Support #568
Updated by Daniel Curtis almost 10 years ago
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This is a simple guide for setting up a LAMP server on Debian 7 (wheezy); which is a Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP web server. When finished, web pages that are copied into the @/var/www@ directory will be served.
h2. Preparing The Server
This guide is assumed that a +Bare Debian install with only SSH Server+ access, a user that has sudo access.
* Obtain a root shell and upgrade the server:
<pre>
sudo -s
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
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* Set the hostname in the hosts:
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vi /etc/hosts
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#* And add/modify the following:
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127.0.1.1 www.example.com www
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* And also edit the hostname file:
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vi /etc/hostname
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#* And add/modify the following:
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www
</pre>
* Reboot to apply the hostname settings:
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reboot
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h2. Install Apache 2
* Install apache:
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apt-get install apache2
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h3. Configure Apache 2
* Edit the default apache2 Vhost config:
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vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
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#* And add/modify the following VirtualHost block:
<pre>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory /var/www>
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
</pre>
#* *NOTE*: Make sure AllowOverride is set to ALL, or else the .htaccess file will not work.
* Restart apache2:
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service apache2 restart
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* Now navigate to http://www.example.com http://beans.example.com and the default *It Works!* should be displayed.
h2. Install MySQL 5.5
* Install MySQL server and client:
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apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
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#* *NOTE*: During the setup a prompt will appear to set the *root* MySQL user password. Set a strong password and do not forget it.
h3. Configure a new MySQL database
* Log into the MySQL console:
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mysql -h localhost -u root -p
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#* Create the *webappuser* user with the *SuperSecretPassword* password and the *webappdb* database:
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CREATE USER 'webappuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'SuperSecretPassword';
CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `webappdb` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `webappdb`.* TO 'webbappuser'@'localhost';
flush privileges:
exit
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h2. Install PHP 5
* Install PHP 5 with the apache-php module and a few common PHP extensions:
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apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cli php5-mysql php5-mcrypt php5-gd
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* Restart apache for the php module to take effect:
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service apache2 restart
</pre>
h2. Securing Apache with SSL
* Install openssl:
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apt-get install openssl
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* Generate a strong SSL key and a CSR to send for signing by a CA:
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mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl && cd /etc/apache2/ssl
openssl req -sha512 -out www.example.com.csr -new -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout www.example.com.key
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* Make sure to securely copy the SSL certificate to *www.example.com.crt*
* Edit the apache2 default ssl Vhost config file:
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vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl
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#* And Add the following:
<pre>
<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www
<Directory /var/www>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/www.example.com.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/www.example.com.key
<FilesMatch "\.(cgi|shtml|phtml|php)$">
SSLOptions +StdEnvVars
</FilesMatch>
BrowserMatch "MSIE [2-6]" nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
BrowserMatch "MSIE [17-9]" ssl-unclean-shutdown
</VirtualHost>
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h3. Forcing SSL on a Website
* Enable forced SSL connection by setting the two lines from earlier in the @.htaccess@ file. Open the file for editing:
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vi /var/www/.htaccess
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#* Look for the following two lines, and remove the @#@ characters before them:
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RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]
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* Restart apache2:
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service apache2 restart
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* Now the website will be accessible from https://www.example.com