How to Install LAMP Stack on Rocky Linux 10

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A LAMP stack is a group of open-source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym that represents the Linux operating system, with the Apache web server. The site data is stored in a MySQL database, and dynamic content is processed by PHP.

Pre-requisites :

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• A system with Rocky Linux 10 installed and running.

• root access to the system.

Install Apache Web Server

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First, we will start by installing the Apache web server. To complete the installation, use the following command.

dnf install httpd httpd-tools

Once the installation is complete, enable Apache (to start automatically upon system boot), start the web server and verify the status using the commands below.

systemctl enable httpd

systemctl start httpd

systemctl status httpd

Output:

[root@vps ~]# systemctl status httpd
● httpd.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/httpd.service; enabled; preset: di>
    Drop-In: /etc/systemd/system/httpd.service.d
             └─php-fpm.conf
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-06-19 07:15:00 UTC; 3s ago
 Invocation: 7fb53ef56865470d8a7e6ba1edb2136a
       Docs: man:httpd.service(8)
   Main PID: 283782 (httpd)
     Status: "Started, listening on: port 80"
      Tasks: 177 (limit: 35140)
     Memory: 17.9M (peak: 18.3M)
        CPU: 133ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/httpd.service
             ├─283782 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND
             ├─283791 /usr/sbin/httpd -DFOREGROUND

To make your pages available to the public, you will have to edit your firewall rules to allow HTTP and HTTPS requests on your web server by using the following commands.

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http 

firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https 

firewall-cmd --reload

Output:

[root@server ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http
success
[root@server ~]# firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https
success
[root@server ~]# firewall-cmd --reload
success

Verify that the web server is running and accessible by accessing your server’s IP address.

echo "Hello there, Apache webserver is now running" > /var/www/html/index.html

And restart the Web Server to reflect the changes made.

systemctl restart httpd

From your browser,

http://IP_address

Install PHP 8.4

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Install PHP 8.4 on RockyLinux 10

This will help you to install PHP 8.4 on Rocky Linux 10 using EPEL and Remi repositories.

To begin, enable the CRB (CodeReady Builder) repository, which provides libraries required by some third-party packages,

dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb

Next, install the EPEL repository. This adds additional useful packages that aren't available in the default AlmaLinux repositories,

dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-10.noarch.rpm

Now, install the Remi repository, which maintains the latest PHP versions for RHEL-based systems,

dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-10.rpm

Switch the system's PHP module to Remi’s PHP 8.4 stream to ensure packages are pulled from the correct source,

dnf module switch-to php:remi-8.4

Enable and install the PHP 8.4 module,

dnf module install php:remi-8.4

Verify PHP Installation

Check the installed PHP version to confirm success,

php -v

Output:

[root@vps ~]# php -v
PHP 8.4.8 (cli) (built: Jun  3 2025 16:29:26) (NTS gcc x86_64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Built by Remi's RPM repository <https://rpms.remirepo.net/> #StandWithUkraine
Zend Engine v4.4.8, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.4.8, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

Now restart your web server so that Apache knows that it will be serving PHP requests as well.

systemctl restart httpd

Install MariaDB Server

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MariaDB is a popular database server. The installation is simple and requires just a few steps as shown.

dnf install mariadb-server mariadb

Output:

[root@vps ~]# dnf install mariadb-server mariadb
Last metadata expiration check: 0:03:17 ago on Thu 19 Jun 2025 07:20:00 AM UTC.
Dependencies resolved.
================================================================================
 Package                        Arch     Version              Repository   Size
================================================================================
Installing:
 mariadb                        x86_64   3:10.11.11-1.el10    appstream   1.6 M
 mariadb-server                 x86_64   3:10.11.11-1.el10    appstream   9.9 M
Installing dependencies:
 checkpolicy                    x86_64   3.8-1.el10           appstream   357 k
 libaio                         x86_64   0.3.111-22.el10      baseos       24 k
 mariadb-common                 noarch   3:10.11.11-1.el10    appstream    35 k
 mariadb-connector-c            x86_64   3.4.4-1.el10         baseos      206 k
 mariadb-connector-c-config     noarch   3.4.4-1.el10         baseos      8.9 k
 mariadb-errmsg                 noarch   3:10.11.11-1.el10    appstream   261 k
 mysql-selinux                  noarch   1.0.13-2.el10        appstream    37 k
 perl-DBD-MariaDB               x86_64   1.23-10.el10         appstream   154 k
 perl-DBI                       x86_64   1.643-26.el10        appstream   712 k
 perl-File-Copy                 noarch   2.41-512.1.el10_0    appstream    20 k
 perl-Math-BigInt               noarch   1:2.0030.03-3.el10   appstream   231 k
 perl-Math-Complex              noarch   1.62-512.1.el10_0    appstream    46 k
 perl-Sys-Hostname              x86_64   1.25-512.1.el10_0    appstream    17 k

Once the installation is complete, enable MariaDB (to start automatically upon system boot), start the MariaDB, and verify the status using the commands below.

systemctl enable mariadb

systemctl start mariadb

systemctl status mariadb

Output:

[root@vps ~]# systemctl status mariadb
● mariadb.service - MariaDB 10.11 database server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mariadb.service; enabled; preset: >
     Active: active (running) since Thu 2025-06-19 07:24:20 UTC; 5s ago
 Invocation: e46ca12cb68e4e01a2e3ef8bb239c61b
       Docs: man:mariadbd(8)
             https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/systemd/
    Process: 286077 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mariadb-check-socket (code=exited>
    Process: 286100 ExecStartPre=/usr/libexec/mariadb-prepare-db-dir mariadb.se>
    Process: 286203 ExecStartPost=/usr/libexec/mariadb-check-upgrade (code=exit>
   Main PID: 286190 (mariadbd)
     Status: "Taking your SQL requests now..."
      Tasks: 12 (limit: 35140)
     Memory: 204.3M (peak: 230.5M)
        CPU: 660ms
     CGroup: /system.slice/mariadb.service
             └─286190 /usr/libexec/mariadbd --basedir=/usr

Finally, you will want to secure your MariaDB installation by issuing the following command.

mysql_secure_installation

Output:

[root@server ~]# mysql_secure_installation

NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB
      SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE!  PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!

In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the current
password for the root user.  If you've just installed MariaDB, and
you haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank,
so you should just press enter here.

Enter current password for root (enter for none):
OK, successfully used password, moving on...

Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MariaDB
root user without the proper authorisation.

Set root password? [Y/n] y
New password:
Re-enter new password:
Password updated successfully!
Reloading privilege tables..
 ... Success!

Once secured, you can connect to MySQL and review the existing databases on your database server by using the following command.

mysql -e "SHOW DATABASES;" -p

Output:

[root@server ~]# mysql -e "SHOW DATABASES;" -p
Enter password:
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
+--------------------+

Done!