Learn how to - How To Install LAMP Stack on Fedora 38/37/36/35/34/33

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Learn how to – How To Install LAMP Stack on Fedora 38/37/36/35/34/33.

In this blog post, we will look at how to install and configure a LAMP Stack on Fedora 38.37/36/35/34/33. LAMP Stack is a collection of open-source tools that are used to host web applications. The LAMP stack acronym comprises of:

L – Linux host system – Can be VM or physical, or a container
A – Apache HTTP Server
M – MySQL / MariaDB database
P – PHP Programming language

To have a functional LAMP stack, you’ll need to install and configure each component one by one. The steps to install and configure LAMP Stack on Fedora should be straightforward.

Step 1: Install Fedora Linux

The recent release of Fedora as of the writing of this article is Fedora. We have an installation guide which should work for the Physical server, a Virtual Machine and for Vagrant Box deployments:

How to install Fedora on Physical Server / Virtual Environment

Step 2: Install basic packages / set SELinux

Install the basic packages like vim, curl, wget, telnet

sudo dnf -y update
sudo dnf -y install vim bash-completion curl wget telnet

If this is your first time to hear about SELinux, I advise you put it in Permissive mode or completely disable it. Check SELinux status by running:

$ sudo sestatus 
SELinux status:                 enabled
SELinuxfs mount:                /sys/fs/selinux
SELinux root directory:         /etc/selinux
Loaded policy name:             targeted
Current mode:                   enforcing
Mode from config file:          enforcing
Policy MLS status:              enabled
Policy deny_unknown status:     allowed
Memory protection checking:     actual (secure)
Max kernel policy version:      31

The default mode is enforcing. To put it in Permissive mode, execute:

sudo setenforce 0
sudo sed -i 's/^SELINUX=.*/SELINUX=permissive/g' /etc/selinux/config

To completely disable it:

sudo sed -i 's/^SELINUX=.*/SELINUX=disabled/g' /etc/selinux/config

Confirm persistent status configured

$ cat /etc/selinux/config | grep SELINUX=
# SELINUX= can take one of these three values:
SELINUX=permissive

Step 3: Install Apache httpd server

Once you have Fedora OS installed and updated, proceed to install Apache httpd server.

sudo dnf -y install httpd

Configure httpd basic settings:

Edit the configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and set:

ServerAdmin admin@example.com
ServerName  example.com
ServerTokens Prod

You can optionally set Keepalive

KeepAlive On

Enable and start httpd service

sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd

If you have firewalld running, allow http and https services.

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service={http,https} --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Step 4: Install PHP & Extensions

Install PHP and configure httpd to support execution of PHP scripts. Check our article on:

How to Install PHP on Fedora

Don’t forget to install common extensions:

sudo dnf -y install php php-cli php-php-gettext php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-mysqlnd php-pear php-curl php-gd php-xml php-bcmath php-zip

Confirm your installed PHP version:

$ php -v
PHP 8.1.14 (cli) (built: Jan  4 2023 06:45:14) (NTS gcc x86_64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.14, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.1.14, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Loaded extensions can be viewed by passing -m option to the phpcommand

$ php -m

Set PHP timezone on the file /etc/php.ini

date.timezone = Africa/Nairobi

See a complete List of Supported Timezones.

Step 5: Install MySQL / MariaDB Database

For installation of MySQL on Fedora, use our guide:

How to install MySQL 8.0 on Fedora

Fedora upstream repositories have MariaDB which can be installed using the dnf command.

sudo dnf install mariadb-server

After the installation, set the character set

sudo vim /etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf

Set your character set under [mysqld] section

[mysqld]
character-set-server=utf8

Then start the mariadb service and enable it to start on boot

sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable mariadb

Perform MariaDB initial settings like setting up a root password, disabling remote root login e.t.c:

$ 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
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 MariaDB
root user without the proper authorisation.

Set root password? [Y/n] y
New password: 
Re-enter new password: 
Password updated successfully!
Reloading privilege tables..
 ... Success!


By default, a MariaDB installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone
to log into MariaDB 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, MariaDB 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...
 ... 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? [Y/n] y
 ... Success!

Cleaning up...

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

Thanks for using MariaDB!

Answer questions like below:

Enter current password for root (enter for none): <Enter>
Set root password? [Y/n] y
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y
Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y

Test login

$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with ; or g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 16
Server version: 10.3.10-MariaDB MariaDB Server

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type 'help;' or 'h' for help. Type 'c' to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]> select version();
+-----------------+
| version()       |
+-----------------+
| 10.3.10-MariaDB |
+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.001 sec)

Create and drop test database:

MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE test_db;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.001 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON test_db.* TO 'test_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY "StrongPassword";
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.002 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

To drop the database and user, use

MariaDB [(none)]> DROP DATABASE test_db;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.003 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]> DROP USER 'test_user'@'localhost';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.001 sec)

We have confirmed that our Database server is working fine. To allow for remote connections, allow port 3306 on the firewall

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=mysql --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

You can also limit access from trusted networks

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule 'rule family="ipv4" 
service name="mysql" source address="10.1.1.0/24" accept'

Step 6: Test your Lamp Stack Installation

As a test for our Lamp stack installation on Fedora Server / Desktop system, create a PHP test page

sudo vim /var/www/html/phpinfo.php

Add:

<?php
// Show all information, defaults to INFO_ALL
phpinfo();
?>

Reload httpd service and open page on your browser.

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Open added PHP info page http://[serverIP]/phpinfo.php

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That’s all. You have successfully installed LAMP stack on your Fedora server or Desktop Workstation.

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