How to Install LAMP Stack on CentOS 7

LAMP stands for Linux OS, with Apache web server, Data store in a MySQL database, and dynamic content is processed by PHP. It is a group of open-source software and and widely used for hosting websites. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install LAMP stack on CentOS 7.

Prerequisites#

Before you begin to install LAMP stack, you must logged in with non-root user account with sudo privileges.

Install Apache#

In CentOS and RHEL Apache service is known as httpd. Apache is available in default CentOS 7 repositories so installation is pretty easy. To install the package run the following command:

sudo yum install httpd

Once the installation is finished, you need to start and enable the Apache service by typing:

sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd

You can confirm installation by checking the status of service by below command:

sudo systemctl status httpd

Install MariaDB#

Now we are going to install MariaDB on your CentOS system. To install type following:

sudo yum install mariadb-server

• If you want to install MySQL instead of MariaDB, check this tutorial for installation guide.

When the MariaDB installation completed, you should start and enable the service with:

sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

Also, check the status of service by typing:

sudo systemctl status mariadb.service

Install PHP#

By default, CentOS 7 ships with PHP version 5.4 so we are going to use Remi repository to install PHP 7.2.

Run the following command to install the Remi repository to your system:

sudo yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

Now you have to install yum-utils package and enable remi repository on your CentOS system using below command:

sudo yum install yum-utils
sudo yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72

Next, install the PHP and required extensions along with it by typing:

sudo yum install php php-common php-opcache php-mcrypt php-cli php-gd php-curl php-mysql

You should now restart the Apache service to take effect. Use below command to restart Apache service:

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Verify Installation#

Create a info.php file at /var/www/html/info.php and add below lines to it and save.

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Now, open your favorite browser and open info.php file with your server public ip address as given below:

http://SERVER_IP_ADDRESS/info.php

If it will show show PHP information page then your installation is successful.

Conclusion#

You have learned how to install LAMP stack on CentOS 7. If you have any questions or suggest don’t forget to leave a comment.

Detailed Tutorials#

• How to Install Apache on CentOS 7
• Install MariaDB on CentOS 7 Server
• How to Install PHP 7.3, 7.2, 7.1 on CentOS 7
• Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7