LAMP stack Install [Linux Apache MariaDB PHP] Arch-Linux

4 min readJun 7, 2024

Hackers or any self-respecting Linux user should have a know how to configure a web server. This is just the prerequisite for it.

First we will install and enable Apache


sudo pacman -S apache
sudo systemctl start httpd

To enable Apache automatically on boot respectively:

sudo systemctl enable --now httpd

we will edit it to enable load_module_id. I use neovim as my editor

sudo nvim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

A . we enable the module
B , to search in vim, press the foward slash / then enter to continue.

The module in question facilitates the generation of a unique token for each request, ensuring its uniqueness across all requests under strict conditions. It achieves this by introducing an environment variable named UNIQUE_ID, which holds a distinctive identifier for every HTTP request managed by the Apache server. This feature is particularly beneficial for monitoring individual requests, making it an invaluable asset in logging and debugging processes sudo systemctl restart httpd.

To check if Apache is running or not use

systemctl status httpd

Installing php modules

sudo pacman -S php php-cgi php-gd php-pgsql php-apache

We comment as shown in the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf, The uncommenting and commenting helps the server with child processes.

Within the same file, add at the end of the doc.

Edit php.init file in /etc/php/php.ini and uncomment in

To test if php is working correctly we need to create a php file in our server. The srv is the server dir.

sudo nvim /srv/http/info.php

add the info as shown in the image below.

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Now on your favourite browser, on the address bar type “localhost/info.php”. If you see this page that means php is working correctly.

Installing WordPress DB

sudo pacman -S mariadb libmariadbclient mariadb-clients

Setting the basic configuration for the database

sudo mariadb-install-db --user=mysql --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql

Enables service and starts it right away

sudo systemctl enable --now mysqld

Setting up secure installation for the database

sudo mariadb-secure-installation

press ENTER on the password prompt, since we haven't set root password yet

NOTE: say yes to all prompts except the “Change the root password”

To Install Database, press ENTER on the password prompt, since we did not set it up

sudo mariadb -u root -p

Followed by the SQL commands. The username and localhost should be in quotes, give whatever username and password and database name without the <> symbol.

CREATE DATABASE <DATABASE_NAME>;
CREATE USER '<USERNAME>'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<PASSWORD>';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON <DATABASE_NAME>.* TO '<USERNAME>'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit

Download WordPress

cd /srv/http
sudo wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
sudo tar xvzf latest.tar.gz

sudo chown -R root:http /srv/http/wordpress
cd wordpress
sudo cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
sudo nvim wp-config.php

In the chown user is root group is http(webserver) the directory is /srv/http/wordpress

Now in the “wp-config.php”