linode/lamp

LAMP on Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Container

A tutorial for using this LAMP image is at:

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Configured using the Linode "Hosting a Website" guide:

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Apache Configuration:

• A copy of the Apache default .conf file at: /etc/apache2/apache2.backup.conf

• Changes to the Apache /etc/apache2/apache2.conf file are:

  i. "KeepAlive Off" instead of on

  ii. Module added to end of file: StartServers 2 MinSpareServers 6 MaxSpareServers 12 MaxClients 30 MaxRequestsPerChild 3000

  iii. Hostname added to end of file: ServerName localhost

• Enabled Virtual Host file at /etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf

• Created directories for Virtual Host file:

  /var/www/example.com /var/www/example.com/public_html /var/www/example.com/log /var/www/example.com/backups

MySQL Configuration:

• Temporary root password: "Admin2015" Change immediately!

• Ran mysql_secure_installation : i. Removed anonymous user accounts ii. Disable remote root login iii. Removed the test database

• MySQL configuration file at /etc/mysql/my.cnf i. Changed settings: max_connections = 75 key_buffer = 32M max_allowed_packet = 1M thread_stack = 128K table_cache = 32

• Example database: exampleDB

• Example user: example_user

• Example user password: Admin2015

PHP Configuration:

• PHP configuration file at /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

  i. Changed settings: max_execution_time = 30 memory_limit = 128M error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR|E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR|E_ERROR|E_CORE_ERROR display_errors = Off log_errors = On error_log = /var/log/php/error.log register_globals = Off

• Created directory: /var/log/php

• Changed /var/log/php ownership to www-data