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====== Commands to Setup a LAMP server in Ubuntu 22. ======

**Installing Apache**
<code>sudo apt update</code>
<code>sudo apt install apache2</code>
<code>sudo ufw app list</code>
<code>sudo ufw allow in "Apache"</code>
<code>sudo ufw status</code>

//Check Website's URL via IP or DNS//

**Installing MySQL**

<code>sudo apt install mysql-server</code>
<code>sudo mysql</code>
//change "root" and "password" to whatever you want//
<code>ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';</code>
<code>exit</code>
<code>sudo mysql_secure_installation</code>

**Installing PHP**

<code>sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql</code>
<code>php -v</code>
<code>sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf</code>

//Change://
<code>
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>
</code>

__To:__
<code>
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.cgi index.pl index.xhtml index.htm
</IfModule>
</code>

<code>sudo systemctl restart apache2</code>
<code>sudo systemctl status apache2</code>

//Installing other PHP Packages://
<code>sudo apt install php-cli</code>

**Creating a Virtual Host for Apache**

//Change "your_domain" to the name you want//
<code>sudo mkdir /var/www/your_domain</code>
<code>sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/your_domain</code>
<code>sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/your_domain.conf</code>

//Copy / Paste into blank file://
<code>
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your_domain
    ServerAlias www.your_domain
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/your_domain
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
</code>

<code>sudo a2ensite your_domain</code>
<code>sudo a2dissite 000-default</code>
<code>sudo apache2ctl configtest</code>
<code>sudo systemctl reload apache2</code>

**MySQL: Creating Users and Databases**

//Change "example_database", "example_user" and "password" to whatever you want://
<code>CREATE DATABASE example_database;</code>
<code>CREATE USER 'example_user'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';</code>

//OPTIONAL - Change password of users://
<code>ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'password';</code>

<code>GRANT ALL ON example_database.* TO 'example_user'@'%';</code>
<code>exit</code>
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Credit to: [[https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu|https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu]]