LAMP stack on WSL2 (Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS) - Apache, MySQL, PHP

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LAMP stack on WSL2 (Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS) - Apache, MySQL, PHP

Apache

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade 
sudo apt install -y apache2

Install single PHP version

sudo apt install -y php libapache2-mod-php
sudo apt install -y php-curl php-gd php-json php-mbstring php-xml

Install multiple PHP versions

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt libapache2-mod-fcgid -y
sudo apt install \
php7.0 php7.0-fpm php7.0-mysql php7.0-xml php7.0-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.0 \
php7.1 php7.1-fpm php7.1-mysql php7.1-xml php7.1-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.1 \
php7.2 php7.2-fpm php7.2-mysql php7.2-xml php7.2-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.2 \
php7.3 php7.3-fpm php7.3-mysql php7.3-xml php7.3-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.3 \
php7.4 php7.4-fpm php7.4-mysql php7.4-xml php7.4-mbstring libapache2-mod-php7.4 \
php8.0 php8.0-fpm php8.0-mysql php8.0-xml php8.0-mbstring libapache2-mod-php8.0 \
php8.1 php8.1-fpm php8.1-mysql php8.1-xml php8.1-mbstring libapache2-mod-php8.1 \
php8.2 php8.2-fpm php8.2-mysql php8.3-xml php8.3-mbstring libapache2-mod-php8.2 \
php8.3 php8.3-fpm php8.3-mysql php8.3-xml php8.3-mbstring libapache2-mod-php8.3 -y

sudo service php7.0-fpm start && \
sudo service php7.1-fpm start && \
sudo service php7.2-fpm start && \
sudo service php7.3-fpm start && \
sudo service php7.4-fpm start && \
sudo service php8.0-fpm start && \
sudo service php8.1-fpm start && \
sudo service php8.2-fpm start && \
sudo service php8.3-fpm start

Then restart Apache

sudo service apache2 restart

MySQL

sudo apt install -y mysql-server php-mysql
sudo service mysql restart
sudo mysql_secure_installation
    #> Validate password component: N
    #> New password: MyPassword
    #> Remove anonymous users: Y
    #> Disallow root login remotely: Y
    #> Reload privilege tables now: Y
sudo service mysql stop
sudo usermod -d /var/lib/mysql mysql
sudo service mysql start

Allow remote root login

sudo mysql -u root -pMyPassword  -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin = 'mysql_native_password' WHERE User = 'root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"

PhpMyAdmin

sudo apt install -y phpmyadmin
    #> Use apache2
    #> Configure db with dbconfig-common: Yes
    #> Random password (leave password blank)

sudo service mysql restart && sudo service apache2 restart

Now you can login into phpmyadmin with username root and password MyPassword.

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Additional (optionally)

Disallow root login remotely

sudo mysql -u root -pMyPassword  -e "UPDATE mysql.user SET plugin = 'auth_socket' WHERE User = 'root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES;"

* If remotely login for root is disallowed then you need to create new MySql user, otherwise you will not be able to login into PhpMyAdmin.

LAMP Control Aliases

cd ~ && touch .bash_aliases
echo 'alias lampstatus="sudo service apache2 status ; sudo service mysql status"' >> .bash_aliases
echo 'alias lampstart="sudo service mysql start ; sudo service apache2 start"' >> .bash_aliases
echo 'alias lampstop="sudo service mysql stop ; sudo service apache2 stop"' >> .bash_aliases
echo 'alias lamprestart="lampstop ; lampstart"' >> .bash_aliases

Now you need to logout/login and then you can use lampstatus, lampstart, lampstop and lamprestart for controling LAMP stack.

Change document root of Apache2

In this example document root will be changed from /var/www/html to ~/www

cd ~
mkdir www
sudo sed -i "s;/var/www;$HOME/www;g" /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
sudo sed -i "s;/var/www/html;$HOME/www;g" /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf

Now you can go to ~/www and create index.html

Configure Apache2 for Wordpress module rewrite custom permalink structure

First with cd go into your wordpress installation folder and then:

sudo touch .htaccess
sudo chown -v :www-data .htaccess
sudo chmod -v 664 .htaccess
sudo sed -i "s/AllowOverride None/AllowOverride All/g" /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo service apache2 restart

Now go to WpAdmin -> Settings -> Permalinks. Choose permalink structure and hit "Save Changes". Now .htaccess should be populated with wordpress rewrite rules and conditions.