A LAMP stack is a group of four distinct software components (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) used by developers or web programmers to build and deploy websites or applications.

This guide will focus on installing and configuring the popular LAMP stack along with PhpMyAdmin on the latest version of RHEL and RHEL-based systems such as CentOS, Oracle Linux, Rocky, and AlmaLinux.

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Based on your specific distribution, follow the links below to perform a minimal system installation using a static IP Address for network configuration.

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Step 1: Install Apache Web Server

1. After completing a minimal system installation and assigning a Static IP Address to your server’s network interface, proceed to install the Apache (httpd) service package from official repositories using the following yum command.

<code># yum install httpd</code>

2. Once the Apache installation is complete, use the following commands to control the Apache daemon since RHEL and CentOS have transitioned their init scripts from SysV to Systemd – Why was init Replaced with Systemd in Linux?

<code># systemctl start httpd
# systemctl enable httpd
# systemctl status httpd</code>

3. Next, ensure access to Apache is allowed by opening ports 80 and 443 in the Firewall using firewall-cmd, which is the default utility for managing Firewalld via the command line.

<code># firewall-cmd --add-service=http
# firewall-cmd --add-service=https
# systemctl restart firewalld</code>

NOTE: Keep in mind that this rule won’t persist after reboot or Firewalld restart because it's temporary. To make firewall rules permanent, add the --permanent option and restart Firewalld to apply them.

<code># firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=https
# systemctl restart firewalld</code>

Some useful Firewalld commands for managing the firewall are shown below:

<code># firewall-cmd --state
# firewall-cmd --list-all
# firewall-cmd --list-interfaces
# firewall-cmd --get-service
# firewall-cmd --query-service service_name
# firewall-cmd --add-port=80/tcp</code>

4. To verify Apache functionality, open a remote browser and navigate to your server's IP Address using the HTTP protocol in the URL address bar. A default page should appear similar to the one shown below.

<code>http://server_IP</code>

5. Currently, Apache's DocumentRoot directory is set to /var/www/html, which doesn't contain an index file by default. If you want to see a list of files in your DocumentRoot folder.

Edit the Apache welcome configuration file and change the Indexes directive from – to inside the LocationMatch block, as demonstrated in the screenshot below.

<code># vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf</code>

6. Save your changes, restart the Apache service to apply them, and refresh your browser to see the updated display.

<code># systemctl restart httpd</code>

Step 2: Install PHP Support for Apache

7. Before installing PHP support for Apache, retrieve a complete list of available PHP modules and extensions using the following command.

<code># yum search php</code>

8. Based on the type of application you plan to run, install the necessary PHP modules from the list above. For basic MySQL/MariaDB support in PHP and PhpMyAdmin, install these modules.

<code># yum install php php-mysql php-pdo php-gd php-mbstring</code>

9. To obtain full PHP information through your browser, create an info.php file in the Apache Document Root using the following command, restart the httpd service, then visit the URL http://m.miracleart.cn/link/1f49216e5390c53da48b0e5a77a5c48c in your browser.

<code># echo "<?php phpinfo(); ??>" > /var/www/html/info.php
# systemctl restart httpd</code>

10. If there's an error related to PHP Date and Timezone settings, edit the php.ini configuration file, locate the date.timezone line, remove the semicolon if present, specify your location, and restart the Apache service.

<code># vi /etc/php.ini</code>

Update the date.timezone line as shown, referencing the PHP Supported Timezones list.

<code>date.timezone = Continent/City</code>

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