I am using an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server from Amazon ec2. This tutorial will work on any cloud or VPS having a Ubuntu server.<\/p>\n
Setup LAMP Stack<\/h3>\n
1. Update the Server<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get update -y<\/code><\/pre>\n2. Install apache<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install apache2<\/code><\/pre>\n3. Install MySQL server and the PHP module for MySQL. During installation, MySQL would prompt for the password for the root user. Set a strong password.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install mysql-server-5.6 php5-mysql<\/code><\/pre>\n4. Create MySQL database directory using the following command.<\/p>\n
sudo mysql_install_db<\/code><\/pre>\n5. Run the MySQL secure installation command.<\/p>\n
sudo mysql_secure_installation<\/code><\/pre>\nThe above command would prompt for the root password. Enter the root password and proceed with the options given in the output below.<\/p>\n
Enter current password for root (enter for none):\n\nChange the root password? [Y\/n] n\n ... skipping.\n\nRemove anonymous users? [Y\/n] y\n ... Success!\n\nDisallow root login remotely? [Y\/n] y\n ... Success!\n\nRemove test database and access to it? [Y\/n] y\n\nReload privilege tables now? [Y\/n] y\n ... Success!<\/code><\/pre>\n6. Install PHP.<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mcrypt<\/code><\/pre>\n7. Open \/etc\/apache2\/mods-enabled\/dir.conf file using vi or nano editor.<\/p>\n
sudo vi \/etc\/apache2\/mods-enabled\/dir.conf<\/code><\/pre>\nThe file would look like the following.<\/p>\n
DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi index.pl index.php index.xhtml index.htm<\/code><\/pre>\nMove index.php to first so that the file would look like the following.<\/p>\n
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.cgi index.pl i index.xhtml index.htm<\/code><\/pre>\n8. Restart apache server.<\/p>\n
sudo service apache2 restart\n<\/code><\/pre>\n9. To know all the PHP details, create a file named info.php<\/p>\n
sudo vi \/var\/www\/html\/info.php<\/code><\/pre>\nCopy the following contents on the info.php file.<\/p>\n
<?php\nphpinfo();\n?><\/code><\/pre>\nNow, if you browse to http:\/\/<Server-IP>\/php.info, you will be able to see all the PHP configuration details.<\/p>\n
Install and Configure PhpMyAdmin<\/h3>\n
PhpMyAdmin is a great utility for managing databases through GUI. Follow the steps carefully for setting up PhpMyAdmin.<\/p>\n
1. Install PhpMyAdmin<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin -y<\/code><\/pre>\nWhen it prompts for web server, press space bar and select apache2 and press enter. For Configure database for PHPMyAdmin, press enter. Password of the database’s administrative user, enter the root password for MySQL that you created during MySQL installation. Enter the same password for confirmation.<\/p>\n
2. Enable PHP mcrypt module.<\/p>\n
sudo php5enmod mcrypt<\/code><\/pre>\n3. Restart the web server.<\/p>\n
sudo service apache2 restart<\/code><\/pre>\nNow you can access the PhpMyAdmin Web UI by visiting the ec2 public IP address followed by PHPMyAdmin as shown below.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/<server-IP>phpmyadmin<\/code><\/pre>\nYou can use the MySQL root credentials to log in to PHPMyAdmin account.<\/p>\n
Create Magento User and Database<\/h3>\n
You can create MySQL user and Database using the command line as well through PhpMyAdmin. Using PHPMyAdmin is self-explanatory. If you want to use the command line for creating the user and database, you can follow the steps given below.<\/p>\n
\n- Sign into MySQL client using the root user and password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
mysql -u root -p<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Create database Magento.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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CREATE DATABASE magento;<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Create a magento_admin with a strong password. Replace “password” with your strong password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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CREATE USER magento_admin@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Grant all privileges to magento_admin for Magento database. Replace password accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON magento.* TO magento_admin@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password';<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Flush all the privileges and exit the MySQL CLI.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit<\/code><\/pre>\nSetting up Magento<\/h2>\n
In this section, we will configure Magento using LAMP stack. Follow the steps carefully.<\/p>\n
\n- Create a file called magento.conf in the apache sites available folder.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
sudo vi \/etc\/apache2\/sites-available\/magento.conf<\/code><\/pre>\nCopy the following content on the file.<\/p>\n
<VirtualHost *:80>\n DocumentRoot \/var\/www\/html\n <Directory \/var\/www\/html\/>\n Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews\n AllowOverride All\n <\/Directory>\n<\/VirtualHost><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Enable our new conf and disable the default conf using the following commands.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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sudo a2ensite magento.conf\nsudo a2dissite 000-default.conf<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Reload the apache service.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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sudo service apache2 reload<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Open php.ini file to increase the memory_limit parameter to 512M (default 128M).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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sudo vi \/etc\/php5\/apache2\/php.ini<\/code><\/pre>\nFind memory_limit parameter and set it to 512M and save the file.<\/p>\n
memory_limit = 512M<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Install required PHP modules for Magento.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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sudo apt-get -y install libcurl3 php5-curl php5-gd php5-mcrypt php5-intl php5-xsl<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
\n- Enable rewrite, mcrypt module and restart the apache server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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sudo a2enmod rewrite sudo php5enmod mcrypt sudo service apache2 restart<\/code><\/pre>\nSetup Magento 2.X<\/h3>\n\n- Install Composer. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
curl -sS https:\/\/getcomposer.org\/installer | sudo php \u2013 --install-dir=\/usr\/local\/bin --filename=composer<\/code><\/pre>\n
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