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Install LEMP Stack on CentOS 7 - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers how to install LEMP stack on CentOS 7. LEMP stands for the Linux operating system, with the ENginx web server (which replaces the Apache component of a LAMP stack). The site data is stored in a MySQL-based database, and dynamic content is processed by PHP.

A LEMP software stack is basically a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps.


To install Nginx on CentOS:

1. Add the CentOS 7 EPEL repository, run the following command:

$ sudo yum install epel-release

2. Now that the EPEL repository is installed on your server, install Nginx using the following yum command:

$ sudo yum install nginx

3. Once the installation is finished, start the Nginx service with:

$ sudo systemctl start nginx

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Install phpMyAdmin with Nginx on CentOS 7 - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers how to install phpMyAdmin with Nginx on CentOS 7 system. phpMyAdmin helps to handle the database administration of MySQL, MariaDB and Drizzle servers over the web. It basically provides the intuitive web interface and supports most of the MySQL features to create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add columns, execute any SQL statement and to manage indexes on columns.


To install phpMyAdmin, run the following commands:

# yum install epel-release
# yum install phpmyadmin


To restart nginx, mariadb and php-fpm services, run the following commands:

# systemctl restart mariadb.service
# systemctl restart nginx.service
# systemctl restart php-fpm.service

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Install phpMyAdmin with Apache on CentOS 7 - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers how to Install phpMyAdmin with Apache on CentOS 7 system. phpMyAdmin is a database utility used for managing MySQL databases through a graphical web-based interface. It can be configured to manage a local database (on the same system), or a remote database (over a network).


To Install EPEL Repository:

1. Get access to the EPEL repository – the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, by running the command.

$ sudo yum install -y epel-release

2. Once that operation finishes, it's a good idea to refresh and update the EPEL repository.

$ sudo yum –y update


To Install Apache Web Server:

1. Install Apache on CentOS use the command.

$ yum install httpd -y

2. Verify the status of Apache by running with the command.

$ systemctl status httpd


To install PHPMyAdmin on CentOS, enter the command:

$ sudo yum -y install phpmyadmin

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Secure Nginx with Let's Encrypt on Debian 9 - How to do it ?

This article covers how to install certbot client, obtain Let's Encrypt SSL certificate and configured to Nginx to use the certificates. Also you will learn how to set up a cronjob for automatic certificate renewal.


To install the Certbot software on Debian:

1. Update your package list.

$ sudo apt update

2. Next, install the dependencies for the python3-certbot-nginx package, which include the python3-acme, python3-certbot, python3-mock, python3-openssl, python3-pkg-resources, python3-pyparsing, and python3-zope.interface packages.

$ sudo apt install python3-acme python3-certbot python3-mock python3-openssl python3-pkg-resources python3-pyparsing python3-zope.interface

3. Finally, install the python3-certbot-nginx package:

$ sudo apt install python3-certbot-nginx

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Configure Nginx Server Blocks on Debian 9 - How to do it ?

This article covers how to create an Nginx server blocks to host multiple website on a single Debian machine. Nginx is a very popular high-performance web server that combines the power of reverse proxying, load balancing, caching and so much more. Depending on how it is configured, it can act as a reverse proxy as well as a load balancer for HTTP/HTTPS servers.


To install Nginx on Debian:

1. Update the Debian 10 Package Repository.

$  sudo apt update -y

2. Install Nginx on Debian 10.

$ sudo apt install nginx -y

3. To check the status of Nginx, execute:

$ systemctl status nginx

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Install Nginx on Debian 9 Server - Step by Step Process ?

This article covers how to install Nginx on your Debian 9 server. Now you can deploy your applications and use Nginx as a web or proxy server. Nginx is more resource-friendly than Apache in most cases and can be used as a web server or reverse proxy.


To install Nginx on Debian:

1. Update our local package index so that we have access to the most recent package listings:

$ sudo apt update

2. We can now install nginx:

$ sudo apt install nginx

When prompted to confirm the installation, hit Enter to proceed. After that, apt will install Nginx and any required dependencies to your server.


Profiles available for Nginx:

  • Nginx Full: This profile opens both port 80 (normal, unencrypted web traffic) and port 443 (TLS/SSL encrypted traffic).
  • Nginx HTTP: This profile opens only port 80 (normal, unencrypted web traffic).
  • Nginx HTTPS: This profile opens only port 443 (TLS/SSL encrypted traffic).

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