set up php, mysql, phpmyadmin, apache on amazon aws ec2

PHP, MYSQL, APACHE, PHPMYADMIN on AWS EC2

Setting up AWS EC2 Instance:-

Signup for amazon AWS ec2 account. You can start with free tier account. Free tier account

permits usage of 750 hours per month for free if you do not select any paid option.

Login to ec2 console https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2. Goto launch instance. You will get a

list of machine images to choose from, you can select any from the free tier eligible depending

onto your need. But lets go ahead with first image amazon ami 64 bit.

Next step is to choose instance type. We can go with first one as it is free tier eligible.

Click Next configure instance details.

You can choose number of instances network settings etc. Do not edit anything unless you are

familiar with these configurations. Just one thing to note here, check the check box protect

against accidental termination. This is useful to prevent data loss.

Click add storage to choose volume to store data. You can configure size and type according to

your requirements. Max 30 gb is permitted for free tier usage. You can add multiple volumes to

your instance.

Next step is to tag instance through a key - value pair. For ease of use put key as Name and

value as Webserver.

Next step is to configure security group. Here you can set rules for ssh, tcp and other protocols.

You can set permissions for ip ranges. You can create your own or can go with default security

group. if after setting everything your site is not running on browser then check if http protocol is

allowed here or not.

Now Click on review and launch. It will open a popup for volume type. Choose any that suits

your needs or you can go ahead with default selected one. Click Next and the launch.

It will now ask for creating keys or choosing existing keys. Go with choosing new keys if you are

setting first instance. Create the key and download it. This is just one time key save it else you

may need to create new instance. This is in pem format public key.

Now we may need to set elastic IP because public dns will change once you terminate or reboot

your instance. Don;t create more than one elastic ip for now and as soon as you create

associate it with instance. You won’t be charged if you associate it with instance else you will

get charged.

Thanks it is done now. Now you can go ahead with connecting it through ssh or ftp and

installing php, mysql, apache envrionments.

Connecting to AWS through SSH/FTP:-

Open the puttygen load the pem file downloaded from aws while creating keys. Load the key

and and save private key.

To connect through ftp. oepn filezilla click edit then settings under edit. Now click sftp and add

ppk key. It may ask you for conversion do the conversion.

Click ok then add hostname as public dns/publicip/elastic ip, username as ec2-user port as 22.

Click connect you will be connected. Now go to /var/www/html to view files.

To connect to server open putty click session on left. Type in hostname, incase of aws it will be

public dns or public ip or the elastic ip associated with the instance. Put some name to identify

the connection under saved session and save it.

Now click on SSH is left and then click Auth under SSH. Browse the ppk file you have

generated through puttygen from pem file. Then click session on and save it again.

Then click open to connect to the instance. Login with ec2-user

Once you press enter, you will get logged in successfully.

If you get any error like connection time out or other. Login to your amazon aws on browser.

Select your instance and on go to security group. Now edit inbound connection to check if TCP

is open for your ip address or not. Incase if TCP or ssh not on make them available for your ip.

Installations:-

● Inorder to install php, mysql, phpmyadmin and apache, login as root.

○ [root@localhost ~]# sudo su -

● To Install PHP and Apache

○ [root@localhost ~]# sudo yum install php-mysql php php-xml php-mcrypt

php-mbstring php-cli mysql httpd

● To start apache automatically while booting

○ [root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on

● Open the file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Find “#ServerName www.example.com:80″ (line no : 276 ) .

and add this line below . “ServerName youripaddress:80″

#

#ServerName www.example.com:80

ServerName 192.168.141.22:80

● Now restart apache service

○ [root@localhost ~]# service httpd restart

● Now you have successfully configured apache web server . open your browser and type

the ip address in the address bar and hit enter . you can see the test page of your web

server .

● To install Mysql server

○ [root@localhost ~]# sudo yum install mysql-server

○ [root@localhost ~]# sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld start

● To start apache automatically while booting

○ [root@localhost ~]# chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on

● To secure mysql using username and password

○ [root@localhost ~]# mysqladmin -u root password '[PASSWORD]'

where PASSWORD is the password you want to choose, don’t include square

brackets. Simply use like example below:-

[root@localhost ~]# mysqladmin -u root password ‘root@123’

● To install phpmyadmin

○ [root@localhost ~]# sudo yum install phpmyadmin

○ Might be you will get no package find message. This means you may need to

add repository to install phpmyadmin. Choose the repository according to OS you

have.

CentOS/RHEL 6:

# rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm

CentOS/RHEL 5:

# rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-5.rpm

Fedora 20:

# rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/remi-release-20.rpm

Fedora 19:


Fedora 18:


○ Enable the repository through

[root@localhost ~]# yum --enablerepo=remi install phpMyAdmin

○ phpMyAdmin by default allowed to access from localhost only. If you want to

make it accessible from remote computers edit

/etc/httpd/conf.d/phpMyAdmin.conf and update all 127.0.0.1 with your network

like below or enable phpMyAdmin access for everyone.

Alias /phpMyAdmin /usr/share/phpMyAdmin

Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpMyAdmin

## Comment below section to allow everyone

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/>

<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>

Order Deny,Allow

Deny from All

Allow from 192.168.1.0/24

Allow from ::1

</IfModule>

</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/libraries/>

Order Deny,Allow

Deny from All

Allow from None

</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/setup/lib/>

Order Deny,Allow

Deny from All

Allow from None

</Directory>

<Directory /usr/share/phpMyAdmin/setup/frames/>

Order Deny,Allow

Deny from All

Allow from None

</Directory>

● Could not connect: Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket

‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’ (2)

This means your mysql server service is stopped , you must start the service

[root@localhost ~]# service mysqld start

● Inorder for your domain to point the aws ec2 hosting you can use elastic ip address and

add this address as A record into DNS Zone file on domain registrar. The other way will

be through route 53 service. Fow now lets go ahead with elastic ip as A record.

● Connect to amazon ec2 through putty. sudo as root through sudo su - .

Open up /etc/hosts file down to localhost entry you can create new entry as

○ 54.78.90.21 xyz.com

where 54.78.90.21 is the elastic ip address and domain name is xyz.com

● Now open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file here we will be adding up virtual host to serve

domain xyz.com. We can put multiple virtual host entries inorder to host multiple

websites.

Uncomment NameVirtualHost *:80, Uncomment <VirtualHost *:80> and further lines till

</VirtualHost>

Add your domain name in front of ServerName , Change path of DocumentRoot to

/var/www/html/yourdomainname.com/

Save the file and run service httpd restart

Upload your files to /var/www/html/yourdomainname.com

Its done now. You can now run your website on browser.

● How to do using route 53. Activate route 53 service through aws console. Open the

Amazon Route 53 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/route53/. In the Route 53:

Hosted Zones window, click Create Hosted Zone.

In the Domain Name box, type your custom domain name.

● Click the Create Hosted Zone button at the bottom of the pane.

● When the hosted zone is successfully created, in the list of domain names, select the

check box that corresponds to your domain name. In the details pane, under Delegation

Set, Amazon Route 53 displays the set of name servers that have been allocated for

your domain. You can use this nameservers to put on domain registrar’s DNS zone file.

Now inorder for connecting the DNS Hosting Route 53 to Files hosting EC2. We may need to

configure A record entry on Route 53 with the elastic ip of EC2.

● Go to Record sets, click create record set. Under Create Record Set, do the following:

○ In the Name box, accept the default. The root domain is already entered for you.

○ In the Type box, select A — IPv4 address to create an A record for your domain.

○ Choose aliasing as No and enter your elastic ip address as target.

○ In the Routing Policy box, select Simple.

○ Leave Evaluate Target Health set to No.

○ DNS propogataion may take from 2 hrs to 48 hrs. After DNS propogation there

may be case where your site may not work on www. So inorder to make it run on

www. Use the same process and create new record set as A record. The only

difference is put www into the name box and you are done.

Thanks:-

Thankyou all for reading this with patience. I expect by reading this you may be able

setup your own server and hosting environments. Excuse me for typo mistakes if any.

Though I have tried to cover almost every aspect but might be the case you may face

some issues while doing this. Don’t worry feel free to drop me any queries on

[email protected]

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