Ubuntu Server Setup

Documentation explains you how to setup a Ubuntu server step by step with Apache, php, mysql etc.

Installing process

Pre-Requisites

$ sudo apt-get update 

$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Check php version if available

$ php -v

$ sudo apt cache search php

Add php repository and update packages

$ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ondrej/php

$ sudo apt-get update

Install php and esential packages

$ sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2 php7.2-xml php7.2-gd php7.2-opcache php7.2-cli php7.2-fpm php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mysql php7.1-mcrypt php7.2-curl php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-soap php7.2-zip

Install mysql and securing it

$ sudo apt-get install mysql-server

$ mysql_secure_installation

Install Git and more essential packages

$ sudo apt-get install git curl wget zip unzip

Install composer

$ curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Update php.ini for secuirity reasons

memory_limit = 256M
upload_max_filesize = 64M
cgi.fix_pathinfo=0

Configure Apache2

Create new configuratuin file

$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/laravel.conf

Update configuratuon file (laravel.conf)

<VirtualHost *:80>   
    ServerAdmin [email protected]
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/example.com/public_html

    <Directory /var/www/example.com/public_html>
        Options +FollowSymlinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

To edit configuration file

$ vim /path/to/file

Enable The laravel.conf And Rewrite Module

$ sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

$ sudo a2ensite laravel.conf

$ sudo a2enmod rewrite

Restart Apache

$ sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

To enable or disable modules

$ sudo a2enmod example_mod // enable
$ sudo a2dismod example_mod // disable

Create directory for a project

Set permissions

$ sudo chmod -R 755 /path/to/project/directory