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How to Install LEMP Stack on Debian 10

hello@linuxize.com (Linuxize) — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 21:21:23 +0100

The term LEMP is an acronym of the names of its four open-source components:

L - Linux operating system
E - Nginx, an HTTP and reverse proxy server
M - MySQL or MariaDB relational database management system
P - PHP programming language.

In this series, we’ll cover how to install a LEMP stack on Debian 10. We will show you how to install Nginx, generate a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, install and secure MariaDB, and install PHP.

The detailed tutorials that are part of this series are listed at the end of this page.

If you are in a hurry and don’t want to read more detailed documentation, you can install a LEMP stack on your Debian 10 server by following our Quickstart section.

Install LEMP Stack on Debian 10 [Quickstart]

This quickstart shows the basic steps required to get a LEMP stack installed on Debian 10.

Prerequisites

The user you are logged in as must have sudo privileges to be able to install packages.

Step 1. Installing Nginx

Nginx is available in default Debian repositories. Update the packages index and install Nginx by running the following commands:

Terminal
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

Nginx service will automatically start after the installation process is complete.

Step 2. Installing MySQL

MariaDB is the default database system in Debian 10. To install it on your server, type:

Terminal
sudo apt install mariadb-server

Once the installation is completed, issue the mysql_secure_installation command to improve the security of the MariaDB installation:

Terminal
sudo mysql_secure_installation

You will be asked to set the root password, remove the anonymous user, restrict root user access to the local machine, and remove the test database. You should answer “Y” (yes) to all questions.

Info

If you want to install MySQL instead of MariaDB, check our tutorial for installation instructions.

Step 3. Installing PHP

Debian 10 ships with PHP version 7.3. To install PHP and the most common PHP modules, use the following command:

Terminal
sudo apt install php-fpm php-opcache php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysql

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages

Now that you have all of the LEMP components installed, edit the Nginx virtual host configuration file and add the following lines so that Nginx can process PHP files:

nginx
server {
 # other code

 location ~ \.php$ {
 include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
 fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.3-fpm.sock;
 }
}

Save the file and restart the Nginx service for the changes to take effect:

Terminal
sudo systemctl restart nginx

More Information

For more detailed instructions about each step, please consult the following tutorials.

How to Install LEMP Stack on Debian 9

hello@linuxize.com (Linuxize) — Sun, 17 Mar 2019 18:11:42 +0100

The term LEMP is an acronym of the names of its four open-source components:

L - Linux operating system
E - Nginx [engine x], an HTTP and reverse proxy server
M - MySQL or MariaDB relational database management system
P - PHP programming language.

This series of tutorials will show you how to install Nginx, create Nginx server blocks, generate a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, install and secure MySQL, and install PHP.

The detailed tutorials that are part of this series are listed at the end of this page.

If you are in a hurry and don’t want to read more detailed documentation, you can install a LEMP stack on your Debian 9 server by following the Quickstart section.

Install LEMP Stack on Debian 9 [Quickstart]

This quickstart will show you the basic steps required to get a LEMP stack installed on a Debian 9 server.

Prerequisites

The user you are logged in as must have sudo privileges to be able to install packages.

Step 1. Installing Nginx

Nginx is available in default Debian repositories. Update the packages index and install Nginx with the following commands:

Terminal
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

Nginx service will automatically start after the installation process is complete.

Step 2. Installing MariaDB

With the release of Debian 9, MySQL was replaced with MariaDB as the default database system. Install MariaDB by running the following command:

Terminal
sudo apt install mariadb-server

Once the installation is completed, issue the mysql_secure_installation command to improve the security of the MySQL installation:

Terminal
sudo mysql_secure_installation

You will be asked to set the root password, remove the anonymous user, restrict root user access to the local machine, and remove the test database. You should answer “Y” (yes) to all questions.

Info

If you want to install MySQL instead of MariaDB, check our tutorial for installation instructions.

Step 3. Installing PHP

Debian 9 ships with PHP version 7.0. To install PHP FPM and the most common PHP modules, type:

Terminal
sudo apt install php-fpm php-opcache php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysql

Info

To install PHP 7.2, visit this tutorial .

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages

Now that we have all of the LEMP components installed, we can edit the Nginx virtual host configuration file and add the following lines so Nginx can process PHP files:

nginx
server {
 # other code

 location ~ \.php$ {
 include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
 fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
 }
}

Do not forget to restart the Nginx service for the changes to take effect:

Terminal
sudo systemctl restart nginx

More Information

For more detailed instructions about each step, please consult the following tutorials.

How to Install LEMP Stack on Ubuntu 18.04

hello@linuxize.com (Linuxize) — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 18:11:42 +0100

The term LEMP is an acronym of the names of its four open-source components:

L - Linux operating system
E - Nginx [engine x] an HTTP and reverse proxy server
M - MySQL or MariaDB relational database management system
P - PHP programming language.

This series of tutorials will show you how to install Nginx, create Nginx server blocks, generate a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, install and secure MySQL, and install PHP 7.2.

The detailed tutorials that are part of this series are listed at the end of this page.

If you are in a hurry and don’t want to read more detailed documentation, you can install a LEMP stack on your Ubuntu 18.04 server by following our Quickstart section.

Install LEMP Stack on Ubuntu 18.04 [Quickstart]

This quickstart will show you the basic steps required to get a LEMP stack installed on an Ubuntu 18.04 server.

Prerequisites

The user you are logged in as must have sudo privileges to be able to install packages.

Step 1. Installing Nginx

Nginx is available in Ubuntu repositories. Update the packages index and install Nginx with the following commands:

Terminal
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nginx

Step 2. Installing MySQL

The next step is to install the MySQL packages. To do so, type:

Terminal
sudo apt install mysql-server

Once the installation is completed, issue the mysql_secure_installation command to improve the security of the MySQL installation:

Terminal
sudo mysql_secure_installation

You will be asked to set the root password, remove the anonymous user, restrict root user access to the local machine, and remove the test database. You should answer “Y” (yes) to all questions.

Info

If you want to install MariaDB instead of MySQL, check our tutorial for installation instructions.

Step 3. Installing PHP

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS ships with the latest and greatest PHP version 7.2. To install PHP FPM and several of the most common PHP modules, type:

Terminal
sudo apt install php-fpm php-opcache php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysql

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages

Now that we have all of the LEMP components installed, we can edit the Nginx virtual host configuration file and add the following lines so Nginx can process PHP files:

nginx
server {
 # other code

 location ~ \.php$ {
 include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
 fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
 }
}

Do not forget to restart the Nginx service for the changes to take effect:

Terminal
sudo systemctl restart nginx

More Information

For more detailed instructions about each step, please consult the following tutorials.

Install LEMP Stack on CentOS 7

hello@linuxize.com (Linuxize) — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:24:10 +0100

The term LEMP is an acronym of the names of its four open-source components:

L - Linux operating system
E - Nginx [engine x], an HTTP and reverse proxy server
M - MySQL or MariaDB relational database management system
P - PHP programming language.

This series of tutorials will show you how to install Nginx, generate a free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate, install and secure MySQL, and install PHP 7.

The detailed tutorials that are part of this series are listed at the end of this page.

If you are in a hurry and don’t want to read more detailed documentation, you can install a LEMP stack on your CentOS 7 server by following our Quickstart section.

Install LEMP Stack on CentOS 7 [Quickstart]

This quickstart will show you the basic steps required to get a LEMP stack installed on a CentOS 7 server.

Prerequisites

The user you are logged in as must have sudo privileges to be able to install packages.

Step 1. Installing Nginx

Nginx is not available in the default CentOS 7 repository so we will use the EPEL repositories. To add the EPEL repository to your system, use the following command:

Terminal
sudo yum install epel-release

Now that the EPEL repository is enabled, install the Nginx package with:

Terminal
sudo yum install nginx

Once it is installed, start and enable the Nginx service by typing:

Terminal
sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx

Step 2. Installing MariaDB

The next step is to install the MariaDB packages. To do so, type:

Terminal
sudo yum install mariadb-server

Once MariaDB server is installed, start and enable the service with:

Terminal
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

Info

At the time of writing, MariaDB 5.5 is available in the official CentOS 7 repository. If you want to install a newer version please refer to this tutorial . To install MySQL instead of MariaDB, check our tutorial for installation instructions.

Step 3. Installing PHP

CentOS 7 ships with PHP version 5.4 which has been EOL for quite some time, so we’ll use the Remi repository to install PHP 7.2.

Run the following command to add the Remi repository to your system:

Terminal
sudo yum install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

Once it is added, install the yum-utils package and enable the remi-php72 repository:

Terminal
sudo yum install yum-utils
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72

Now that we have the Remi repository enabled, we can install PHP FPM and several of the most common PHP modules with:

Terminal
sudo yum install php-fpm php-opcache php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysql

By default, PHP-FPM will run as user apache on port 9000. We’ll change the user to nginx and switch from TCP socket to Unix socket. To do so, edit the lines highlighted in yellow:

Terminal
sudo nano /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf

ini
...
user = nginx
...
group = nginx
...
listen = /run/php-fpm/www.sock
...
listen.owner = nginx
listen.group = nginx

Make sure the /var/lib/php directory has the correct permissions:

Terminal
chown -R root:nginx /var/lib/php

Save the file, enable and start the PHP FPM service with:

Terminal
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm
sudo systemctl start php-fpm

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages

Now that we have all of the LEMP components installed, we can edit the Nginx server block configuration file and add the following lines so Nginx can process PHP files:

nginx
server {
 # other code

 location ~ \.php$ {
 try_files $uri =404;
 fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
 fastcgi_index index.php;
 fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
 include fastcgi_params;
 }
}

Do not forget to restart the Nginx service for the changes to take effect:

Terminal
sudo systemctl restart nginx

More Information

For more detailed instructions about each step, please consult the following tutorials.

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How to Install LEMP Stack on Debian 10

Install LEMP Stack on Debian 10 [Quickstart]

Prerequisites #

Step 1. Installing Nginx #

Step 2. Installing MySQL #

Step 3. Installing PHP #

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages #

More Information #

How to Install LEMP Stack on Debian 9

Install LEMP Stack on Debian 9 [Quickstart]

Prerequisites #

Step 1. Installing Nginx #

Step 2. Installing MariaDB #

Step 3. Installing PHP #

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages #

More Information #

How to Install LEMP Stack on Ubuntu 18.04

Install LEMP Stack on Ubuntu 18.04 [Quickstart]

Prerequisites #

Step 1. Installing Nginx #

Step 2. Installing MySQL #

Step 3. Installing PHP #

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages #

More Information #

Install LEMP Stack on CentOS 7

Install LEMP Stack on CentOS 7 [Quickstart]

Prerequisites #

Step 1. Installing Nginx #

Step 2. Installing MariaDB #

Step 3. Installing PHP #

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages #

More Information #

Prerequisites

Step 1. Installing Nginx

Step 2. Installing MySQL

Step 3. Installing PHP

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages

More Information

Prerequisites

Step 1. Installing Nginx

Step 2. Installing MariaDB

Step 3. Installing PHP

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages

More Information

Prerequisites

Step 1. Installing Nginx

Step 2. Installing MySQL

Step 3. Installing PHP

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages

More Information

Prerequisites

Step 1. Installing Nginx

Step 2. Installing MariaDB

Step 3. Installing PHP

Step 4. Configuring Nginx to Process PHP Pages

More Information