Fedora Install LAMP
My students wanted an extra credit assignment, so I thought a LAMP configuration and test would be appropriate. The only problem was I hadn’t added it to their course VMware instance. So, here are the instructions to install Apache2, PHP, and MySQLi for a complete LAMP stack when MySQL is already installed.
The post builds on my Fedora Install of MySQL and MySQL Workbench on Fedora posts from last year. It also presumes that you’ve installed a studentdb database but you need to know how to do that let me know (but it hasn’t changed much from the example at the bottom of this old MySQL 5.1 blog post).
You install Apache2 with the following command as the root user, or with the sudo command as a sudoer-list user:
yum install httpd |
The following displays the results of starting the yum utility to install httpd, and you need to reply with a y to complete the installation:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit mysql-connectors-community | 2.5 kB 00:00 mysql-tools-community | 2.5 kB 00:00 mysql56-community | 2.5 kB 00:00 pgdg93 | 3.6 kB 00:00 updates/20/x86_64/metalink | 16 kB 00:00 updates | 4.9 kB 00:00 updates/20/x86_64/primary_db | 13 MB 00:04 (1/2): updates/20/x86_64/updateinfo | 1.9 MB 00:02 (2/2): updates/20/x86_64/pkgtags | 1.4 MB 00:01 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.10-2.fc20 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: httpd-tools = 2.4.10-2.fc20 for package: httpd-2.4.10-2.fc20.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: system-logos-httpd for package: httpd-2.4.10-2.fc20.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package fedora-logos-httpd.noarch 0:21.0.1-1.fc20 will be installed ---> Package httpd-tools.x86_64 0:2.4.10-2.fc20 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: httpd x86_64 2.4.10-2.fc20 updates 1.2 M Installing for dependencies: fedora-logos-httpd noarch 21.0.1-1.fc20 fedora 28 k httpd-tools x86_64 2.4.10-2.fc20 updates 79 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package (+2 Dependent packages) Total download size: 1.3 M Installed size: 4.0 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: (1/3): fedora-logos-httpd-21.0.1-1.fc20.noarch.rpm | 28 kB 00:00 (2/3): httpd-2.4.10-2.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 1.2 MB 00:01 (3/3): httpd-tools-2.4.10-2.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 79 kB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 815 kB/s | 1.3 MB 00:01 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction (shutdown inhibited) Installing : httpd-tools-2.4.10-2.fc20.x86_64 1/3 Installing : fedora-logos-httpd-21.0.1-1.fc20.noarch 2/3 Installing : httpd-2.4.10-2.fc20.x86_64 3/3 Verifying : httpd-2.4.10-2.fc20.x86_64 1/3 Verifying : fedora-logos-httpd-21.0.1-1.fc20.noarch 2/3 Verifying : httpd-tools-2.4.10-2.fc20.x86_64 3/3 Installed: httpd.x86_64 0:2.4.10-2.fc20 Dependency Installed: fedora-logos-httpd.noarch 0:21.0.1-1.fc20 httpd-tools.x86_64 0:2.4.10-2.fc20 Complete! |
Next, you install php as the root user with the following command:
yum install php |
The following displays when you install php, and you need to reply with a y to complete the installation:
Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php-common(x86-64) = 5.5.22-1.fc20 for package: php-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: php-cli(x86-64) = 5.5.22-1.fc20 for package: php-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-cli.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 will be installed ---> Package php-common.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php-pecl-jsonc(x86-64) for package: php-common-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-pecl-jsonc.x86_64 0:1.3.6-1.fc20 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/pecl for package: php-pecl-jsonc-1.3.6-1.fc20.x86_64 --> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/pecl for package: php-pecl-jsonc-1.3.6-1.fc20.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-pear.noarch 1:1.9.5-6.fc20 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php-xml for package: 1:php-pear-1.9.5-6.fc20.noarch --> Processing Dependency: php-posix for package: 1:php-pear-1.9.5-6.fc20.noarch --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-process.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 will be installed ---> Package php-xml.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: php x86_64 5.5.22-1.fc20 updates 2.6 M Installing for dependencies: php-cli x86_64 5.5.22-1.fc20 updates 3.9 M php-common x86_64 5.5.22-1.fc20 updates 1.0 M php-pear noarch 1:1.9.5-6.fc20 updates 343 k php-pecl-jsonc x86_64 1.3.6-1.fc20 updates 34 k php-process x86_64 5.5.22-1.fc20 updates 77 k php-xml x86_64 5.5.22-1.fc20 updates 247 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package (+6 Dependent packages) Total download size: 8.2 M Installed size: 32 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: (1/7): php-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 2.6 MB 00:03 (2/7): php-cli-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 3.9 MB 00:03 (3/7): php-common-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 1.0 MB 00:00 (4/7): php-pear-1.9.5-6.fc20.noarch.rpm | 343 kB 00:00 (5/7): php-pecl-jsonc-1.3.6-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 34 kB 00:00 (6/7): php-process-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 77 kB 00:00 (7/7): php-xml-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 247 kB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1.1 MB/s | 8.2 MB 00:07 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction (shutdown inhibited) Installing : php-cli-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 1/7 Installing : php-process-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 2/7 Installing : php-xml-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 3/7 Installing : 1:php-pear-1.9.5-6.fc20.noarch 4/7 Installing : php-common-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 5/7 Installing : php-pecl-jsonc-1.3.6-1.fc20.x86_64 6/7 Installing : php-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 7/7 Verifying : php-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 1/7 Verifying : php-common-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 2/7 Verifying : php-cli-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 3/7 Verifying : 1:php-pear-1.9.5-6.fc20.noarch 4/7 Verifying : php-process-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 5/7 Verifying : php-xml-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 6/7 Verifying : php-pecl-jsonc-1.3.6-1.fc20.x86_64 7/7 Installed: php.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 Dependency Installed: php-cli.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 php-common.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 php-pear.noarch 1:1.9.5-6.fc20 php-pecl-jsonc.x86_64 0:1.3.6-1.fc20 php-process.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 php-xml.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 Complete! |
After installing the software, you can set the Apache server to start automatically with the following command:
chkconfig httpd on |
However, that command only starts the Apache server the next time you boot the server. You use the following command as the root user to start the Apache server:
apachectl start |
You can verify the installation with the following command as the root user:
ps -ef | grep httpd | grep -v grep |
It should return:
root 5433 1 0 17:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND apache 5434 5433 0 17:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND apache 5435 5433 0 17:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND apache 5436 5433 0 17:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND apache 5437 5433 0 17:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND apache 5438 5433 0 17:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND apache 5442 5433 0 17:03 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND |
and, then verify the listening port with the following command as the root user:
netstat -tulpn | grep :80 |
It should return the following when both the Apache server is listening on port 80 and the Oracle multi-protocol server is listening on port 8080:
tcp6 0 0 :::80 :::* LISTEN 5433/httpd tcp6 0 0 :::8080 :::* LISTEN 1505/tnslsnr |
After verifying the connection, you can test it by creating the traditional info.php program file in the /var/www/http directory. The file should contain the following:
1 2 3 | <?php phpinfo(); ?> |
You can test it by opening the Firefox browser and entering the following URL from the Fedora Linux image:
http://localhost/info.php |
It should display the typical diagnostic page. This verifies the configuration of the Apache and PHP servers. The next step verifies whether you have the mysqli library to connect to the MySQL database.
You create a mysqli_check.php script, like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 | <html>
<header>
<title>Static Query Object Sample</title>
<style type="text/css">
/* HTML element styles. */
table {background:white;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-color:black;border-collapse:collapse;}
th {text-align:center;font-style:bold;background:lightgray;border:solid 1px gray;}
td {border:solid 1px gray;}
/* Class tag element styles. */
.ID {min-width:50px;text-align:right;}
.Label {min-width:200px;text-align:left;}
</style>
</header>
<body>
<?php
if (!function_exists('mysqli_init') && !extension_loaded('mysqli')) {
print 'mysqli not installed.'; }
else {
print 'mysqli installed.'; }
?>
</script>
</body>
</html> |
You can test it with the following URL from the local browser:
http://localhost/mysqli_check.php |
If it’s installed you can skip the next step, but if not you need to run yum in expert mode as follows (the check for php-mysql isn’t really necessary because it’s too old a version but good practice):
[root@localhost etc]# yum shell Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit > remove php-mysql No Match for argument: php-mysql > install php-mysqlnd > run --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-mysqlnd.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php-pdo(x86-64) = 5.5.22-1.fc20 for package: php-mysqlnd-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-pdo.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution ================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================ Installing: php-mysqlnd x86_64 5.5.22-1.fc20 updates 293 k Installing for dependencies: php-pdo x86_64 5.5.22-1.fc20 updates 141 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Install 1 Package (+1 Dependent package) Total download size: 433 k Installed size: 1.4 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: (1/2): php-mysqlnd-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 293 kB 00:00 (2/2): php-pdo-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64.rpm | 141 kB 00:00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 427 kB/s | 433 kB 00:01 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction (shutdown inhibited) Installing : php-pdo-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 1/2 Installing : php-mysqlnd-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 2/2 Verifying : php-pdo-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 1/2 Verifying : php-mysqlnd-5.5.22-1.fc20.x86_64 2/2 Installed: php-mysqlnd.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 Dependency Installed: php-pdo.x86_64 0:5.5.22-1.fc20 Finished Transaction > quit |
You should note that this also installed PDO. One caveat, before you rerun the mysqli_check.php script from a browser, you need to restart the Apache server. You can do that as the root user with the following syntax:
apachectl restart |
You can retest it with the following URL from the local browser:
http://localhost/mysqli_check.php |
At this point you should have everything installed to test your connection the MySQL database. As mentioned, this example extends my instructions for installing MySQL on the Fedora instance.
The following query.php file tests your ability to connect to the MySQL database with the mysqli driver, and it uses the studentdb and video store example from my Oracle Database 11g and MySQL 5.6 Developer Handbook:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 | <html>
<header>
<title>Static Query Object Sample</title>
<style type="text/css">
/* HTML element styles. */
table {background:white;border-style:solid;border-width:3px;border-color:black;border-collapse:collapse;}
th {text-align:center;font-style:bold;background:lightgray;border:solid 1px gray;}
td {border:solid 1px gray;}
/* Class tag element styles. */
.ID {min-width:50px;text-align:right;}
.Label {min-width:200px;text-align:left;}
</style>
</header>
<body>
<?php
// Assign credentials to connection.
$mysqli = new mysqli("localhost", "student", "student", "studentdb");
// Check for connection error and print message.
if ($mysqli->connect_errno) {
print $mysqli->connect_error."<br />";
print "Connection not established ...<br />";
}
else {
// Declare a static query.
$query = "SELECT au.system_user_id, au.system_user_name FROM system_user au" ;
// Loop through a result set until completed.
do {
// Attempt query and exit with failure before processing.
if (!$stmt = $mysqli->query($query)) {
// Print failure to resolve query message.
print $mysqli->error."<br />";
print "Failed to resolve query ...<br />";
}
else {
// Print the opening HTML table tag.
print '<table><tr><th class="ID">ID</th><th class="Label">User Role Name</th></tr>';
// Fetch a row for processing.
while( $row = $stmt->fetch_row() ) {
// Print the opening HTML row tag.
print "<tr>";
// Loop through the row's columns.
for ($i = 0;$i < $mysqli->field_count;$i++) {
// Handle column one differently.
if ($i == 0)
print '<td class="ID">'.$row[$i]."</td>";
else
print '<td class="Label">'.$row[$i]."</td>";
}
// Print the closing HTML row tag.
print "</tr>";
}
}
} while( $mysqli->next_result());
// Print the closing HTML table tag.
print "</table>";
// Release connection resource.
$mysqli->close(); }
?>
</script>
</body>
</html> |
This should display the following in the browser:
You can see how to open port 80 for the Apache server in this blog post. If you want to work with blob data types, you’ll also need to use yum to install the php-gd library. You can read my LAMP php-gd library blog post to learn how to install the libraries. As always, I hope a step-by-step approach without assumptions helps those learning MySQL.
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