Before You Begin
A minimal installation of Debian or Ubuntu linux is the starting point, with network connectivity.
L.A.M.P is an acronym, stands for the building elements of a fully working website:
- Linux is probably the most stable and lightweight operating system to run websites on, thanks to it’s modular nature. If a service needs to be restarted it can easily be done, it is very rare when there is a need for a whole system reboot.
- Apache is the webserver itself that listens on port 80/tcp and 443/tcp for HTTP and HTTPS queries respectively
- Mysql is for the database where most of the dynamic content, like WordPress site data, user data, etc are stored.
- Php provides the programming language for a dynamic content
Installing Apache, MySQL and Php
The simplest part, installing the webserver itself with the major components.
# Update system before installing new packages apt-get update -y # Install Apache first apt-get install -y apache2 # Install PHP and additional PHP connectors apt-get install -y php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql # Install mysql apt-get install -y mysql-server
Configure MySQL
Next, it’s time to set up our mysql service on the box. It is important not to let the service accept root logon requests other than from the box itself to prevent hacking attempts.
# Configure mysql mysql_secure_installation
Securing the MySQL server deployment.
Connecting to MySQL using a blank password.
VALIDATE PASSWORD PLUGIN can be used to test passwords
and improve security. It checks the strength of password
and allows the users to set only those passwords which are
secure enough. Would you like to setup VALIDATE PASSWORD plugin?
Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No: n
Please set the password for root here.
New password:
Re-enter new password:
By default, a MySQL installation has an anonymous user,
allowing anyone to log into MySQL without having to have
a user account created for them. This is intended only for
testing, and to make the installation go a bit smoother.
You should remove them before moving into a production
environment.
Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.
Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from
'localhost'. This ensures that someone cannot guess at
the root password from the network.
Disallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.
By default, MySQL comes with a database named 'test' that
anyone can access. This is also intended only for testing,
and should be removed before moving into a production
environment.
Remove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
- Dropping test database...
Success.
- Removing privileges on test database...
Success.
Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes
made so far will take effect immediately.
Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
Success.
All done!
The server is ready to use!
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