LEMP is a software stack that includes a set of free open source tools that are used to power high traffic and dynamic websites. LEMP is an acronym for Linux, Nginx (pronounced Engine X), MariaDB \/ MySQL, and PHP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nginx is an open source, powerful and high-performance web server that can also double as a reverse proxy. MariaDB is a database system for storing user data, while PHP is a server-side scripting language for developing and supporting dynamic web pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In this article, you will learn how to install a LEMP server on a CentOS 8 Linux distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 1: Update the package on CentOS 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, update the repository and packages on CentOS 8 Linux by running the following dnf command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf update<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 2: Install Nginx web server on CentOS 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the package update is complete, install Nginx with a simple command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf install nginx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Nginx on CentOS 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The code snippet shows that the installation of Nginx went smoothly without any problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the installation is complete, configure Nginx to start automatically at system startup, and verify that Nginx is running by executing a command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl enable nginx
\nsystemctl start nginx
\nsystemctl status nginx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nginx -v<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 3: Install MariaDB on CentOS 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MariaDB is a free and open source branch of MySQL and provides the latest features that make it a better alternative to MySQL. To install MariaDB, run the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf install mariadb-server mariadb -y<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To make MariaDB start automatically at system startup, run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl start mariadb
\nsystemctl enable mariadb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The MariaDB database engine is not secure and anyone can log in without credentials. To harden MariaDB and protect it to minimize the chance of unauthorized access, run the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
mysql_secure_installation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Step 4: Install PHP 7 on CentOS 8<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, we will install the last LEMP component, PHP, which is a scripted web programming language that is usually used to develop dynamic web pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time of writing this guide, the latest version is PHP 7.4. We will install it using the Remi repository. The Remi database is a free database that comes with the latest cutting-edge software version and is not available on CentOS by default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Run the following command to install the EPEL repository.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf install https:\/\/dl.Fedoraproject.org\/pub\/epel\/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf install dnf-utils http:\/\/rpms.remirepo.net\/enterprise\/remi-release-8.rpm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf module list php<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CentOS-8 – AppStream
\nName Stream Profiles Summary
\nphp 7.2 [d][e] common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
\nphp 7.3 common, devel, minimal PHP scripting language <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Remi’s Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 8 – x86_64
\nName Stream Profiles Summary
\nphp remi-7.2 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
\nphp remi-7.3 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language
\nphp remi-7.4 common [d], devel, minimal PHP scripting language <\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf module reset php<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf module enable php:remi-7.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dnf install php php-opcache php-gd php-curl php-mysqlnd<\/p>\n\n\n\n
php -v
\nPHP 7.4.3 (cli) (built: Feb 18 2020 11:53:05) ( NTS )
\nCopyright (c) The PHP Group
\nZend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
\n with Zend OPcache v7.4.3, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl start php-fpm
\nsystemctl enable php-fpm <\/p>\n\n\n\n
nano \/etc\/php-fpm.d\/www.conf<\/p>\n\n\n\n
user = apache
\ngroup = apache<\/p>\n\n\n\n
user = nginx
\ngroup = nginx<\/p>\n\n\n\n
systemctl restart nginx
\nsystemctl restart php-fpm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd \/usr\/share\/nginx\/html\/
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