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description: 'Get your website or web application online by setting up Apache, MySQL, and PHP'
keywords: ["debian 8 LAMP server", "debian LAMP", "LAMP howto", "lamp", "debian", "debian 8", "websites", "apache", "mysql", "php", "apache 2.4", "lamp debian"]
license: '[CC BY-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0)'
modified: 2015-12-01
modified: 2019-01-02
modified_by:
name: Alex Fornuto
name: Linode
published: 2015-06-29
title: 'LAMP on Debian 8 (Jessie)'
aliases: ['websites/lamp/lamp-server-debian-8/','websites/lamp/lamp-on-debian-8-jessie/']
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sudo apt-get install apache2

2. Edit the main Apache configuration file and turn off the `KeepAlive` setting:

{{< file "/etc/apache2/apache2.conf" aconf >}}
KeepAlive Off

{{< /file >}}


3. Open `/etc/apache2/mods-available/mpm_prefork.conf` in your text editor and edit the values as needed. The following is optimized for a 2GB Linode:
1. Open `/etc/apache2/mods-available/mpm_prefork.conf` in your text editor and edit the values as needed. The following is optimized for a 2GB Linode:

{{< file "/etc/apache2/mods-available/mpm_prefork.conf" aconf >}}
# prefork MPM
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{{< note >}}
These settings are good starting points, but should be adjusted to best suite your specific stack's needs.
These settings are good starting points, but they should be adjusted to best suit your deployment's needs.
{{< /note >}}

4. On Debian 8, the *event module* is enabled by default. This should be disabled, and the *prefork module* enabled:
1. On Debian 8, the *event module* is enabled by default. This should be disabled, and the *prefork module* enabled:

sudo a2dismod mpm_event
sudo a2enmod mpm_prefork

5. Restart Apache:
1. Restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

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Repeat the process if you intend on hosting multiple websites on your Linode.

2. Create an `example.com.conf` file in `/etc/apache2/sites-available` with your text editor, replacing instances of `example.com` with your own domain URL in both the configuration file and in the file name:
1. Create an `example.com.conf` file in `/etc/apache2/sites-available` with your text editor, replacing instances of `example.com` with your own domain URL in both the configuration file and in the file name:

{{< file "/etc/apache2/sites-available/example.com.conf" aconf >}}
<VirtualHost *:80>
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{{< /file >}}


3. Symbolically link your virtual hosts files from the `sites-available` directory to the `sites-enabled` directory. Replace the filename with your own:
1. Symbolically link your virtual hosts files from the `sites-available` directory to the `sites-enabled` directory. Replace the filename with your own:

sudo a2ensite example.com.conf
sudo a2ensite example.org.conf
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Should you need to disable a site, you can use `a2dissite example.com`.
{{< /note >}}

4. Restart Apache:
1. Restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

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Input a secure password when prompted by the installation.

2. Run `mysql_secure_installation` to remove the test database and any extraneous user permissions added during the initial installation process:
1. Run `mysql_secure_installation` to remove the test database and any extraneous user permissions added during the initial installation process:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

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Enter MySQL's root password when prompted.

2. Create a database and grant your users permissions on it. Change the database name (`webdata`) and username (`username`). Change the password (`password`):
1. Create a database and grant your users permissions on it. Change the database name (`webdata`) and username (`username`). Change the password (`password`):

create database webdata;
grant all on webdata.* to 'username' identified by 'password';

3. Exit MySQL:
1. Exit MySQL:

quit

## PHP

PHP makes it possible to produce dynamic and interactive pages using your own scripts and popular web development frameworks.

1. Install PHP 5 and the PHP Extension and Application Repository:
### Install PHP

PHP 7.3 is the [latest version available](http://php.net/supported-versions.php) and has the longest period of support offered as of this guide's publishing:

1. Add the [sury.org](https://deb.sury.org) repository, which packages PHP 7.3 for Debian 8:

sudo apt install lsb-release apt-transport-https ca-certificates
sudo wget -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/php.gpg https://packages.sury.org/php/apt.gpg
echo "deb https://packages.sury.org/php/ $(lsb_release -sc) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/php7.3.list
sudo apt update

1. Install PHP 7.3 and the PHP Extension and Application Repository:

sudo apt-get install php7.3 php-pear

sudo apt-get install php5 php-pear
### Configure PHP

2. Open `/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini` in your text editor, and edit the following values. These settings are optimized for the 2GB Linode:
1. Open `/etc/php/7.3/apache2/php.ini` in your text editor and edit the following values. These settings are optimized for the 2GB Linode:

{{< file "/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini" ini >}}
{{< file "/etc/php/7.3/apache2/php.ini" ini >}}
error_reporting = E_COMPILE_ERROR|E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR|E_ERROR|E_CORE_ERROR
error_log = /var/log/php/error.log
max_input_time = 30
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Ensure that all values are uncommented, by making sure they do not start with a semicolon (**;**).
{{< /note >}}

3. Create the log directory for PHP and give the Apache user ownership:
1. Create the log directory for PHP and give the Apache user ownership:

sudo mkdir /var/log/php
sudo chown www-data /var/log/php

4. If you need support for MySQL in PHP, then you must install the php5-mysql package:
1. If you need support for MySQL in PHP, then you must install the php7.3-mysql package:

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
sudo apt-get install php7.3-mysql

5. Restart Apache:
1. Restart Apache:

sudo systemctl restart apache2