9. PHP, LAMP and LEMP Step by Step

9.3 LAMP on Amazon Linux 2023

By Ravindra Bagale · Last updated: 27 September 2026

Aata purna LAMP ek saath. Amazon Linux madhe Apache PHP-FPM la /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf dvaare aapoaap jodto.

                        +------------------ EC2 (Linux) -------------------+
  Browser ──HTTP:80──►  |  Apache (httpd / apache2)                        |
                        |     └─ PHP (mod_php or PHP-FPM) ──► MySQL/MariaDB|
                        |        /var/www/html/*.php         127.0.0.1:3306|
                        +--------------------------------------------------+

Full LAMP installation

Amazon Linux 2023:

sudo yum install -y httpd php php-fpm php-mysqlnd php-gd php-mbstring php-xml mariadb105-server
sudo service httpd start
sudo service php-fpm start
sudo service mariadb start
sudo systemctl enable httpd php-fpm mariadb
sudo mysql_secure_installation

mysql_secure_installation asks a few questions. Recommended answers: remove anonymous users Y, disallow root login remotely Y, remove test database Y, reload privilege tables Y.

echo "<?php echo 'LAMP OK – PHP ' . phpversion();" | sudo tee /var/www/html/test.php
curl -s http://localhost/test.php
sudo rm /var/www/html/test.php          # delete test files after use