Lamp Server - Almalinux

Notes

• Make sure almalinux is updated to latest version
• Either disable selinux now or suffer... (you can also learn how to live with it)
  

1) HTTPD Installation:

dnf install httpd

Enable and start it

systemctl enable httpd && systemctl start httpd

Make sure it up (optional)

systemctl status httpd

2) Mariadb Installation:

Right now, mariadb 10.6 is the latest version, but the default install gives you 10.3, so install the latest like this:

create repo for mariadb 10.6

vim /etc/yum.repos.d/mariadb.repo

[mariadb]
name = MariaDB
baseurl = http://yum.mariadb.org/10.6/rhel8-amd64
module_hotfixes=1
gpgkey=https://yum.mariadb.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-MariaDB
gpgcheck=1

Run dnf update to make sure the os sees the repo

dnf update

Install MariaDb

dnf install mariadb-server mariadb

Start and Enable it

systemctl enable mariadb && systemctl start mariadb

Secure the installation

run mariadb-secure-installation and follow the on-screen instructions

3) PHP Installation

Install REMI repo

dnf install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm

List the available versions:

dnf module list php

Reset the default(which is 7.2)

dnf module reset php

Select the php version you need (7.4 here)

dnf module enable php:remi-7.4

Install the php

dnf install php74 php74-php-fpm -y

Enable and start the FPM service

systemctl start php74-php-fpm && systemctl enable php74-php-fpm

4) Virtualhost Config

Create relevant directories

mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN_NAME/httpdocs
mkdir -p /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN_NAME/logs

cd /var/www/vhosts/DOMAIN_NAME/logs
touch error.log access.log

cd /etc/httpd/conf.d/
mkdir php_conf && cd php_conf

Create php config

vim php74.conf

<IfModule !mod_php7.c>
<FilesMatch \.(php|phar)$>
SetHandler "proxy:unix:/var/opt/remi/php74/run/php-fpm/www.sock|fcgi://localhost"
</FilesMatch>
</IfModule>

Create the VirtualHost and Copy the content

vim DOMAIN_NAME.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin hpc@tau.ac.il
     ServerName hpc-zabbix.tau.ac.il

     DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/hpc-zabbix.tau.ac.il/httpdocs
     ### php conf start ###
     Include /etc/httpd/conf.d/php_conf/php74.conf
     ### php conf end ###

       <Directory /var/www/vhosts/hpc-zabbix.tau.ac.il/httpdocs/>
                Require all granted

        </Directory>

     ErrorLog /var/www/vhosts/hpc-zabbix.tau.ac.il/logs/error.log
     CustomLog /var/www/vhosts/hpc-zabbix.tau.ac.il/logs/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

5) Make sure php error get written to custom log

cd /etc/opt/remi/php74/ vim php.ini

#If you want to set error log by host
[HOST=www.example.com]
error_log=/var/www/myapplication/path/to/my/error.log

[HOST=sub.example.com]
error_log=/var/www/mysubapplication/path/to/my/error.log
#If you want to set error log by path (handy if you're working on a server with an IP address but no domain)
[PATH=/var/www/myapplication]
error_log=/var/www/myapplication/path/to/my/error.log

[PATH=/var/www/mysubapplication]
error_log=/var/www/mysubapplication/path/to/my/error.log

Now go to:

cd /etc/opt/remi/php74/php-fpm.d/

In that directory, edit the file www.conf. Note the values for user and group in that file, whose out-of-the-box setting is www-data for both. Look for the term catch_workers_output and make sure it is uncommented and set to yes, like so: catch_workers_output = yes

systemctl restart php74-php-fpm

Sources:

• https://vitux.com/how-to-install-lamp-stack-on-almalinux-8/

• https://www.linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-mariadb-10-6-on-almalinux-8/

• https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-run-multiple-php-versions-on-one-server-using-apache-and-php-fpm-on-centos-8

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44558380/how-do-you-set-the-php-error-log-location-in-the-apache-configuration-file