Install LAMP on Ubuntu 16.04
LAMP stack is a popular open source web platform commonly used to run dynamic websites and servers. It includes Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP and is considered by many the platform of choice for development and deployment of high-performance web applications which require a solid and reliable foundation.
Update the software sources list:
sudo apt-get update
APACHE
Install apache2.4 fro Ubuntu repository
sudo apt-get install apache2
Edit the apacheĀ configuration file to adjust KeepAlive settings
sudo vi /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
KeepAlive off
The default multiprocessing module for PHP isĀ Prefork module, But apache uses Event module. So enable Prefork module and disable Event module
sudo vi /etc/apache2/mods-available
Set values for mpm_prefork. These values are for 2GB Linode server
StartServers 4 MinSpareServers 20 MaxSpareServers 40 MaxRequestWorkers 200 MaxConnectionsPerChild 4500
Disable the event module and enable prefork module
sudo a2dismod mpm_event sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork
Restart Apache
sudo systemctl restart apache2
MYSQL
Install Mysql package
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
To connect to MySQL
mysql - u root - p
View Databases
show databases;
Create database
create database test_db;
PHP 7.0
Install PHP and the application Repository also Apache support, and MySQL support
sudo apt-get install php7.0 php-pear libapache2-mod-php7.0 php7.0-mysql
To enable more descriptive errors, logging, and better performance edit the configuration file
sudo vi /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini
max_input_time = 30 error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_CORE_ERROR error_log = /var/log/php/error.log
Add this to mysqld.cnf
sql_mode = STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION
Create the log directory for PHP and give ownership to the Apache system user
sudo mkdir /var/log/php sudo chown www-data /var/log/php
Restart apache
sudo systemctl restart apache2
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