How to install LEMP on Ubuntu 17.04

The Nginx is successfully installed in the target system. Start and enable Nginx service by running the following commands.

root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl start nginx
root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl enable nginx
Synchronizing state of nginx.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable nginx

The Nginx services were started and running successfully. Install MySQL server by executing the following command and press y to continue the installation procedure.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install mysql-server -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libaio1 libevent-core-2.0-5 libhtml-template-perl mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-common mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7
Suggested packages:
  libipc-sharedcache-perl mailx tinyca
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libaio1 libevent-core-2.0-5 libhtml-template-perl mysql-client-5.7 mysql-client-core-5.7 mysql-common mysql-server mysql-server-5.7 mysql-server-core-5.7
0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 42 not upgraded.
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Setting up mysql-server (5.7.18-0ubuntu0.17.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (232-21ubuntu2) ...

The MySQL is successfully installed. Start and enable the MySQL service as shown below.

root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl start mysql
root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl enable mysql
Synchronizing state of mysql.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable mysql

Next install the required PHP extensions and press y to continue with the installation procedure.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install php7.0-fpm php7.0-mbstring php7.0-xml php7.0-mysql php7.0-common php7.0-gd php7.0-json php7.0-cli php7.0-curl -y
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  php-common php7.0-opcache php7.0-readline
Suggested packages:
  php-pear
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  php-common php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-curl php7.0-fpm php7.0-gd php7.0-json php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mysql php7.0-opcache php7.0-readline php7.0-xml
0 upgraded, 12 newly installed, 0 to remove and 94 not upgraded.
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Creating config file /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini with new version
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/php7.0-fpm.service &rarr  /lib/systemd/system/php7.0-fpm.service.
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (232-21ubuntu2) ...

The PHP extensions are installed. Start and enable the fpm service by executing the following commands.

root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl start php7.0-fpm
root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl enable php7.0-fpm
Synchronizing state of php7.0-fpm.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install.
Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable php7.0-fpm

Now remove default symlink in " sites-enabled" directory by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

Create Nginx server block file and change the server name as the target system' s IP address. Save and exit from the file.

root@linuxhelp1:~# vim /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
server {
  listen 80 
  listen [::]:80 
  server_name 192.168.7.232 
  root /usr/share/nginx/html/ 
  index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html 
  location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ =404 
  }
  error_page 404 /404.html 
  error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html 
  location = /50x.html {
   root /usr/share/nginx/html 
  }
  location ~ .php$ {
    fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock 
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name 
    include fastcgi_params 
    include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf 
  }
  location ~ /.ht {
    deny all 
  }
}

Restart the Nginx service by executing the following restart command.

root@linuxhelp1:~# systemctl restart nginx

Create a test.php file in Nginx document root and enter these lines of code in the file. Save and exit from the file.

root@linuxhelp1:~# vim /usr/share/nginx/html/test.php
< ?php 
phpinfo()  
?> 

Now open the browser and type the target system IP address http://192.168.7.232 and run it. The default page of Nginx appears on screen.