How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP) Stack On Ubuntu 14

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Thistutorialispart2of4intheseries:IntroductiontoNginxandLEMPonUbuntu14.04
Introduction
TheLEMPsoftwarestackisagroupofsoftwarethatcanbeusedtoservedynamicweb
pagesandwebapplications.ThisisanacronymthatdescribesaLinuxoperatingsystem,
withanNginxwebserver.ThebackenddataisstoredinMySQLandthedynamic
processingishandledbyPHP.
Inthisguide,wewilldemonstratehowtoinstallaLEMPstackonanUbuntu14.04server.
TheUbuntuoperatingsystemtakescareofthefirstrequirement.Wewilldescribehowto
gettherestofthecomponentsupandrunning.
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Note:TheLEMPStackcanbeinstalledautomaticallyonyourDropletbyaddingthisscriptto
itsUserDatawhenlaunchingit.CheckoutthistutorialtolearnmoreaboutDropletUser
Data.
Prerequisites
Beforeyoucompletethistutorial,youshouldhavearegular,non-rootuseraccountonyour
serverwith
sudoprivileges.Youcanlearnhowtosetupthistypeofaccountby
completingsteps1-4inourUbuntu14.04initialserversetup.
Onceyouhaveyouraccountavailable,signintoyourserverwiththatusername.Youare
nowreadytobeginthestepsoutlinedinthisguide.
1.InstalltheNginxWebServer
Inordertodisplaywebpagestooursitevisitors,wearegoingtoemployNginx,amodern,
efficientwebserver.
AllofthesoftwarewewillbegettingforthisprocedurewillcomedirectlyfromUbuntu's
defaultpackagerepositories.Thismeanswecanusethe
aptpackagemanagementsuite
tocompletetheinstallation.
Sincethisisourfirsttimeusing
aptforthissession,weshouldstartoffbyupdatingour
localpackageindex.Wecantheninstalltheserver:
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nginx
InUbuntu14.04,Nginxisconfiguredtostartrunninguponinstallation.
Youcantestiftheserverisupandrunningbyaccessingyourserver'sdomainnameor
publicIPaddressinyourwebbrowser.
Ifyoudonothaveadomainnamepointedatyourserverandyoudonotknowyour
server'spublicIPaddress,youcanfinditbytypingoneofthefollowingintoyourterminal:
ip addr show eth0 | grep inet | awk '{ print $2; }' | sed 's/\/.*$//'
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111.111.111.111
fe80::601:17ff:fe61:9801
Oryoucouldtryusing:
curl http://icanhazip.com
111.111.111.111
Tryoneofthelinesthatyoureceiveinyourwebbrowser.ItshouldtakeyoutoNginx's
defaultlandingpage:
http://server_domain_name_or_IP
Ifyouseetheabovepage,youhavesuccessfullyinstalledNginx.
2.InstallMySQLtoManageSiteData
Nowthatwehaveawebserver,weneedtoinstallMySQL,adatabasemanagement
system,tostoreandmanagethedataforoursite.
Youcaninstallthiseasilybytyping:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
Youwillbeaskedtosupplyaroot(administrative)passwordforusewithintheMySQL
system.
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TheMySQLdatabasesoftwareisnowinstalled,butitsconfigurationisnotexactlycomplete
yet.
First,weneedtotellMySQLtogeneratethedirectorystructureitneedstostoreits
databasesandinformation.Wecandothisbytyping:
sudo mysql_install_db
Next,you'llwanttorunasimplesecurityscriptthatwillpromptyoutomodifysome
insecuredefaults.Beginthescriptbytyping:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
YouwillneedtoentertheMySQLrootpasswordthatyouselectedduringinstallation.
Next,itwillaskifyouwanttochangethatpassword.IfyouarehappywithyourMySQLroot
password,type"N"fornoandhit"ENTER".Afterwards,youwillbepromptedtoremove
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sometestusersanddatabases.Youshouldjusthit"ENTER"throughthesepromptsto
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removetheunsafedefaultsettings.
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3.InstallPHPforProcessing
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NowwehaveNginxinstalledtoserveourpagesandMySQLinstalledtostoreandmanage
ourdata,butwestillneedsomethingtoconnectthesetwopiecesandtogenerate
dynamiccontent.WecanusePHPforthis.
SinceNginxdoesnotcontainnativePHPprocessinglikesomeotherwebservers,wewill
needtoinstall
php5-fpm,whichstandsfor"fastCGIprocessmanager".WewilltellNginx
topassPHPrequeststothissoftwareforprocessing.
Wecaninstallthismoduleandwillalsograbanadditionalhelperpackagethatwillallow
PHPtocommunicatewithourdatabasebackend.Theinstallationwillpullinthenecessary
PHPcorefiles.Dothisbytyping:
sudo apt-get install php5-fpm php5-mysql
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ConfigurethePHPProcessor
WenowhaveourPHPcomponentsinstalled,butweneedtomakeaslightconfiguration
changetomakeoursetupmoresecure.
Openthemain
php5-fpmconfigurationfilewithrootprivileges:
sudo nano /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
Whatwearelookingforinthisfileistheparameterthatsets
cgi.fix_pathinfo.Thiswill
becommentedoutwithasemi-colon(;)andsetto"1"bydefault.
ThisisanextremelyinsecuresettingbecauseittellsPHPtoattempttoexecutetheclosest
fileitcanfindifaPHPfiledoesnotmatchexactly.Thisbasicallywouldallowuserstocraft
PHPrequestsinawaythatwouldallowthemtoexecutescriptsthattheyshouldn'tbe
allowedtoexecute.
Wewillchangebothoftheseconditionsbyuncommentingthelineandsettingitto"0"like
this:
cgi.
fix_pathinfo=0
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Saveandclosethefilewhenyouarefinished.
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Now,wejustneedtorestartourPHPprocessorbytyping:
sudo service php5-fpm restart
Thiswillimplementthechangethatwemade.
4.ConfigureNginxtoUseourPHPProcessor
Now,wehavealloftherequiredcomponentsinstalled.Theonlyconfigurationchangewe
stillneedtodoistellNginxtouseourPHPprocessorfordynamiccontent.
Wedothisontheserverblocklevel(serverblocksaresimilartoApache'svirtualhosts).
OpenthedefaultNginxserverblockconfigurationfilebytyping:
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sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default
Currently,withthecommentsremoved,theNginxdefaultserverblockfilelookslikethis:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
index index.html index.htm;
server_name localhost;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
}
Weneedtomakesomechangestothisfileforoursite.
index.phpoptionasthefirstvalueofour indexdirectiveto
First,weneedtoaddan
allowPHPindexfilestobeservedwhenadirectoryisrequested.
Wealsoneedtomodifythe
server_namedirectivetopointtoourserver'sdomain
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nameorpublicIPaddress.
Theactualconfigurationfileincludessomecommentedoutlinesthatdefineerror
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processingroutines.Wewilluncommentthosetoincludethatfunctionality.
FortheactualPHPprocessing,wewillneedtouncommentaportionofanothersection.
Wewillalsoneedtoadda
try_filesdirectivetomakesureNginxdoesn'tpassbad
requeststoourPHPprocessor.
Thechangesthatyouneedtomakeareinredinthetextbelow:
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name server_domain_name_or_IP;
location / {
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try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

}
error_page 404 /404.html;
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
}
location ~ \.php$ {
try_files $uri =404;
fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
include fastcgi_params;
}
}
Whenyou'vemadetheabovechanges,youcansaveandclosethefile.
RestartNginxtomakethenecessarychanges:
sudo service nginx restart

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5.CreateaPHPFiletoTestConfiguration
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YourLEMPstackshouldnowbecompletelysetup.Westillshouldtesttomakesurethat
Nginxcancorrectlyhand
.phpfilesofftoourPHPprocessor.
WecandothisbycreatingatestPHPfileinourdocumentroot.Openanewfilecalled
info.phpwithinyourdocumentrootinyourtexteditor:
sudo nano /usr/share/nginx/html/info.php
Wecantypethisintothenewfile.ThisisvalidPHPcodethatwillreturnformatted
informationaboutourserver:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
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Whenyouarefinished,saveandclosethefile.
Now,youcanvisitthispageinyourwebbrowserbyvisitingyourserver'sdomainnameor
publicIPaddressfollowedby
/info.php:
http://server_domain_name_or_IP/info.php
YoushouldseeawebpagethathasbeengeneratedbyPHPwithinformationaboutyour
server:
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Ifyouseeapagethatlookslikethis,you'vesetupPHPprocessingwithNginxsuccessfully.
Afteryoutestthis,it'sprobablybesttoremovethefileyoucreatedasitcanactuallygive
unauthorizeduserssomehintsaboutyourconfigurationthatmayhelpthemtrytobreakin.
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Youcanalwaysregeneratethisfileifyouneeditlater.
Fornow,removethefilebytyping:
sudo rm /usr/share/nginx/html/info.php
Conclusion
YoushouldnowhaveaLEMPstackconfiguredonyourUbuntu14.04server.Thisgivesyou
averyflexiblefoundationforservingwebcontenttoyourvisitors.
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IntroductiontoNginxandLEMPonUbuntu14.04
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ThistutorialserieshelpssysadminssetupanewwebserverusingtheLEMPstack,
focusingonNginxsetupwithvirtualblocks.Thiswillletyouservemultiplewebsites
fromoneDroplet.You'llstartbysettingupyourUbuntu14.04serverandendwith
multiplevirtualblockssetupforyourwebsites.AnNginxconfigurationguideis
includedattheendforreference.
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rich636856 April25,2014
StepFour:
Thelocationblockprovidedresultsinerror:
nginx:[emerg]unknowndirective"fast_cgi_split_path_info"in/etc/nginx/sitesenabled/default:56
Needtoremovetheunderscorebetweenfastandcgi:
fastcgi_split_path_info^(.+\.php)(/.+)$;
rich636856 April25,2014
StepTwoIinstalledmysql-server-5.6,whenIrunthemysql_install_dbcommandIgetthe
followingerror:
user@host:~$sudomysql_install_db
FATALERROR:Couldnotfindmy-default.cnf
Ifyoucompiledfromsource,youneedtorun'makeinstall'to
copythesoftwareintothecorrectlocationreadyforoperation.
Ifyouareusingabinaryrelease,youmusteitherbeatthetop
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leveloftheextractedarchive,orpassthe--basediroption
pointingtothatlocation.
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AnyideawhatDirIshouldberunningthisfromorwhat--basediroptiontouse?
arturkohut November23,2014
Ihavethesameissuewheninstallingmysql-server-5.6onfreshinstalledubuntu14.04.
andrewdavidtanner87 April27,2014
Brillianttutorial,thanksJustin!
ReallyinformativeandI'mveryhappyyouexplainedwhateveryconfigurationmeans
exactly.
Goodwork:)
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davidprimadi April28,2014
Hii..
howtoinstallwordpresswithnginxonubuntu14.04?
anytutorialhere?
caniusethistutorial:https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-installwordpress-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-12-04?
asb
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April28,2014
@davidprimadi:Itshouldbemoreorlessthesameon14.04ason12.04.Letusknowhowit
goes!
davidprimadi April28,2014
it'swork!
asb
MOD April28,2014
Great!Gladtohearit.
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brandon- April28,2014
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Instep5ofthe12.04LEMPinstalltutorial,theinstructionsstatetomakethefollowing
changeinthe/etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf:
change:listen=127.0.0.1:9000tolisten=/var/run/php5-fpm.sock
HoweverinStep3this14.04tutorialwearenotinstructedtodoso.Anyreasonwhy?
asb
MOD
April28,2014
@brandon:
In14.04,php5-fpmdefaultstousingthesocketfileinsteadofcommunicatingover
127.0.0.1:9000.Sothereasonyoudon'tneedtochangeitisbecauseitshouldalreadyread
"listen=/var/run/php5-fpm.sock"
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ajgarciaba May1,2014
Great!!It'sworks!!Congrats!!
donovan May4,2014
HiIgetthiserrorwhenItrystartngninxanyideas?
2014/05/0414:10:57[emerg]4272#0:"fastcgi_pass"directiveisduplicatein/etc/nginx/sitesenabled/default:62
netabare93 January12,2016
Pleasecheckyour/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/defaultandlocatetoline62around,
youwillfindsomethinglike
# With php5-cgi alone:

fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
# With php5-fpm:
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_index index.php;
include fastcgi_params;
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Thencommentthefirstcasewithphp5-cgialonesincephp5-fpmisalreadyinstalled.
Icamewiththesameproblem.Hopethiscouldhelpyou.
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donovan May4,2014
nevermindgotit
maisdotsolutions May10,2014
Hi,
Excusemeformyignorance,butIhaveaproblem.IamusingUbuntu14.04andjustcreate
it.
In"StepTwo-InstallMySQLDatatoManageSite",appearsthisWarning:
14051018:00:33[Warning]Usinguniqueoptionprefixkey_bufferinsteadofkey_buffer_size
isdeprecatedandwillberemovedinafuturerelease.Pleaseusethefullnameinstead.
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Soonafter,instep"sudomysql_install_db"appears:
InstallingMySQLsystemtables...
OK
Fillinghelptables...
OK
Tostartmysqldatboottimeyouhavetocopy
support-files/mysql.servertotherightplaceforyoursystem
PLEASEREMEMBERTOSETAPASSWORDFORTHEMySQLrootUSER!
Todoso,starttheserver,thenissuethefollowingcommands:
/usr/bin/mysqladmin-urootpassword'new-password'
/usr/bin/mysqladmin-uroot-hMaisSolutionspassword'new-password'
Alternativelyyoucanrun:
/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
whichwillalsogiveyoutheoptionofremovingthetest
databasesandanonymoususercreatedbydefault.Thisis
stronglyrecommendedforproductionservers.
Seethemanualformoreinstructions.
Y
oucanstarttheMySQLdaemonwith:
cd/usr;/usr/bin/mysqld_safe&
YoucantesttheMySQLdaemonwithmysql-test-run.pl
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cd/usr/mysql-test;perlmysql-test-run.pl
Pleasereportanyproblemsathttp://bugs.mysql.com/
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Whatcanbe?Doyouhaveasolution?Thankyouverymuch!
Bestregards,
LeandroNaves
kamaln7
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May12,2014
@maisdotsolutions:That'sfine,it'sjusttellingyouthat
/etc/mysql/my.cnfhasa
deprecatedoption,"key_buffer",whichwillberemovedinalaterversionofMySQL.Justto
besafe,edit
/etc/mysql/my.cnfandreplace key_bufferwith key_buffer_size:
sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf
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adsf May12,2014
installationofmysqlproducedthefollowingerror
[Warning]Usinguniqueoptionprefixkey_bufferinsteadofkey_buffer_sizeisdeprecated
andwillberemovedinafuturerelease.Pleaseusethefullnameinstead.
whatshouldido?
adsf May12,2014
Inanothertutorialhttps://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-nginx-onubuntu-14-04-lts
yousay
Wecanmakesurethatourwebserverwillrestartautomaticallywhentheserveris
rebootedbytyping:
sudoupdate-rc.dnginxdefaults
Soisthisstepneededornot?
kamaln7
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@asdf:
installationofmysqlproducedthefollowingerror[Warning]Usingunique
optionprefixkey_bufferinsteadofkey_buffer_sizeisdeprecatedand
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willberemovedinafuturerelease.Pleaseusethefullnameinstead.
Takealookatmyresponsetomaisdotsolutionsrightaboveyourcomment.
Soisthisstepneededornot?
Youdon'thavetorunit,butyoucanrunittomakesurenginxstartsonboot,whichitshould
dobydefault.
jasonmbaumgartner May20,2014
ThisisareallyniceandconciseguidetogettingupandrunningwithabasicLEMPstack.
ThereisonesuggestionIwouldliketomake,though.
Whenmakingchangestothenginxconfigurationfile,itisnotnecessarytorestartthenginx
service.Insteadofrunningthecommand"sudoservicenginxrestart",youcansimplyreload
theconfigurationwiththiscommand:
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nginx-sreload
It'sasmallminorpoint,butsomepeoplemayfindithelpfuliftheydon'twanttohavethe
servicestoppedevenifitistemporarily.
Greatguide!
kradllit May26,2014
AwesomeTutorial!Tnx!
servidigitalneiva June2,2014
Ifollowtheguide,butIgotophpmyadminthrowsa404,asitwouldsolve.
thanks
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sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

sudo apt-get install php5-fpm php5-mysql

sudo nano /etc/php5/fpm/php.ini

sudo service php5-fpm restart

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

sudo service nginx restart

sudo nano /usr/share/nginx/html/info.php

# With php5-cgi alone:

/etc/mysql/my.cnfandreplace key_bufferwith key_buffer_size:

sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf

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