Installing LAMP server on DEBIAN 9
To install a LAMP server on Debian 9 follow these steps:
Startup your debian distro and login as root. First we are going to install de MYSQL or MaridaDB.
- apt install mariadb-client mariadb-server
- mysql -u root -p
- CREATE DATABASE newdb;
- CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'userpassword';
- GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON newdb.* to 'username'@'localhost';
- FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Quit the DB and your done installing MySql.
Next we are going to install PHP and APACHE.
- apt install php7.0 php7.0-mysql
- apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.0
- apt install phpmyadmin
To test your server by making a file called index.php in /var/www/html/ with the following content
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
go to your browser and test the server by enter it's ip-address or if you are on a local machine with localhost. It should display the PHP Version information. If not check all the steps to make sure your PHP installation went through.
Now make you installation secure.
- mysql_secure_installation
Follow the instructions on the screen and set what you need to have.
You now have a working LAMP server on Debian 9.
Enjoy,
Your ArtIT Team
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