In order to automate the process of installing all web applications required to run a LAMP server, the following script is writing for that exact purpose.
The docker container used is the official Ubuntu image, version 24.10 aka noble.
Both the Dockerfile and installation script are contained in this [github repository](https://github.com/oyololatoni/docker-LAMP-install-script\). The first step would be to update your host machine and install git if you are using a Linux based machine with the following command
sudo apt-get update && apt-get -y install git
Next clone the github repository from github into your prefered folder on your Linux machine using the following command
git clone https://github.com/oyololatoni/docker-LAMP-install-script
Next change directory to the cloned folder and change the ownership of the shell script downloaded such that it is executable
cd docker-LAMP-install-script && chmod 755 /*.sh
While still in the cloned folder, run the following command to build the Ubuntu docker image from the dockerfile which will also run the automate the installation of the LAMP applications by executing the LAMPinstall.sh file
docker build -t [TAG] .
The content of the installation script:
#!/bin/bash
# Update the package lists for upgrades and new package installations
apt-get update
# Install MySQL server and client, Expect, Apache2, PHP, and various PHP extensions
apt install -y mysql-server mysql-client expect apache2 php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php8.2 php8.2-curl php8.2-dom php8.2-xml php8.2-mysql php8.2-sqlite3 php8.3 php8.3-curl php8.3-dom php8.3-xml php8.3-mysql php8.3-sqlite3
# Add the PPA repository for PHP maintained by Ondřej Surý
add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
# Update the package lists again to include packages from the new repository
apt-get update
# Start the MySQL service
service mysql start
# Start the Apache2 service
service apache2 start
# Start the MySQL secure installation process
# The expect command is used to automate responses to interactive prompts
expect <<EOF
spawn mysql_secure_installation
# Set the timeout for expect commands
set timeout 1
# Handle the password validation prompt. If not present, skip.
expect {
"Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No:" {
send "y\r"
expect "Please enter 0 = LOW, 1 = MEDIUM and 2 = STRONG:"
send "0\r"
}
"The 'validate_password' component is installed on the server." {
send_user "Skipping VALIDATE PASSWORD section as it is already installed.\n"
}
}
expect "Please enter 0 = LOW, 1 = MEDIUM and 2 = STRONG:"
send "0\r"
expect "Remove anonymous users? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) :"
send "y\r"
expect "Disallow root login remotely? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) :"
send "n\r"
expect "Remove test database and access to it? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) :"
send "y\r"
expect "Reload privilege tables now? (Press y|Y for Yes, any other key for No) :"
send "y\r"
expect eof
EOF
echo "MySQL secure installation setup complete."
# Ensure MySQL service is started
service mysql start
# Execute MySQL commands to create the database, user, and grant privileges
mysql -uroot <<MYSQL_SCRIPT
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS webserver;
CREATE USER IF NOT EXISTS 'User1'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Password123';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON webserver.your_table TO 'User1'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MYSQL_SCRIPT
echo "Database and user created."
# Enable the Apache mod_rewrite module
a2enmod rewrite
service apache2 restart
# Create the directory for the new virtual host
mkdir -p /var/www/demo.com
# Change the ownership of the directory to the current user
chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/demo.com
# Set permissions for the directory
chmod -R 755 /var/www/demo.com
# Create an index.html file with a simple HTML content and save it in the relevant file
bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /var/www/demo.com/index.html
<html>
<head>
<title>Welcome to Your_domain!</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Success! The your_domain virtual host is working!</h1>
</body>
</html>
EOF'
echo "HTML file created at /var/www/demo.com/index.html"
# Create the virtual host configuration file for 'demo.com'
bash -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/apache2/sites-available/demo.com.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
ServerName demo.com
ServerAlias www.demo.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/demo.com
ErrorLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
EOF'
echo "Virtual hosting configured"
# Enable the new virtual host configuration
a2ensite demo.com.conf
# Disable the default virtual host configuration
a2dissite 000-default.conf
# Set the server name to the loopback IP address (127.0.0.1) to avoid AH00558 error
echo -e "\n# vim: syntax=apache ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 sr noet\nServerName 127.0.0.1" | tee -a /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
# Restart Apache2 service to apply the changes
service apache2 restart
To verify that it was successful and run the image, run:
docker run -it -p 80:80 --name dockerLAMP [TAG] bash
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