LAMP is the most widely used software service stack, used to deploy PHP based web applications. LAMP is named as acronym, derived from first letter of four original open-source components i.e. L from Linux, A from Apache, M from MySQL and P from PHP.
In this article, we are installing LAMP Stack on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8 Server. Here, we have selected Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, Apache HTTP Server 2.4, MySQL 8.0 and PHP 7.2 as the LAMP Stack components.
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Environment Specification:
A RHEL 8 based virtual machine is being used in this article. The specifications are:
- CPU - 3.4 Ghz (2 cores)
- Memory - 2 GB
- Storage - 20 GB
- Operating System - Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
- Hostname - rhel-8-lamp.example.com
- IP Address - 192.168.116.183/24
A Local YUM/DNF repository is configured, so we can install required packages without having an active Red Hat subscription.
Installing Apache HTTP Server 2.4 on RHEL 8:
Connect with rhel-8-lamp.example.com using ssh as root user.
Since, we have already configured local yum repository, therefore, we can easily install Apache HTTP Server using dnf command.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# dnf install -y httpd
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Dependencies resolved.
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Package Arch Version Repository Size
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Installing:
httpd x86_64 2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e localyum_AppStream 1.4 M
Installing dependencies:
apr x86_64 1.6.3-9.el8 localyum_AppStream 125 k
apr-util x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8 localyum_AppStream 105 k
httpd-filesystem
noarch 2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e localyum_AppStream 34 k
httpd-tools x86_64 2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e localyum_AppStream 101 k
mod_http2 x86_64 1.11.3-1.module+el8+2443+605475b7 localyum_AppStream 156 k
mailcap noarch 2.1.48-3.el8 localyum_BaseOS 39 k
redhat-logos-httpd
noarch 80.7-1.el8 localyum_BaseOS 25 k
Installing weak dependencies:
apr-util-bdb
x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8 localyum_AppStream 25 k
apr-util-openssl
x86_64 1.6.1-6.el8 localyum_AppStream 27 k
Enabling module streams:
httpd 2.4
Transaction Summary
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Install 10 Packages
Total size: 2.0 M
Installed size: 5.5 M
Downloading Packages:
Running transaction check
Transaction check succeeded.
Running transaction test
Transaction test succeeded.
Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1
Installing : apr-1.6.3-9.el8.x86_64 1/10
Running scriptlet: apr-1.6.3-9.el8.x86_64 1/10
Installing : apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64 2/10
Installing : apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64 3/10
Installing : apr-util-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64 4/10
Running scriptlet: apr-util-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64 4/10
Installing : httpd-tools-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e.x86 5/10
Installing : redhat-logos-httpd-80.7-1.el8.noarch 6/10
Installing : mailcap-2.1.48-3.el8.noarch 7/10
Running scriptlet: httpd-filesystem-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69 8/10
Installing : httpd-filesystem-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69 8/10
Installing : mod_http2-1.11.3-1.module+el8+2443+605475b7.x86_64 9/10
Installing : httpd-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e.x86_64 10/10
Running scriptlet: httpd-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e.x86_64 10/10
Verifying : apr-1.6.3-9.el8.x86_64 1/10
Verifying : apr-util-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64 2/10
Verifying : apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64 3/10
Verifying : apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64 4/10
Verifying : httpd-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e.x86_64 5/10
Verifying : httpd-filesystem-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69 6/10
Verifying : httpd-tools-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e.x86 7/10
Verifying : mod_http2-1.11.3-1.module+el8+2443+605475b7.x86_64 8/10
Verifying : mailcap-2.1.48-3.el8.noarch 9/10
Verifying : redhat-logos-httpd-80.7-1.el8.noarch 10/10
Installed products updated.
Installed:
httpd-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e.x86_64
apr-util-bdb-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64
apr-util-openssl-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64
apr-1.6.3-9.el8.x86_64
apr-util-1.6.1-6.el8.x86_64
httpd-filesystem-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e.noarch
httpd-tools-2.4.37-10.module+el8+2764+7127e69e.x86_64
mod_http2-1.11.3-1.module+el8+2443+605475b7.x86_64
mailcap-2.1.48-3.el8.noarch
redhat-logos-httpd-80.7-1.el8.noarch
Complete!
Enable and start httpd.service.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# systemctl enable httpd.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/httpd.service â /usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# systemctl start httpd.service
Allow HTTP service in Linux firewall.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
success
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# firewall-cmd --reload
success
Browse URL http://rhel-8-lamp.example.com using a client's browser.
Apache HTTP Server has been installed and running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.
Installing MySQL Database 8.0 on RHEL 8:
For database back-end installation, we can choose between MySQL and MariaDB.
Since we have already used MariaDB in our previous article Install LEMP Stack on RHEL8 Server, therefore, we are installing MySQL this time.
MySQL 8.0 is available in local AppStream repository, therefore, let's install it using dnf command.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# dnf install -y mysql-server
...
Installed:
mysql-server-8.0.13-1.module+el8+2558+036183ec.x86_64
perl-IO-Socket-IP-0.39-5.el8.noarch
perl-IO-Socket-SSL-2.060-2.el8.noarch
perl-Mozilla-CA-20160104-7.el8.noarch
mariadb-connector-c-config-3.0.7-1.el8.noarch
mecab-0.996-1.module+el8+2459+7cb96738.9.x86_64
mysql-8.0.13-1.module+el8+2558+036183ec.x86_64
mysql-common-8.0.13-1.module+el8+2558+036183ec.x86_64
mysql-errmsg-8.0.13-1.module+el8+2558+036183ec.x86_64
perl-Digest-1.17-395.el8.noarch
perl-Digest-MD5-2.55-396.el8.x86_64
perl-Net-SSLeay-1.85-6.el8.x86_64
perl-URI-1.73-3.el8.noarch
perl-libnet-3.11-3.el8.noarch
protobuf-lite-3.5.0-7.el8.x86_64
perl-Carp-1.42-396.el8.noarch
perl-Data-Dumper-2.167-399.el8.x86_64
perl-Encode-4:2.97-3.el8.x86_64
perl-Errno-1.28-416.el8.x86_64
perl-Exporter-5.72-396.el8.noarch
perl-File-Path-2.15-2.el8.noarch
perl-File-Temp-0.230.600-1.el8.noarch
perl-Getopt-Long-1:2.50-4.el8.noarch
perl-HTTP-Tiny-0.074-1.el8.noarch
perl-IO-1.38-416.el8.x86_64
perl-MIME-Base64-3.15-396.el8.x86_64
perl-PathTools-3.74-1.el8.x86_64
perl-Pod-Escapes-1:1.07-395.el8.noarch
perl-Pod-Perldoc-3.28-396.el8.noarch
perl-Pod-Simple-1:3.35-395.el8.noarch
perl-Pod-Usage-4:1.69-395.el8.noarch
perl-Scalar-List-Utils-3:1.49-2.el8.x86_64
perl-Socket-4:2.027-2.el8.x86_64
perl-Storable-1:3.11-3.el8.x86_64
perl-Term-ANSIColor-4.06-396.el8.noarch
perl-Term-Cap-1.17-395.el8.noarch
perl-Text-ParseWords-3.30-395.el8.noarch
perl-Text-Tabs+Wrap-2013.0523-395.el8.noarch
perl-Time-Local-1:1.280-1.el8.noarch
perl-Unicode-Normalize-1.25-396.el8.x86_64
perl-constant-1.33-396.el8.noarch
perl-interpreter-4:5.26.3-416.el8.x86_64
perl-libs-4:5.26.3-416.el8.x86_64
perl-macros-4:5.26.3-416.el8.x86_64
perl-parent-1:0.237-1.el8.noarch
perl-podlators-4.11-1.el8.noarch
perl-threads-1:2.21-2.el8.x86_64
perl-threads-shared-1.58-2.el8.x86_64
Complete!
Start and enable MySQL service.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# systemctl enable mysqld.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/mysqld.service â /usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# systemctl start mysqld.service
Configure and secure MySQL database instance as follows.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# mysql_secure_installation
Securing the MySQL server deployment.
Connecting to MySQL using a blank password.
VALIDATE PASSWORD COMPONENT 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 component?
Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No: y
There are three levels of password validation policy:
LOW Length >= 8
MEDIUM Length >= 8, numeric, mixed case, and special characters
STRONG Length >= 8, numeric, mixed case, special characters and dictionary file
Please enter 0 = LOW, 1 = MEDIUM and 2 = STRONG: 2
Please set the password for root here.
New password:
Re-enter new password:
Estimated strength of the password: 100
Do you wish to continue with the password provided?(Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) : y
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!
Verify MySQL database installation using following command.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# mysql -e "SHOW DATABASES;" -p
Enter password:
+--------------------+
| Database |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql |
| performance_schema |
| sys |
+--------------------+
MySQL Database 8.0 has been installed on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.
Installing PHP 7.2 on RHEL 8:
In local AppStream repository, PHP 7.2 is available, therefore, we can install it simply by executing a dnf command.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# dnf install -y php php-mysqlnd php-mbstring php-pdo php-gd
...
Installed:
php-7.2.11-1.module+el8+2561+1aca3413.x86_64
php-gd-7.2.11-1.module+el8+2561+1aca3413.x86_64
php-mbstring-7.2.11-1.module+el8+2561+1aca3413.x86_64
php-mysqlnd-7.2.11-1.module+el8+2561+1aca3413.x86_64
php-pdo-7.2.11-1.module+el8+2561+1aca3413.x86_64
php-fpm-7.2.11-1.module+el8+2561+1aca3413.x86_64
gd-2.2.5-6.el8.x86_64
jbigkit-libs-2.1-14.el8.x86_64
libX11-1.6.7-1.el8.x86_64
libX11-common-1.6.7-1.el8.noarch
libXau-1.0.8-13.el8.x86_64
libXpm-3.5.12-7.el8.x86_64
libjpeg-turbo-1.5.3-7.el8.x86_64
libtiff-4.0.9-13.el8.x86_64
libwebp-1.0.0-1.el8.x86_64
libxcb-1.13-5.el8.x86_64
nginx-filesystem-1:1.14.1-8.module+el8+2505+fe936cef.noarch
php-cli-7.2.11-1.module+el8+2561+1aca3413.x86_64
php-common-7.2.11-1.module+el8+2561+1aca3413.x86_64
dejavu-fonts-common-2.35-6.el8.noarch
dejavu-sans-fonts-2.35-6.el8.noarch
fontconfig-2.13.1-3.el8.x86_64
fontpackages-filesystem-1.44-22.el8.noarch
Complete!
During installation, PHP created necessary configuration file in Apache configuration directory. Therefore, we have to restart httpd.service to integrate PHP with Apache HTTP Server.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# systemctl restart httpd.service
Create a PHP file to verify PHP installation and its integration with Apache HTTP Service.
[root@rhel-8-lamp ~]# echo "<?php phpinfo() ?>" > /var/www/html/info.php
Browse URL http://rhel-8-lemp.example.com/info.php in a client's browser.
We have successfully installed LAMP Stack on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.
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