Install Apache Web
| sudo apt-get install apache2 |
Edit Apache's httpd.conf
The apache2.conf can be found in /etc/apache2/ and configures resource usage.
This is an example of a configuration for a VPS with 2GB of RAM:
| KeepAlive Off |
| |
| ... |
| |
| <IfModule prefork.c> |
| StartServers 4 |
| MinSpareServers 20 |
| MaxSpareServers 40 |
| MaxClients 200 |
| MaxRequestsPerChild 4500 |
| </IfModule> |
NOTE:Â The Apache config should be closely monitored. Different sites may require adjustment of these values to optimize performance. This configuration is presented as a good baseline.
Set Up Virtual HostsCreate a file named yourdomain.com.conf in /etc/apache2/sites-available/ using your own domain in place of yourdomain.com in the filename and configuration:
| NameVirtualHost *:80 |
| |
| <VirtualHost *:80> |
| ServerAdmin webmaster@yourdomain.com |
| ServerName yourdomain.com |
| ServerAlias www.yourdomain.com |
| DocumentRoot /var/www/yourdomain.com/public_html/ |
| ErrorLog /var/www/yourdomain.com/logs/error.log |
| CustomLog /var/www/yourdomain.com/logs/access.log combined |
| </VirtualHost> |
NOTE: you will need to make a new entry in your yourdomain.com.conf file like this for each domain you intend to host on your VPS
Now you must make the directories referenced in your vhost.conf file - remember to replace yourdomain.com with your actual domain name:
| sudo mkdir -p /var/www/yourdomain.com/public_html |
| sudo mkdir /var/www/yourdomain.com/logs |
Enable virtual host
| sudo a2ensite yourdomain.com.conf |
Restart Apache
| sudo service apache2 restart |
Install MySQL
| sudo apt-get install mysql-server |
Secure MySQL
We suggest you answer "yes" to all the options given when you run this command:
| mysql_secure_installation |
Create a Database
First you will need to log in to MySQL:
Now, create a database and user, replacing webdata with your database name, webuser with your username, and password with a strong password:
| create database webdata; |
| grant all on webdata.* to 'webuser' identified by 'password'; |
Quit MySQL:
Install PHP
| sudo apt-get install php5 php-pear |
Install MySQL support:
| sudo apt-get install php5-mysql |
Edit the /etc/php.ini to improve performance, error messages, and logs:
| error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR | E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR | E_ERROR | E_CORE_ERROR |
| error_log = /var/log/php/error.log |
| max_input_time = 30 |
Create the error directory
| sudo mkdir /var/log/php |
| sudo chown www-data /var/log/php |
Restart Apache:
sudo service apache2 restart
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