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Quickly Set Up an LNMP Environment

Quickly set up a PHP environment on a newly purchased server

Environment Specifications

  • Linux version: CentOS7
  • Nginx: Default version
  • MySQL: MariaDB
  • PHP: Version PHP71

Linux

  • Open required ports after server setup:
    • 80 for HTTP
    • 443 for HTTPS (optional)
    • 3306 for remote MySQL connections

Nginx

  • Install Nginx on CentOS: 
    yum install nginx -y
  • Start Nginx: 
    nginx
  • Enable auto-start: 
    systemctl enable nginx
  • Configuration:
    • Default config file: /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
    • Add include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf; to load custom configurations
    • Remove default server block and create new config:
    vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/blog.conf
  • Sample configuration: 
    server {
    listen      80;
    server_name localhost;
    root        /var/www/blog;
    index       index.php index.html index.htm;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }
}
  • Reload Nginx: 
    nginx -s reload

MySQL

  • Install MariaDB: 
    yum -y install mariadb mariadb-server
  • Start service: 
    systemctl start mariadb
  • Enable auto-start: 
    systemctl enable mariadb
  • Initialize configuration: 
    mysql_secure_installation
  • Create remote user: 
    CREATE USER 'username'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'username'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

PHP

  • Add repositories: 
    rpm -Uvh https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm
  • Install PHP71 and extensions: 
    yum install php71w php71w-fpm php71w-mysqlnd
  • Start PHP-FPM: 
    systemctl start php-fpm
  • Enable auto-start: 
    systemctl enable php-fpm

Web Test

  • Create test file: 
    mkdir -p /var/www/blog
echo "<?php phpinfo();" > /var/www/blog/index.php
  • Visit server IP to verify PHP configuration

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