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How to Install LEMP stack on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 | 18.04 LTS
February 22, 2023 / HG
LEMP is an open-source web application stack used to develop web applications. The term LEMP is an acronym
that represents L for the Linux Operating system, Nginx (pronounced as engine-x, hence the E in the acronym)
web server, M for MySQL/MariaDB database, and P for PHP scripting language.
LEMP stands for:
L – Linux Operating System
E – Nginx Server
M – MySQL/MariaDB database or MariaDB database
P – PHP programming language
In thi article, We will learn How to Install LEMP stack on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 | 18.04 LTS
Prerequisites
Operating system: A Ubuntu Desktop or Ubuntu Server installed
User privileges: root or non-root user with sudo privileges
Step 1 – Update system
First of all, ensure everything is up to date on your server
sudo apt update
Step 2 – Install Nginx Web server
To install the Nginx Web server on your server execute the following command:
sudo apt install nginx -y
Once the package installer has finished, We need start and enable Apache service to auto-start on system
restart or boot:
sudo systemctl start nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx
Check status of Nginx service, make sure it’s running:
sudo systemctl status nginx
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If running, result as like below:
By default, Nginx listens to incoming HTTP connections on port 80 and port 443 for secure connections. We
need to allow HTTP port 80 and HTTPS port 443 through the UFW firewall.
Skip this step, If you don't want to the UFW firewall running on the system.
sudo ufw enable ### Enable the Firewall if it not yet running
sudo ufw allow 80 ### Allow port 80
sudo ufw allow 443 ### Allow port 443
sudo ufw reload ### Reload firewall
sudo ufw status ### Check status of Firewall
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Now, open your browse and access address http://IP-Server to test Nginx web server
http://IP-Server
If you receive the page below, it means you have successfully installed the Nginx server.
Step 2 – Install MySQL/MariaDB database server
In this tutorial, We will install MariaDB server, to install execute the following command:
sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y
MySQL/MariaDB database server installed, we need to start and enable it to auto-start on system restart or
boot:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Check status of MySQL/MariaDB server, make sure it’s running:
sudo systemctl status mariadb
If running, you will see a green Active status like below.
Next, you need to configure security for MySQL/MariaDB server by following command below:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
And confirm the questions below:
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hg@ubt22-1:~$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB
SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!
In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the current
password for the root user. If you've just installed MariaDB, and
haven't set the root password yet, you should just press enter here.
Enter current password for root (enter for none):
### Enter
OK, successfully used password, moving on...
Setting the root password or using the unix_socket ensures that nobody
Step 4 – Install PHP
You have Nginx installed to serve your content and MariaDB installed to store and manage your data. Now you
can install PHP to process code and generate dynamic content for the web server.
To install the PHP along with extensions execute the following command:
sudo apt install php php-fpm libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-mbstring -y
Check the PHP version, by default PHP 8.1 installed on Ubuntu 22
php -v
Next, start PHP-FPM and enable it to start automatically at boot time:
sudo systemctl start php8.1-fpm
sudo systemctl enable php8.1-fpm
Check status of PHP-FPM service, make sure it’s running:
sudo systemctl status php8.1-fpm
If running, result as like below:
That’s it. you are install successfully LEMP stack on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | 20.04 LTS | 18.04 LTS
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Thank you for reading !!!
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