How to Install LAMP Stack
The following guide will explain step by step the installation of the LAMP stack with the necessary requirements to run BlizzCMS.
Prerequisites
Before you get started, ensure you have the following:
- An instance with Linux OS (Debian/Rocky)
- A root user or sudo user configured
Now let's start 🤓
Step 1: Install Apache
We will start with the installation of the package for Apache, so depending on your operating system follow the instructions below:
First of all, we will install the Apache package with the command:
sudo apt install apache2
Once installed, We will enable it to automatically start on reboot with:
sudo systemctl enable apache2
Lastly, we will verify that the activated service has no errors with:
sudo systemctl status apache2
First of all, we will install the Apache package with the command:
sudo dnf install httpd
Once installed, We will enable it to automatically start on reboot with:
sudo systemctl enable httpd
Lastly, we will verify that the activated service has no errors with:
sudo systemctl status httpd
For a double verification, you can open your browser and use the IP of your instance with which a default page will be displayed.
http://your-ip-address
Step 2: Install MariaDB
Now we will continue with the installation of MariaDB. To do this, follow the instructions below depending on your operating system.
First of all, we will install the MariaDB package with the command:
sudo apt install mariadb-server
Once installed, We will enable it to automatically start on reboot with:
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Next, we will verify that the activated service has no errors with:
sudo systemctl status mariadb
First of all, we will install the MariaDB package with the command:
sudo dnf install mariadb-server
Once installed, We will enable it to automatically start on reboot with:
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Next, we will verify that the activated service has no errors with:
sudo systemctl status mariadb
Improve security
To increase the security of our MariaDB installation we will run the following:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
The script will ask you to set the password for the root user, remove the anonymous user, restrict the root user's access to the local machine, and remove the test database. In the end, the script will reload the privilege tables ensuring that all changes take effect immediately.
Tips
All steps are explained in detail and it is recommended to answer "Y" (yes) to all questions.
Create a Database
After finishing with the installation and security improvement for MariaDB we are going to create a database for the CMS. To create the database we will log in to MariaDB with:
mysql -u root -p
Now you should run this SQL statement to create the database.
CREATE DATABASE mycms_db;
Warning
Remember to change mycms_db to whatever name you want.
Create a User and Grant Permissions
Once the creation of the database is finished, we need access to it, so we will create a user who will only have access through localhost.
For that, we will first create the user with the following SQL statement:
CREATE USER 'new-user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Warning
Remember to change new-user and password to whatever you want.
Next, we will grant the permissions to the user on the database with the following SQL statement:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mycms_db.* TO 'new-user'@'localhost';
Warning
Remember to change mycms_db, new-user and password for those chosen above.
Lastly, for the newly added data to take effect, we will execute the following statements:
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Step 3: Install PHP
As the last step, we will install PHP. To do this, follow the instructions below depending on your operating system.
First of all, we will install the required dependencies with the command:
sudo apt install -y lsb-release apt-transport-https ca-certificates
Once installed, we download the necessary GPG key for the repository of PHP packages:
wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
Next, we will add the repository for PHP packages to the server:
echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php.list
We make sure that the operating system recognizes the addition of the repository and is up to date:
sudo apt update
Lastly, we will install PHP with the necessary extensions:
sudo apt install -y php8.1 php8.1-{bcmath,cli,curl,gd,gmp,intl,json,mbstring,mysqlnd,openssl,soap,xml,zip}
First of all, we will add the EPEL and Remi repositories for PHP 8 packages with the following commands:
sudo dnf install epel-release -y
sudo dnf install -y https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm
We make sure that the operating system recognizes the addition of the repositories and is up to date:
sudo apt update
Next, we will reset PHP from its default module to enable PHP packages from the Remi repository:
sudo dnf module reset php
We enable PHP from the Remi repository:
sudo dnf module enable php:remi-8.1
Lastly, we will install PHP with the necessary extensions:
sudo dnf install -y php php-{bcmath,cli,curl,gd,gmp,intl,json,mbstring,mysqlnd,openssl,soap,xml,zip}