How To Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 16.04
To Install XAMPP Stack On Ubuntu 16.04
XAMPP is a free stack which contains PHP, Apache web server, MySQL database, and Perl. This framework installs Apache environment for developers easily. Installation of XAMPP Stack in Ubuntu is explained in this article.
Features
- Regularly updated to the latest versions of Apache, MariaDB, PHP and Perl.
- Supports other modules like OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, MediaWiki, Joomla, WordPress etc.,
- Tests the website designers and programmers work without Internet.
- Secured package.
- Allows creation and manipulation of databases in MariaDB and SQLite.
To Install XAMPP Stack
Before installing the package, create a directory.
user1@user1:~$ mkdir xampp
user1@user1:~$ cd xampp/
user1@user1:~/xampp$
Download the XAMPP package by using the wget command
user1@user1:~/xampp$ wget https://www.apachefriends.org/xampp-files/5.6.20/xampp-linux-x64-5.6.20-0-installer.run
--2016-07-13 16:26:51-- https://www.apachefriends.org/xampp-files/5.6.20/xampp-linux-x64-5.6.20-0-installer.run
Resolving www.apachefriends.org (www.apachefriends.org)... 107.22.247.161
Connecting to www.apachefriends.org (www.apachefriends.org)|107.22.247.161|:443... connected.
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xampp-linux-x64-5.6 100%[===================> ] 129.19M 692KB/s in 4m 4s
2016-07-13 16:30:57 (543 KB/s) - ‘ xampp-linux-x64-5.6.20-0-installer.run’ saved [135465406/135465406]
Run the following command to make XAMPP execuatable.
user1@user1:~/xampp$ chmod +x xampp-linux-x64-5.6.20-0-installer.run
Install XAMPP stack as shown below.
user1@user1:~/xampp$ sudo ./xampp-linux-x64-5.6.20-0-installer.run
[sudo] password for user1:
Click Next
Select the required components and Click Next.
Click Next to proceed further.
XAMPP installation starts now.
Finally, click finish.
XAMPP welcome screen appears.
Click Manage servers to verify the list of currently running services.
Launch the XAMPP dashboard either by clicking on the Go to application from XAMPP Welcome tab.
Or
Open up your browser and navigate to http://localhost/ or http:/< IP_address> /
Access phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is a graphical management tool for MySQL to create/delete/modify mysql databases through web browser.
Before accessing the phpMyAdmin, edit the httpd-xampp.conf file located in /opt/lampp/etc/extra/
user1@user1:~/xampp$ sudo vim /opt/lampp/etc/extra/httpd-xampp.conf
[sudo] password for user1:
Comment the following line
AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit Require local ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
Then Add the following line.
AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit # Require local ErrorDocument 403 /error/XAMPP_FORBIDDEN.html.var
Save and quit the file.
Restart XAMPP service.
user1@user1:~/xampp$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restart
Now access the phpMyAdmin, by triggering the phpMyAdmin Tab on the dashboard.
Then click PHPINFO() on the dashboard.
Security Issues of XAMPP
XAMPP cannot be used in production environment due to security issues. To overcome this the following security issues to be cleared.
- The MySQL administrator (root) has no password.
- The MySQL daemon is accessible via network.
- ProFTPD uses the password “ lampp” for user “ daemon” .
- PhpMyAdmin is accessible via network.
- Examples are accessible via network.
Run the following command to overcome the security issues.
user1@user1:~/xampp$ sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security
XAMPP: Quick security check...
XAMPP: Your XAMPP pages are NOT secured by a password.
XAMPP: Do you want to set a password? [yes]
XAMPP: Password:
XAMPP: Password (again):
/opt/lampp/share/xampp/checkapache: line 41: /opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess: No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat ‘ /opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess’ : No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat ‘ /opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess’ : No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access ‘ /opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess’ : No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access ‘ /opt/lampp/htdocs/webalizer/.htaccess’ : No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access ‘ /opt/lampp/phpmyadmin/.htaccess’ : No such file or directory
XAMPP: Password protection active. Please use ' xampp' as user name!
XAMPP: MySQL is accessable via network.
XAMPP: Normaly that' s not recommended. Do you want me to turn it off? [yes]
XAMPP: Turned off.
XAMPP: Stopping MySQL...ok.
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...ok.
XAMPP: The MySQL/phpMyAdmin user pma has no password set!!!
XAMPP: Do you want to set a password? [yes]
XAMPP: Password:
XAMPP: Password (again):
XAMPP: Setting new MySQL pma password.
XAMPP: Setting phpMyAdmin' s pma password to the new one.
XAMPP: MySQL has no root passwort set!!!
XAMPP: Do you want to set a password? [yes]
XAMPP: Write the password somewhere down to make sure you won' t forget it!!!
XAMPP: Password:
XAMPP: Password (again):
XAMPP: Setting new MySQL root password.
XAMPP: Change phpMyAdmin' s authentication method.
XAMPP: The FTP password for user ' daemon' is still set to ' xampp' .
XAMPP: Do you want to change the password? [yes]
XAMPP: Password:
XAMPP: Password (again):
XAMPP: Reload ProFTPD...ok.
XAMPP: Done.
Open the browser and Click phpMyAdmin in the dashboard.
Here a list of missing security in XAMPP:
The MySQL administrator (root) has no password.
The MySQL daemon is accessible via network.
ProFTPD uses the password "lampp" for user "daemon".
To fix most of the security weaknesses simply call the following command:
sudo /opt/lampp/lampp security
It starts a small security check and makes your XAMPP installation secure. For example this protects the XAMPP demo pages by a username ('lampp') and password combination.
#sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start
# sudo /usr/sbin/setenforce 0
Now XAMPP should work fine again.