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# Lab 5-1: LAMP Stack in AWS - Part 1

## Make a new VM:

## Prepare LAMP:

Update system.

```
sudo yum update -y
```

Install the `lamp-mariadb10.2-php7.2` and `php7.2` Amazon Linux Extras repositories to get the latest versions of the LAMP MariaDB and PHP packages for Amazon Linux 2.

```
sudo amazon-linux-extras install -y lamp-mariadb10.2-php7.2 php7.2
```

Now install Apache web server and MariaDB.

```
sudo yum install -y httpd mariadb-server
```

Start and enable the Apache web server.

```
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd
```

#### Setup file permissions:

add ex2-user to apache group.

```
sudo usermod -a -G apache ec2-user
```

Now logout and login.

```
exit
```

Very membership in the apache group.

```
groups
# OUTPUT
ec2-user adm wheel apache systemd-journal
```

Change the group ownership of `/var/www` and its contents to the `apache` group.

```
sudo chown -R ec2-user:apache /var/www
```

To add group write permissions and to set the group ID on future subdirectories, change the directory permissions of `/var/www` and its subdirectories.

```
sudo chmod 2775 /var/www && find /var/www -type d -exec sudo chmod 2775 {} \;
```

To add group write permissions, recursively change the file permissions of `/var/www` and its subdirectories:

```
find /var/www -type f -exec sudo chmod 0664 {} \;
```

**SUBMIT: Screenshot of Apache Test Page (showing address bar with your EC2 DNS name)**

<figure><img src="/files/pFGA4YwaxtJ2pAp35Z53" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

## Test your LAMP server: <a href="#test-lamp-server" id="test-lamp-server"></a>

Create a PHP file in the Apache document root.

```
echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
```

**SUBMIT: Screenshot of PHPInfo page (showing EC2 Public DNS name in Browser)**

<figure><img src="/files/2gaDy4BDbT5kxUrLgovm" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Delete the `phpinfo.php` file. Although this can be useful information, it should not be broadcast to the internet for security reasons.

```
rm /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
```