FAMP – Installing Apache2.4, MySQL, PHP on FreeBSD 10

Here is a procedure to install a FAMP(FreeBSD with Apache, MySQL and PHP) server. The following setup runs Apache 2.4, MySQL 5.6, and PHP 5.5 on FreeBSD 10. If any version of the packages needs to be changed, replace the versions in the commands accordingly.

If you want to install FAMP using ‘pkg’, have a look at this post.

Pre-Installation Tasks

Before installation of the components, Download the compressed snapshot of the ports collection, using the following command

# portsnap fetch

Now extract the snapshot into /usr/ports using the following command

# portsnap extract

Apache 2.4 – Installation and Configuration

# cd /usr/ports/www/apache24
# make install

(While running “make install” the installer asks to check the boxes to install various libraries and support packages. Check the appropriate boxes as per requirements.

# make clean

Edit the apache configuration file i.e. /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf and make the following changes

ServerRoot "/usr/local"
ServerAdmin you@your.address
ServerName www.example.com:80
DocumentRoot "/usr/local/www/apache24/data"
Listen :80

Edit the /etc/hosts file and add the following line:

<ip-address>                  <hostname>.<domain>

eg:

192.168.1.1               hostname.example.org

Create a file named /boot/loader.conf or edit it if it is already present and add the following line:

accf_http_load="YES"

Add the following line to /etc/rc.conf

 apache24_enable="YES"

Test the apache server installation using the following command:

# /usr/local/sbin/apachectl start

MySQL – Installation and Configuration

# cd /usr/ports/databases/mysql56-server/
# make install
# make clean

Start MySQL

 # /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server onestart

Add the following line to the file /etc/rc.conf

 mysql_enable="YES"

Set password for my sql using the following command

# rehash
# mysqladmin -uroot password ''

Configuring mysql

Use the following command

 # cp /usr/local/share/mysql/my-default.cnf /etc/my.cnf

Restart mysql using the following commands

# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/mysql-server restart

PHP – Installation and Configuration

You can install pick any one of PHP versions from the following.

PHP-5.5

Use the following commands to install PHP-5.5 and other supporting packages

# cd /usr/ports/lang/php55
# make install
# make clean

# cd /usr/ports/www/mod_php55
# make install
# make clean

PHP-5.6

Alternatively if you want PHP-5.6, use the following commands to install PHP5.6 and other supporting packages

# cd /usr/ports/lang/php56
# make install
# make clean

# cd /usr/ports/www/mod_php56
# make install
# make clean

Edit /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf file and add the following lines under /AddType

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

And add the following line under LoadModule section if you have installed PHP-5.5

LoadModule php5_module        libexec/apache24/libphp5.so

Modify the line ‘DirectoryIndex index.html’ to the following

 DirectoryIndex index.php index.html

Now restart the apache server by using the following command

# /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart

Once the Apache service is restarted, create a file /usr/local/www/apache24/data/info.php and add the following lines to it

 <?php
phpinfo();
phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);
?>

Now load the following URL to check the details of installed PHP and its modules

http://<ip-address>/info.php