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This tutorial installs and configures the Apache, MariaDB, and PHP (LAMP) stack on Arch Linux. It provides instructions for installing each component, configuring them to work together, and includes basic tests to confirm the setup is working properly.

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Install Apache - Mariadb - PHP (Lamp) Stack On Arch Linux 2016 - Ostechnix

This tutorial installs and configures the Apache, MariaDB, and PHP (LAMP) stack on Arch Linux. It provides instructions for installing each component, configuring them to work together, and includes basic tests to confirm the setup is working properly.

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BY SK · FEBRUARY 16, 2016 FREE EBOOK OF THE WEEK

This tutorial walk you through installing and configuring Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Arch Linux 2016. SHARE

As you probably know, LAMP is the the acronym of Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Pyhton. For the

purpose of this article, I will be using the following test machine.

Operating system: Arch Linux 2016 64 bit server



IP Address: 192.168.1.102/24
Hostname: server

1. Update your Arch system


Run the following command as root user to update your Arch Linux:

pacman -Syu

2. Install Apache
After updating the system, install Apache web server using command:

pacman -S apache

Edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file,

nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Search and comment out the following line if it is not already:

[...]
#LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
[...]

Save an close the file.

Enable Apache service to start at boot and restart Apache service using commands:

systemctl enable httpd


systemctl restart httpd

You can verify whether Apache is running or not with command:

systemctl status httpd

Sample output:

● httpd.service - Apache Web Server


Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-02-16 13:00:18 IST; 7s ago
Main PID: 1067 (httpd)
Tasks: 82 (limit: 512)
CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
├─1067 /usr/bin/httpd -k start -DFOREGROUND
├─1070 /usr/bin/httpd -k start -DFOREGROUND
├─1071 /usr/bin/httpd -k start -DFOREGROUND
└─1072 /usr/bin/httpd -k start -DFOREGROUND

Feb 16 13:00:18 server systemd[1]: Started Apache Web Server.


Feb 16 13:00:18 server httpd[1067]: AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably dete...ge
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.

Apache server is ready to use.

Test Apache
Let us create a sample page in the Apache root directory , i.e /srv/http.

nano /srv/http/index.html

Add the following line:


<html>
<title>Welcome</title>
<body>
<h2>Welcome to OSTechNix test page</h2>
</body>
</html>

Now, open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost or http://IP-address. You will be pleased with
Apache server Test page.

3. Install MariaDB
Run the following command to install MariaDB:

pacman -S mysql

As you may know, MariaDB is now officially the default implementation of MySQL in Arch Linux since 2013. So,
you will be asked whether to install MariaDB or Percona server, just hit enter and then type “Y” and press enter
again. The default selection i.e MariaDB will be installed on your Arch Linux.

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (7) boost-libs-1.60.0-2 icu-56.1-2 jemalloc-4.0.4-1


libmariadbclient-10.1.11-1 libxml2-2.9.3-1
mariadb-clients-10.1.11-1 mariadb-10.1.11-1

Total Download Size: 30.68 MiB


Total Installed Size: 218.10 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] n


[root@server ~]# pacman -S mysql
:: There are 2 providers available for mysql:
:: Repository extra
1) mariadb
:: Repository community
2) percona-server

Enter a number (default=1): ## Press Enter

resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (7) boost-libs-1.60.0-2 icu-56.1-2 jemalloc-4.0.4-1


libmariadbclient-10.1.11-1 libxml2-2.9.3-1
mariadb-clients-10.1.11-1 mariadb-10.1.11-1

Total Download Size: 30.68 MiB


Total Installed Size: 218.10 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y

You need to initialize the MariaDB data directory prior to starting the service. To do so, run:

mysql_install_db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql

Then issue the following command to enable and start MariaDB service.

systemctl enable mysqld


systemctl start mysqld

You can verify whether MariaDb is running or not using command:

systemctl status mysqld

Sample output:

● mysqld.service - MariaDB database server


Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mysqld.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Tue 2016-02-16 13:19:50 IST; 44s ago
Process: 1406 ExecStartPost=/usr/bin/mysqld-post (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1405 (mysqld)
Tasks: 26 (limit: 512)
CGroup: /system.slice/mysqld.service
└─1405 /usr/bin/mysqld --pid-file=/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: 2016-02-16 13:19:49 139930931222400 [N...a.


Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: 2016-02-16 13:19:49 139930931222400 [N...e.
Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: 2016-02-16 13:19:49 139930931222400 [N...rt
Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: 2016-02-16 13:19:49 139930931222400 [N...19
Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: 2016-02-16 13:19:49 139930516817664 [N...ed
Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: 2016-02-16 13:19:49 139930931222400 [N...d.
Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: 2016-02-16 13:19:49 139930931222400 [N...'.
Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: 2016-02-16 13:19:49 139930931222400 [N...s.
Feb 16 13:19:49 server mysqld[1405]: Version: '10.1.11-MariaDB-log' socket...er
Feb 16 13:19:50 server systemd[1]: Started MariaDB database server.
Hint: Some lines were ellipsized, use -l to show in full.
Setup MySQL/MariaDB root user password
As you may know, It is recommended to setup a password for database root user.

Run the following command to setup MariaDB root user password:

mysql_secure_installation

Sample output:

NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB
SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!

In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the current
password for the root user. If you've just installed MariaDB, and
you haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank,
so you should just press enter here.

Enter current password for root (enter for none): ## Press Enter
OK, successfully used password, moving on...

Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MariaDB
root user without the proper authorisation.

Set root password? [Y/n]## Press Enter


New password:## Enter password
Re-enter new password: ## Re-enter password
Password updated successfully!
Reloading privilege tables..
... Success!

By default, a MariaDB installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyone


to log into MariaDB without having to have a user account created for
them. This is intended only for testing, and to make the installation
go a bit smoother. You should remove them before moving into a
production environment.

Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]## Press Enter


... Success!

Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'. This


ensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.

Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]## Press Enter


... Success!

By default, MariaDB comes with a database named 'test' that anyone can
access. This is also intended only for testing, and should be removed
before moving into a production environment.

Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]## Press Enter


- Dropping test database...
... Success!
- Removing privileges on test database...
... Success!

Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so far
will take effect immediately.

Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]## Press Enter


... Success!

Cleaning up...

All done! If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB
installation should now be secure.

Thanks for using MariaDB!

MariaDB has been installed and ready to use.

4. Install PHP
To install PHP in Arch Linux, run:

pacman -S php php-apache

After PHP is installed, we need to configure Apache PHP module.

To do so, edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file,

nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Find the following line and comment it out:

[...]
#LoadModule mpm_event_module modules/mod_mpm_event.so
[...]

Then, add the following lines at the bottom:

[...]
LoadModule mpm_prefork_module modules/mod_mpm_prefork.so
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
AddHandler php7-script php
Include conf/extra/php7_module.conf
Save and close the file.

Test PHP
Now create a test.php file in the Apache root directory.

nano /srv/http/test.php

Add the following lines:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Restart httpd service.

systemctl restart httpd

Open up your web browser and navigate to http://ip-address/test.php. You should the screen like below.

5. Install phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is a graphical MySQL/MariaDB administration tool that can be used to create, edit and delete
databases.

To install it, run:

pacman -S phpmyadmin php-mcrypt

After installing, edit php.ini file,

nano /etc/php/php.ini

Make sure the following lines are uncommented.

[...]
extension=bz2.so
extension=mcrypt.so
extension=mysqli.so
[...]

Save and close the file.

Next, create configuration file for phpMyAdmin,

nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/phpmyadmin.conf

Add the following lines:

Alias /phpmyadmin "/usr/share/webapps/phpMyAdmin"


<Directory "/usr/share/webapps/phpMyAdmin">
DirectoryIndex index.php
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymlinks
Require all granted
</Directory>

Then, open Apache configuration file,

nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following line at the end:

Include conf/extra/phpmyadmin.conf

Save and close the file. Restart httpd service.

systemctl restart httpd

Test phpMyAdmin
Open your browser and navigate to http://IP-Address/phpmyadmin. You should see the following like
screen. Enter the MySQL/MariaDB root username and it’s password.

Here it is how my phpMyAdmin web console looks like.

Y o u m i g h t s e e a n e r r o r t h a t s a y s “The configuration file now needs a secret passphrase


(blowfish_secret)” at the bottom of phpMyAdmin dashboard.
To get rid of this error, edit /etc/webapps/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php file,

nano /etc/webapps/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php

Find the following line and specify bluefish secret passphrase:

$cfg['blowfish_secret'] = 'Welc0me1'; /* YOU MUST FILL IN THIS FOR COOKIE AUTH!$

/**

Here Welc0me1 is my secret passphrase. Save and close the file. Restart Apache service.

systemctl restart httpd

The error will be gone now.

That’s all for now. At this stage, you have a working LAMP stack, and is ready to host your websites.

If you want to use Nginx instead of Apache web server, refer the following article.

Installing and configuring Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP) stack on Arch Linux 2016

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Rzky  February 20, 2016 at 6:17 am


Thanks for nice tutorial
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Kershing Flores  March 30, 2016 at 6:52 pm

You are big man… Thanks


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Aimeric Oni  April 9, 2016 at 7:18 pm


Thank you A LOT !
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Jess Maya  August 16, 2016 at 3:40 am


Thank you! Very easy and usefull.
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Pranav Nutalapati  November 17, 2016 at 3:16 am


Super easy and completely accurate! Thank you very much!
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Madman  December 5, 2016 at 4:50 am


Thank you very much!
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Rahul Sharma  January 7, 2017 at 1:19 pm

Super-awesome tutorial!! Thanks a ton!


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Santiago Molina  January 12, 2017 at 8:52 pm


thanks, very easy
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Andrew Mott  March 16, 2017 at 1:33 am


Best LAMP setup walk-through EVER.
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Soenke Dohrn  May 9, 2017 at 3:41 pm


great tutorial! Thank you, very helpful indeed.
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Luc  June 30, 2017 at 10:46 am

Very useful, a very detailed guide. Thanks a lot.


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Paulo Grian  July 17, 2017 at 10:05 am

thankyou. this is working until now. other tutorials are outdated.


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Chamuth Chamandana  October 6, 2017 at 12:40 am


Thank you very very much!!! Best tutorial / walkthrough of LAMP stack installation
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Carlos Flores  November 9, 2017 at 11:35 pm

Thanks!
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Nena  January 17, 2018 at 3:52 am


When I test phpmyadmin, it says that mysqli extension is missing, even though I uncommented the needed extension in php.ini. What
now?
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samad  March 7, 2018 at 4:05 pm


@Nena, am also getting the same error. What should Do?
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samad  March 7, 2018 at 4:46 pm

solved the issue by installing php71-apache package.


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saifoelloh  March 13, 2018 at 7:18 pm


hey I’ve following every single step, but there is an error that says “The mysqli extension is missing. Please check your PHP
configuration. See our documentation for more information.”. can you help me please…..
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Ramanujam Gond  April 10, 2018 at 12:37 pm


hello @saifoelloh just instal php71-apache package as suggested by @samad your problem will be solved.

Just run sudo – pacman -S php71-apache


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samad  May 12, 2018 at 12:53 pm


Hello, php71-apache has been removed from the AUR. then I got the same issue again solved by installing php-sqlite
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travis  May 14, 2018 at 7:13 pm


great,i am new to php and apache
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Michael  June 22, 2018 at 8:54 pm

If you run into missing msqli when testing your phpmyadmin, try checking your php.ini (“`sudo nano /etc/php/php.ini “`) for
extension=msqli

mine was missing entirely. Add extension=msqli and should be good to go


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Vladimir  July 7, 2018 at 4:44 pm


There is error while testing Apache in Chromium and Falkon browsers (Firefox is OK).

ERROR: Unauthorized
While trying to retrieve the URL http://localhost/:

There is a loop in network for HTTP traffic. Check your network topology and proxy & firewall configuration
Your cache administrator is webmaster.

Generated Sat, 07 Jul 2018 11:10:42 GMT by ::ffff:185.233.176.150 (Mikrotik HttpProxy)


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Monde  July 18, 2018 at 6:28 pm


I would like to thank author and also the team behind this one. I was able to setup my LAMP in my Manjaro, still useful up to this date.
Thank you so much!
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Faisal Nazir  August 17, 2018 at 5:47 pm

Super Super Easy. Even valid now in August 2018


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Abdullah  September 10, 2018 at 9:26 pm


thank you 4 tutorials
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M. Nafiurohman  October 7, 2018 at 10:46 am


Your tutorial is very helpful. Although at the end there was a slight problem, but it could be resolved after googling. Thank you very
much!
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Christian Prada  November 9, 2018 at 2:57 am


The only tutorial I’ve found complete and well explained …
Congratulations!
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Nemanja  January 7, 2019 at 3:45 am

Thank you very much for the tutorial, but there are a few things that are needed to change in it.
1. No need to install php-mcrypt anymore (since php 7.1 I think). After all, it can’t be installed via pacman -S php-mcrypt
2. blowfish_secret passcode is to short, but google for some blowfish generators, they do the job OK.
3. Configuring of tmp folder. Add ” $cfg[‘TempDir’] = ‘ /tmp/phpmyadmin’; ” (remove double quotes) to the end of the
/etc/webapps/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php file.
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Balint S.  April 11, 2019 at 2:15 pm


THANK YOU!! Holy moly, I was so frustrated with finding a tutorial that actually works. Thanksss
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