1. How to Install LAMP on CentOS 7:
   1. How to create MySQL USER and DB via CLI
   2. How to Install VSFTPD, FTP

How to Install LAMP on CentOS 7:

1. Install / Start Apache

   # install
   yum install httpd
   # start apache
   systemctl start httpd.service
   # enable apache to start on boot
   systemctl enable httpd.service
   

2. Install MariaDB

   # install
   yum install mariadb-server mariadb
   # start mariadb
   systemctl start mariadb
   # run simple security installation script
   mysql_secure_installation
   # enable mariadb on boot
   systemctl enable mariadb.service
   

3. Install PHP

   # install
   yum install php php-mysql
   # spot-check the phpinfo() function
   echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" >> /var/www/html/info.php
   # restart webserver
   systemctl restart httpd.service
   # verify the page loads the phpinfo() function at http://server/info.php
   

   • NOTE: The official CENTOS 7 repos have PHP 5.4 which is EOL. To install the latest php version, perform the following

     # enable EPEL and Remi repositories
     yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
     yum install http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
     # install yum-utils
     yum install yum-utils
     # enable remi repo for installing different php versions
     yum-config-manager --enable remi-php72
     yum-config-manager --enable remi-php71
     yum-config-manager --enable remi-php56
     # Now install php with all necessary modules
     yum install php php-common php-cli php-mysql php-xml php-xcache php-gd php-mbstring
     # double check new version
     php -v
     

4. Configure Firewall

   sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=http
   sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=https
   sudo firewall-cmd --reload
   

How to create MySQL USER and DB via CLI

1. Connect to the MySQL engine:

   mysql -u root -p
   

2. Create DATABASE

   CREATE DATABASE new_database_name
   

3. Create user and grant privileges

   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON new_database_name.* TO "newuser"@"localhost" IDENTIFIED BY "password123"
   FLUSH PRIVILEGES
   

How to Install VSFTPD, FTP

1. Install VSFTPD and FTP

   yum install vsftpd ftpd
   

2. Modify the vsftpd.conf

   vi /etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.conf
   

   • Disable anonymous login
   • uncomment ascii_upload_enable=YES and ascii_download_enable=YES
3. Start the vsftpd service

   systemctl start vsftpd
   systemctl enable vsftpd
   

4. Configure firewall firewall-cmd –permanent –add-port=21/tcp firewall-cmd –permanent –add-service=ftp firewall-cmd –reload

5. Update the SELinux boolean values for FTP service

   setsebool -P ftp_home_dir on
   

6. Create FTP user

   useradd webftp
   passwd webftp
   chown -R webftp /var/www/html
   

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