Install LAMP (Apache 2.4, MySQL 5.6, and PHP 7.0) on CentOS/RHEL 7

LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Few days ago PHP version 7.0 has been released. Which has many number of changes and improvements than over version 5.X. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a CentOS 7.0 server with PHP7 and MySQL support. LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.

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Apache Server

Apache (HTTPD) is the most popular web server used on Linux systems. Lets follow following steps of install Apache Server:

Add Yum Repository:
First install yum repositories in your system using following command:

# rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/e/epel-release-7-6.noarch.rpm
# rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm

Install Apache Server
After adding remi repository install apache using following command:

# yum --enablerepo=remi install httpd

Start Apache Service
Now start httpd service and enable to start on boot using below commands.

# systemctl start httpd.service
# systemctl enable httpd.service

Verify Version
Run the following command verify the version:

# httpd -v

Server version: Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS)
Server built:   Jan 12 2015 13:22:31

MySQL

MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) based on Structured Query Language (SQL).

Add Yum Repository:
First add MySQL yum repositories in your system using following command:

# rpm -Uvh http://repo.mysql.com/mysql-community-release-el7-5.noarch.rpm

Install MySQL:
Now install MySQL server and other dependency packages.

# yum install mysql-server

Start MySQL Service
Now start MySQL service and enable to start on boot using below commands.

# systemctl start mysqld.service
# systemctl enable mysqld.service

Set Root Password
Apply security on mysql and also set root user password.

# mysql_secure_installation

Verify Version
Run the following command verify the version:

# mysql -v

mysql  Ver 14.14 Distrib 5.6.28, for Linux (x86_64) using  EditLine wrapper

PHP

The PHP development team announces the immediate availability of PHP 7.0. Several bugs have been fixed. PHP 7.0.0 comes with a new version of the Zend Engine, numerous improvements and new features.

Add Yum Repository:
First add yum repositories in your system using following command:

# rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el7/webtatic-release.rpm

Install PHP7:
Now install PHP 7 from webtatic repository using following command:

# yum install php70w

Now install required php modules. Use following command to list available modules and install it.

# yum search php70w

Now run the following command to install all required modules:

# yum install php70w-common php70w-xml php70w-soap php70w-xmlrpc php70w-mysql
# yum install php70w-mbstring php70w-gd php70w-mcrypt

Restart Apache Service
After installing php and other php modules restart Apache service.

# systemctl restart httpd.service

Verify Version
Run the following command verify the version:

# php -v

PHP 7.0.0 (cli) (built: Dec  2 2015 20:42:32) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies

Open Port in Firewall

Now open ports for http (80) and https (443) services using following command.

# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http 
# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https 
# firewall-cmd --reload

Enjoy it!