Setting Up A LAMP Stack

Table of Contents
Step 1: Launch an EC2 Instance
Step 2: Connect to the EC2 Instance
Step 3: Install Apache
Step 4: Install MySQL
Step 5: Install PHP
Step 6: Set Up Virtual Hosts
Step 7: Test with HTML scripts
Step 8: Enable PHP on the website
Step 9: Configure Apache for PHP

Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to set up a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on an AWS EC2 t2.micro instance with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for a DevOps project.

Step 1: Launch an EC2 Instance

• Log in to AWS Management Console:

• Click on Launch Instance.

• Configure instance:

Name: Give your instance a name (e.g., "LAMP Server").
AMI: Select Ubuntu 24.04 LTS HVM (64-bit architecture).
Instance type: Choose t2.micro (eligible for free tier).

• Assign a key pair for SSH access.

• Configure Security Group:

Add the following rules:
SSH (port 22) for remote access.
HTTP (port 80) for web traffic.
HTTPS (port 443) for secure web traffic.

• Launch the instance.

Step 2: Connect to the EC2 Instance

• Open a terminal (or use VSCode Terminal if preferred).

• Connect to your instance using SSH:
  Use the key pair to SSH into the instance:

• Update and upgrade the packages:

Step 3: Install Apache

• Install Apache:

• Verify Apache

• Open your browser and navigate to your EC2 public IP. You should see the Apache default page.

Or eun the below command:

Step 4: Install MySQL

• Install MySQL Server:

Secure MySQL installation:

• Set a root password and follow the prompts to secure your MySQL instance. By following the prompts to set up the root password, remove anonymous users, disallow remote root login, and more.

• Log in to MySQL to ensure it works: Enter the root password you created, and you should have access to the MySQL shell.

Step 5: Install PHP

• Install PHP and necessary PHP extensions for Apache and MySQL:

• Check PHP Version

• Restart Apache to load PHP:

Step 6: Set Up Virtual Hosts

• Create a new directory for your website:

• Create a new virtual host file:

• Add the following content to configure the virtual host:

• Enable the virtual host using the below commands one by one:

Step 7: Test with HTML scripts

• Navigate to the project path

• Create an index.html file

• Open and edit the file, then paste the html contents below.

• View the contents of index.html file.

• Open the browser to view http://54.205.253.69 or http://ec254.205.253.69.compute-1.amazonaws.com/:80

Step 8: Enable PHP on the website

Step 9: Configure Apache for PHP

• Update Apache's default directory index file:

• Add the following content:

• Save and exit (Ctrl+X, Y, then Enter).

In your browser, go to http:///info.php. You should see a PHP information page.

• Thereafter, remove PHP info page: For security reasons, delete the PHP info page after testing:

• Access the test file: