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Install PHP Web server on Centos

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When you have a new VPS installed CentOS to use as web server, you need install some basic packets as apache, mysql, php and setup web server.  You will ask yourself that how to install php web server on CentOS? So I will show you steps to implement it as the below.

Installing httpd:

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sudo yum install httpd
sudo service httpd start

Make sure that you have root permission

Install mysql server:

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sudo yum install mysql-server
sudo service mysqld start

Installing PHP:

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sudo yum install php php-mysql

Now, we will setup web server for new domain that was pointed to the ip address of new VPS.

Create web directory:

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mkdir -p /var/www/example.com/public_html

Create a test file:

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sudo vi /var/www/example.com/public_html/index.html

Open httpd.config file:

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sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add lines below to the bottom of httpd.conf file:

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NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/public_html
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias example.com
ErrorLog /var/www/example.com/error.log
CustomLog /var/www/example.com/requests.log common
</VirtualHost>

Check iptables firewall to make sure that port 80 is opened:

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sudo service iptables status

Or open port 80 if needed:

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sudo iptables -I INPUT 1 -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT

So now, you can access your website  example.com.

 

 

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