{"id":2561,"date":"2016-08-24T11:38:27","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T15:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globo.tech\/learning-center\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2017-04-19T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T19:58:29","slug":"setup-lemp-ubuntu-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globo.tech\/learning-center\/setup-lemp-ubuntu-14\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup LEMP (Linux, NGINX, MySQL, PHP) on Ubuntu 14"},"content":{"rendered":"

The LEMP stack is a variant on the well-known LAMP stack, which stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. With LEMP, Nginx (pronounced Engine-X) replaces Apache as the server component. Nginx is a lightweight, minimalist proxy server that routinely beats Apache in speed tests.<\/p>\n

Nginx has some advantages, but also some disadvantages when compared with Apache. Be sure to do your research into both to understand if Nginx is right for your particular situation.<\/p>\n

Getting started<\/h2>\n

Confirm that you have the following before you follow this guide:
\n\u2022 1 Node (Cloud Server<\/a> or Dedicated Server<\/a>) running Ubuntu 14.
\n\u2022 Root access to the node.<\/p>\n

Tutorial<\/h2>\n

These instructions will serve as a useful guide on how to setup a LEMP server. We’ll be installing Nginx, PHP-FPM and MySQL on Ubuntu 14.04.<\/p>\n

First, make sure that your server is fully up to date and reboot at the end of the update.<\/p>\n

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
\nreboot<\/code><\/p>\n

Now, we’ll install MySQL as the first component of our LEMP stack.<\/p>\n

apt-get -y install mysql-server mysql-client<\/code><\/p>\n

During the installation, you will be asked to setup your MySQL root password. Make sure to remember this for later.<\/p>\n

After the installation is complete, the next step is to start and secure the database server.<\/p>\n

service mysql start
\nmysql_secure_installation<\/code><\/p>\n

Be sure to enable the daemon to autostart on server boot.<\/p>\n

update-rc.d mysql default<\/code><\/p>\n

The Nginx installation will follow. To install Nginx, type the following command:<\/p>\n

apt-get install nginx -y<\/code><\/p>\n

After that’s done, you can start the nginx daemon.<\/p>\n

service nginx start
\nupdate-rc.d nginx default<\/code><\/p>\n

Finally, we’ll install the packages for PHP-FPM.<\/p>\n

apt-get install php5-fpm php5-mysql<\/code><\/p>\n

Now to configure Nginx. We need to open the default file of virtualhosts in a text editor. Here’s the modifications that you should make to this file.<\/p>\n

nano \/etc\/nginx\/sites-available\/default<\/code><\/p>\n

server {
\nlisten 80 default_server;
\nlisten [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
\nroot \/usr\/share\/nginx\/html;
\nindex index.php index.html index.htm; # Make site accessible from http:\/\/localhost\/
\nserver_name 173.209.44.190;
\nlocation \/ {
\ntry_files $uri $uri\/ =404;
\n}
\nerror_page 404 \/404.html;
\nerror_page 500 502 503 504 \/50x.html;
\nlocation = \/50x.html {
\nroot \/usr\/share\/nginx\/html;
\n}
\nlocation ~ \\.php$ {
\ntry_files $uri =404;
\nfastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\\.php)(\/.+)$;
\nfastcgi_pass unix:\/var\/run\/php5-fpm.sock;
\nfastcgi_index index.php;
\nfastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
\ninclude fastcgi_params;
\n}
\nlocation ~ \/\\.ht { deny all; }
\n}
\n[...]<\/code><\/p>\n

Save the file and exit.<\/p>\n

Next, reload nginx so that the daemon recognizes the changes that you made.<\/p>\n

service nginx reload<\/code><\/p>\n

Again in your text editor, open the file php.ini. We’ll only be modifying one line.<\/p>\n

nano \/etc\/php5\/fpm\/php.ini<\/code><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll need to find the following block:<\/p>\n

; cgi.fix_pathinfo provides *real* PATH_INFO\/PATH_TRANSLATED support for CGI. PHP's
\n; previous behaviour was to set PATH_TRANSLATED to SCRIPT_FILENAME, and to not grok
\n; what PATH_INFO is. For more information on PATH_INFO, see the cgi specs. Setting
\n; this to 1 will cause PHP CGI to fix its paths to conform to the spec. A setting
\n; of zero causes PHP to behave as before. Default is 1. You should fix your scripts
\n; to use SCRIPT_FILENAME rather than PATH_TRANSLATED.
\n; http:\/\/php.net\/cgi.fix-pathinfo
\n; cgi.fix_pathinfo=1 <\/code><\/p>\n

And change the last line to:<\/p>\n

; cgi.fix_pathinfo provides *real* PATH_INFO\/PATH_TRANSLATED support for CGI. PHP's
\n; previous behaviour was to set PATH_TRANSLATED to SCRIPT_FILENAME, and to not grok
\n; what PATH_INFO is. For more information on PATH_INFO, see the cgi specs. Setting
\n; this to 1 will cause PHP CGI to fix its paths to conform to the spec. A setting
\n; of zero causes PHP to behave as before. Default is 1. You should fix your scripts
\n; to use SCRIPT_FILENAME rather than PATH_TRANSLATED.
\n; http:\/\/php.net\/cgi.fix-pathinfo
\ncgi.fix_pathinfo=0<\/code><\/p>\n

Save and close the file.<\/p>\n

Now, we’ll reload PHP-FPM so that the changes you made to php.ini goes through. As with the nginx daemon, you’ll need to enable the php daemon to start on boot.<\/p>\n

service php5-fpm reload
\nupdate-rc.d php5-fpm default<\/code><\/p>\n

The last step of our installation is to create a phpinfo page in the Document root directory.<\/p>\n

cd \/usr\/share\/nginx\/html\/
\nnano info.php<\/code><\/p>\n

<?php
\nphpinfo();
\n?><\/code><\/p>\n

Access your phpinfo web page to see how it looks at this URL:
\nhttp:\/\/your_main_IP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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