How to create a LAMP Server on AWS

Hello Amazing people 👋 Here's a beginner friendly project to get-started with public cloud services

Some prerequisities: Basic Understanding of linux commands, networking and cloud

Let's get started

Phase1: Linux Server setup on AWS

• Login AWS portal -> Go to EC2 services -> Launch an instance
• Select instance AMI Red Hat Linux 8 or Rocky Linux 8
• Create a new security group to allow HTTP, HTTPS & SSH
• Create a key-pair -> Launch the instance
• Connect instance with ssh using local terminal

  ssh -i <key-pair.pem file> ec2-user@<instance public ipv4 address>

Phase2: Apache Server setup

• Connect instance with ssh
• Install the apache server with dnf package manager command

  sudo dnf install httpd -y && sudo systemctl start httpd

• Go to the public IPv4 address to view the apache server

Phase3: Database Server setup

• Install the latest mariadb database server setup with dnf package manager command

  sudo dnf install mariadb-server -y

• Start the server

  sudo systemctl start mariadb && mysql_secure_installation

• Log in mysql database and check the databases to ensure database setup

Phase 4: PHP Server Module

• Enable the php module and install with dnf package manager command

  sudo dnf module enable php:7.4 && sudo dnf install php

• Start php-fpm module to optimize and restart to apply changes

  sudo systemctl start php-fpm && sudo systemctl restart httpd php-fpm

• Go to /phpinfo.php to ensure php module installation. If you are not able to view phpinfo webpage, ensure the file is in the correct directory, or create one with terminal

Completion

That's it, the LAMP Server is up and running!🥳

If you want to have a more detailed step-by-step procedure, please checkout my Github page or feel free to to reach out on Twitter.