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How to install LEMP (NGINX-PHP-MYSQL) on Ubuntu 14

 

Step 1: Install Apache

Update the Ubuntu software package to the latest version with the command

# apt-get update -y

Command to install nginx:

# apt-get install nginx -y

On Ubuntu 14.04, Nginx is configured to run right after being installed

Visit http://ip-vps the screen will become like this if you visit successfully  

Step 2. Install PHP

# apt-get install php5-fpm php5-mysql -y

PHP configuration

Open the configuration file 'php5-fpm'

# nano /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini

Press ctrl+w , search 'cgi.fix_pathinfo' and replace the number 1 with 0

cgi.fix_pathinfo=0


Now you need to restart  PHP by typing 

# service php5-fpm restart

configuration of Nginx to use PHP

Open the defaulted configuration files of Nginx by typing

# nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

In the file 'default' there is a defaulted content generally like this

server {
        listen 80 default_server;
        listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index index.html index.htm;

        # Make site accessible from http://localhost/
        server_name localhost;

        location / {             
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;           
         }  
}

You need to make some changes for the files as follows

server {
        listen 80 default_server;
        listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;

        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
        index 
index.php index.html index.htm;

        # Make site accessible from http://localhost/
        server_name localhost;

        location / {             
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;           
         }  

error_page 404 /404.html;
    error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html {
        root /usr/share/nginx/html;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        try_files $uri =404;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

}

Restart Nginx 

# service nginx restart

To test whether php is active you creat the file info.php

# nano /usr/share/nginx/html/info.php

With the content
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

 

Now you can visit this page in your web browser by visiting http:/IP-VPS/info.php 

We recommend that you should remove the file info.php after testing php for security reason

# rm /usr/share/nginx/html/info.php

Step 3: Install MySQL Server

Type this following command to install MySQL 

# apt-get install mysql-server -y

During the installation, MySQL will display an interface so that you can set the root password for MySQL

Once you install MySQL, you should enable it with this command

# mysql_install_db

Run this command to set the Mysql

# mysql_secure_installation

It will open the following list

root@Maxserver:~# mysql_secure_installation
NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MySQL
      SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE!  PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!
In order to log into MySQL to secure it, we'll need the current
password for the root user.  If you've just installed MySQL, and
you haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank,
so you should just press enter here.

Enter current password for root (enter for none):    
OK, successfully used password, moving on...

Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MySQL
root user without the proper authorisation.

You already have a root password set, so you can safely answer 'n'.

Change the root password? [Y/n] n                      
 ... skipping.

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? [Y/n] 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? [Y/n] 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? [Y/n] y     
 - Dropping test database...
ERROR 1008 (HY000) at line 1: Can't drop database 'test'; database doesn't exist
 ... Failed!  Not critical, keep moving...
 - 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? [Y/n] y                   
 ... Success!

Cleaning up...

All done!  If you've completed all of the above steps, your MySQL
installation should now be secure.

Thanks for using MySQL!

Logging in MySQL

# mysql -u root -p