBsupportinPHP
TogetMySQLsupportinPHP,wecaninstallthephp7.0mysqlpackage.It'sagoodideato
installsomeotherPHPmodulesaswellasyoumightneedthemforyourapplications.Youcan
searchforavailablePHPmoduleslikethis:

aptcachesearchphp7.0

Picktheonesyouneedandinstallthemlikethis:
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aptgetyinstallphp7.0mysqlphp7.0curlphp7.0gdphp7.0intlphppearphp
imagickphp7.0imapphp7.0mcryptphpmemcachephp7.0pspellphp7.0recodephp7.0
sqlite3php7.0tidyphp7.0xmlrpcphp7.0xslphp7.0mbstringphpgettext

NowrestartApache2:

systemctlrestartapache2

PHP7hasnowMySQL/MariaDBsupportasshowninphpinfo()above.

InstalltheAPCuPHPcachetospeedupPHP
APCuisafreePHPopcodecacherforcachingandoptimizingPHPintermediatecode.Itis
stronglyrecommendedtohaveanOpcacheinstalledtospeedupyourPHPpage.
APCucanbeinstalledasfollows:

aptgetyinstallphpapcu

NowrestartApache:

systemctlrestartapache2

Nowreloadhttp://192.168.1.100/info.phpinyourbrowserandscrolldowntothe
modulessectionagain.Youshouldnowfindlotsofnewmodulesthere:
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Pleasedon'tforgettodeletetheinfo.phpfilewhenyoudon'tneeditanymoreasitprovides
sensitivedetailsofyourserver.Runthefollowingcommandtodeletethefile.

rmf/var/www/html/info.php

EnabletheSSLwebsitein
apache
SSL/TLSisasecuritylayertoencryptthe
connectionbetweenthewebbrowserand
yourserver.Executethefollowing
commandsonyourservertoenablehttps://
support.Run:

a2enmodssl
a2ensitedefaultssl

whichenablesthesslmoduleandaddsasymlinkinthe/etc/apache2/sitesenabledfoldertothe
file/etc/apache2/sitesavailable/defaultssl.conftoincludeitintotheactiveapacheconfiguration.
Thenrestartapachetoenablethenewconfiguration:

systemctlrestartapache2

NowtesttheSSLconnectionbyopeninghttps://192.168.1.100inawebbrowser.

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YouwillreceiveanSSLwarningastheSSLcertificateoftheserverisa"selfsigned"SSL
certificate,thismeansthatthebrowserdoesnottrustthiscertificatebydefaultandyouhaveto
acceptthesecuritywarningfirst.Afteracceptingthewarning,youwillseetheapachedefaultpage.

Theclosed"GreenLock"infrontoftheURLinthebrowsershowsthattheconnectionis
encrypted.TogetridoftheSSLwarning,replacetheselfsignedSSLcertificate/etc/ssl/certs/ssl
certsnakeoil.pemwithanofficiallysignedSSLcertificatefromanSSLAuthority.

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InstallphpMyAdmin
phpMyAdminisawebinterfacethroughwhichyoucanmanageyourMySQLdatabases.It'sa
goodideatoinstallit:

aptgetyinstallphpmyadmin

Youwillseethefollowingquestions:
Webservertoconfigureautomatically:<Selecttheoption:apache2
Configuredatabaseforphpmyadminwithdbconfigcommon?<Yes
MySQLapplicationpasswordforphpmyadmin:<Pressenter,aptwillcreatearandom
passwordautomatically.
MariaDBenablesaplugincalled"unix_socket"fortherootuserbydefault,thispluginpreventsthat
therootusercanlogintoPHPMyAdminandthatTCPconnectionstoMySQLareworkingforthe
rootuser.Therefore,I'lldeactivatethatpluginwiththefollowingcommand:

echo"updateusersetplugin=''whereUser='root'flushprivileges"|mysqluroot
pmysql

EntertheMariaDBrootpassword,whenrequestedbythemysqlcommand.
Afterward,youcanaccessphpMyAdminunderhttp://192.168.1.100/phpmyadmin/:

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Links
Apache:http://httpd.apache.org/
PHP:http://www.php.net/
MySQL:http://www.mysql.com/
MariaDB:https://mariadb.com/
Ubuntu:http://www.ubuntu.com/
phpMyAdmin:http://www.phpmyadmin.net/

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From:GainSat:2016050302:32:15

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Thankyousomuch.Worksperfectly.
From:Jat:2016050316:40:35

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Nicework,completeandworkedperfectlyfirsttime.
From:JeffBeamat:2016050413:25:12

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excellentworkthanks
From:Allenat:2016050606:38:32

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WWWonderfuull!!!!:)
From:christnoelat:2016050622:09:40

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hellothanksforyourtutoitsworkswithoutproblemsthanksforthetimespentbywrittingititshelp
someonelikeme
From:TuanAnhHaat:2016050810:57:55

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Thankyouverymuch!VielenDankfrIhreHilfe!
From:J.L.Barbryat:2016050909:51:18

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Thankyoutoyouforthistutorialwhichisveryeasytouse.Unfortunately,Igetanerrorinthelast
step,aftertheinstallationofphpMyAdmin:TherequestedURL/phpmyadmin/wasnotfoundonthis
server.
Thesameerrorwith127.0.1/phpmyadminorlocalhost/phpmyadmin.
Itried3timestouninstallandreinstallwithoutsuccess.PitythatUbuntudoesnotofferaLAMP
package!
Bestregards
From:tillat:2016051508:33:22
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Trytorun:

dpkgreconfigurephpmyadmin

andensurethatyouselectapache2asconfigoption.Ifnowebserverconfigoptionisselected
duringphpmyadmininstallation,thenthealiastoaccessphpmyadmindoesnotgetaddedtothe
apacheconfig.
From:Garethat:2016052115:39:23

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Hi
Youprobablymissedthefactthatyouneedtoputamarkintheselectionofapache2inthe
config.Itdefinitelylookslikeit'sselecteditwhentheredboxisintheselectionthing,butunless
youpressspaceitwon'tmarkitasselectedanditwon'tconfigureititforapache.Hopethat
makessense?!
Cheers
Gareth
From:BobWat:2016051315:06:13

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Followedtheinstructionswith16_04andeverythingworkedgreatuptophpMyAdmin.
Igetthemessage:
ERROR1045(28000):Accessdeniedforuser'root'@'localhost'(using?password:NO)
Uninstalledandtriedagain.
Stillataloss????
OtherUbuntuforumpostswereforpassword:YES.
WhatshouldIchecktosolvethis?
From:DSmidgeat:2016051421:05:12

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InstallingAPCuisnotnecessary.
Asitstatesonhttp://php.net/manual/en/intro.apcu.php:"APCuisAPCstrippedofopcodecaching."
From:tillat:2016051508:16:41

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Andthat'sexactlywhyweinstallAPCu.ForOpcodecaching,wehavealready"Opcache"
installed.ButmanysoftwarereliesontheAPCspecificcachingfunctionse.g.asapagecache
andthat'swhyweinstallAPCuontopofOpcache,itaddstheAPCfunctionstoPHPwhen
Opcacheisinstalled.
From:FranzSat:2016051515:07:40

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ThankyoufortheTutorial!Itisveryawesome.
OnUnbuntu16.04igetafailuremessagein/var/syslogifitakeacloserlook.
Itseemsthatsettingasecurepasswordforrootuserwilldocreateproblemswithmysqlcheck
becausethepasswordistnotupdatedin/etc/mysql/debian.cnf
Fordetailssee:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/772785/1604mariadberrorinsyslogmysqlcheck
From:Clarkat:2016051612:52:44
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Thanksalotspenthourstryingtogetmylamprunning.Iusedmysqlthough:)
From:tomat:2016051614:53:40

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Thanks,thishelpedgettingmynewdevserverupandrunning:)
From:steveat:2016051701:16:47

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Iwonderifyoucanhelp.Ihavefollowedallyoututorialwhichiswellpresented.butIcannotaccess
phpmyadmin.Ialsodidnotknowwheretoaddthelastlineinyoututorialaboutunix_socket.
ihavereinstalledthephpmyadminandensureapache2istheservertouse.ihavecheckedand
includedthefollowinglinetoapache2.conf
Include/etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
butstillnoaccess.anyhelpwouldbegreatthankyou
From:DanteCamachoat:2016051818:48:18

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Thankyousomuchforthispiceofcake!
From:Stephanieat:2016052001:22:31

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Hi
ImanagedtoinstalleverythingfinebutwhenItriedtoruninfo.phpIgotthefollowingmessage:
Forbidden
Youdon'thavepermissiontoaccess/onthisserver.
Apache/2.4.18(Ubuntu)ServeratlocalhostPort80Herearethedocumentrootfile
permissions:root@SatelliteC660:/var/www/html#lsltotal16rwrr1rootroot11321May20
00:56index.htmlrwrr1wwwdatawwwdata35May2001:55info.phproot@Satellite
C660:/var/www/html#

From:Andriyat:2016052322:44:53

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Amazing!Thankyouforthisgreattutorial.
From:stefanogiacominiat:2016052610:00:08

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excellentworkthanks!
From:Bibotat:2016060606:41:51

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Itsays"ERROR1046(3D000)atline1:Nodatabaseselected"
From:otisat:2016060707:47:50

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NotFound

TherequestedURL/phpmyadminwasnotfoundonthisserver.
Apache/2.4.18(Ubuntu)ServeratlocalhostPort80ihaveaproblemtoaccessonphpmyadmini
don'tknowwhy,i'vefollowedperfectlythistuto,pleasecouldyouhelpme?
From:tillat:2016060708:05:04
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Youmissedtoenablephpmyadminforapache(asdescribedinthetutorail).Youcanredothe
stepbyrunning:

dpkgreconfigurephpmyadmin

thenensurethatapache2isselected,theremustshowacrossfortheapacheoptionwhichgets
enabledwiththewhitespacekeyofyourkeyboard.Ifnocrossisshownthere,thenapacheisnot
activeforphpmyadminandyouwontbeabletoreachitthen!
From:Edat:2016060716:58:52

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Hi,

Thanks,butApache2.4isvaluablewiththeeventmoduleenabled,andISPConfigwon'tworkwithit
itinsistsonusingmorkerright?Can'tyouchangethissowecanusethemuchbetterevent,
please?Thanks
From:tillat:2016060807:45:27

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ISPConfigdoesnotdependonaspecificapachemode,youjustwillnotbeabletousethe
mod_phpmodeinispconfiginworkermode.

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