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Setting up LNMP manually (CentOS 6)

Last updated: 2020-03-06 11:54:14

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Introduction

The LNMP environment is a website server architecture run on Linux and consisting of Nginx, MySQL or MariaDB, and PHP. This article describes how to set up LNMP on a CVM.

To set up the LNMP environment, you should be familiar with common Linux commands, such as Installing Software via YUM in CentOS for some examples), and understand the versions of the installed software.

Software

The following software are involved:
CentOS is a distribution of the Linux operating system. We use CentOS 6.9 in this article.
Nginx is a web server. We use Nginx 1.17.5 in this article.
MySQL is a database software. We use MySQL 5.1.73.
PHP is a scripting language. We use PHP 7.1.32 in this article.

Prerequisites

You need a Linux CVM. If you have not purchased one yet, see Getting Started with Linux CVMs.

Directions

Step 1: Logging in to a Linux instance

Log in to a Linux instance using WebShell (recommended). You can also use other login methods that you are comfortable with:

Step 2: Installing Nginx

  1. Run the following command to create a file named nginx.repo under /etc/yum.repos.d/.
    vi /etc/yum.repos.d/nginx.repo
  2. Press i to enter edit mode and input the following.
    [nginx]
name = nginx repo
baseurl=https://nginx.org/packages/mainline/centos/6/$basearch/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
  3. Press Esc and input :wq to save the file and go back.
  4. Run the following command to install Nginx.
    yum install -y nginx
  5. Run the following command to open nginx.conf.
    vim /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
  6. Press i to switch to edit mode.
  7. Find server{...} and replace the content inside the curly brackets with the following:
    This cancels the monitoring of IPv6 addresses and configures Nginx to interact with PHP.

    If you cannot find server{...} in nginx.conf, add the following above include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*conf;

    server {
 listen       80;
 root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
 server_name  localhost;
 #charset koi8-r;
 #access_log  /var/log/nginx/log/host.access.log  main;
 #
 location / {
       index index.php index.html index.htm;
 }
 #error_page  404              /404.html;
 #redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
 #
 error_page   500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
 location = /50x.html {
   root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
 }
 #pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
 #
 location ~ .php$ {
   fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
   fastcgi_index  index.php;
   fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
   include        fastcgi_params;
 }
}
  8. Press Esc and input :wq to save the file and go back.
  9. Run the following command to start Nginx.
    service nginx start
  10. Run the following command to set Nginx to start automatically when the system starts.
    chkconfig --add nginx
    chkconfig  nginx on
  11. In a local browser, visit the following URL to verify that the Nginx service is working properly.
    http://[Public IP address of the CVM instance]
    If the following appears, Nginx has been successfully installed and configured.

Step 3: Installing MySQL

  1. Run the following command to check if MySQL is already installed.
    rpm -qa | grep -i mysql
    • If the following appears, MySQL is already installed.

      To avoid conflict between different versions, run the following command to remove the existing MySQL.
      yum -y remove [Package name]
    • If nothing is returned, MySQL is not installed. In this case, proceed to the next step.
  2. Run the following command to install MySQL.
    yum install -y mysql-devel.x86_64 mysql-server.x86_64 mysql-libs.x86_64
  3. Run the following command to start MySQL.
    service mysqld start
  4. Run the following command to set MySQL to start automatically when the system boots up.
    chkconfig --add mysqld
    chkconfig mysqld  on
  5. Run the following command to verify MySQL installation.
    mysql
    If the following appears, MySQL has been successfully installed.
  6. Run the following command to exit MySQL.
    \q

Step 4: Installing and configuring PHP

  1. Run the following commands to update the software source of PHP in Yum.
    rpm -Uvh https://mirrors.cloud.tencent.com/epel/epel-release-latest-6.noarch.rpm
    rpm -Uvh https://mirror.webtatic.com/yum/el6/latest.rpm
  2. Run the following command to install the packages required for PHP 7.1.32.
    yum -y install mod_php71w.x86_64 php71w-cli.x86_64 php71w-common.x86_64 php71w-mysqlnd php71w-fpm.x86_64
  3. Run the following command to start the PHP-FPM service.
    service php-fpm start
  4. Run the following command to set the PHP-FPM service to start automatically.
    chkconfig --add php-fpm  
    chkconfig php-fpm on

Verifying the Environment Configuration

  1. Run the following command to create a test file.
    echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" >> /usr/share/nginx/html/index.php
  2. Run the following command to restart Nginx.
    service nginx restart
  3. In a local browser, visit the following URL to check whether the environment configuration is successful.
    http://[Public IP address of the CVM instance]
    If the following results appear, the environment configuration is successful.

After the LNMP environment is built, you can start a WordPress website.

FAQ

If you encounter a problem when using CVM, refer to the following documents for troubleshooting based on your actual situation.