•Apache 2 – Linux Web server
•MySQL 5 – MySQL Database Server
•PHP5 – PHP Scripting Language
•phpMyAdmin – Web-based database admin software.
Before proceeding to install, update the necessary packages with debian with this command.
apt-get install update
1. Installing Apache + PHP
apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5
Apache configuration file is located at: /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and your web folder is /var/www.
To check whether php is installed and running properly, just create a test.php in your /var/www folder with phpinfo() function exactly as shown below.
nano /var/www/test.php
# test.php
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
Point your browser to: http://”ip adress”/test.php
2. Installing MySQL Database Server
apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql
The configuration file of mysql is located at: /etc/mysql/my.cnf
By default mysql creates user as root and runs with no passport. You might need to change the root password.
To change Root Password:
mysql -u root
mysql> USE mysql;
mysql> UPDATE user SET Password=PASSWORD(‘new-password’) WHERE user=’root’;
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
3. PhpMyAdmin Installation
apt-get install phpmyadmin
The phpmyadmin configuration file is located at: /etc/phpmyadmin folder.
To set up under Apache all you need to do is include the following line in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf:
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
Now restart Apache:
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Point your browser to: http://domain/phpmyadmin
That’s it! MySQL and phpMyAdmin are ready. Log in with your mysql root password and create users to connect to database from your php script.
