How To Install LAMP Stack On Ubuntu

In this article, we will install LAMP i.e. Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP on ubuntu server.

#1. Installing Apache and allowing it through the firewall

We can use following steps:

Step 1:

sudo apt update

After the command ask to your password … then you enter your password.

Step 2:

sudo apt install apache2

Let’s allow Apache through the firewall using the following command

Step 3:

sudo ufw allow in “Apache Full”

If we want to check status, then use this command

Step 4:

sudo ufw status

You can now go to the server URL (IP Address) and the apache2 default page will be displayed on the Screen.

Step 5:

You can go to the Firewall.

Enter the URL is

localhost

#2. Installing MySQL on Ubuntu:

We can run the command to install the MySQL is:

We can use following steps:

Step 1:

       sudo apt install mysql-server -y

After installation is completed, then you can run the command for entering the mysql is:

Step 2:

       sudo mysql

If you want to exit from the mysql then enter the command is:

Step 3:

       exit

#3. Installing PHP on Ubuntu:

We can run the command to install the PHP is:

Step 1:

     sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql -y

If we want to check the version of PHP, then we can enter the command is:

Step 2:

     php -v

If we want to change any content from the any file, then we can use the:

Step 3:

     sudo nano filename

Installation is complete for the LAMP.

#4. Installing phpMyAdmin

Step 1:

     sudo apt install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-zip php-gd php-json php-curl

Configuring MySQL to use a password

Step 2:

     sudo mysql -u root -p

If we not set the password on MySQL then, we automatic enter the MySQL using this command.

      sudo mysql

After this command we create a user by using this command:

Step 3:

 CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH caching_sha2_password BY 'password123';

If our user create is successfully then, we can use this command for grant all privileges to the username:

Step 4:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'username'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

And all the process are completed then, we can exit with using by this command is:

Step 5:

exit

Check the installation:

sudo service apache2 restart

Note: If all the process are completed, and we get the issue for login page, then we can change the php version from the configuration file.