Install Apache / MySQL & PHP on a freshly created Red Hat Enterprise Linux Amazon EC2 Instance

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# Login to your Amazon EC2 Instance via SSH.
# If you are logged in as root, you don't need to use the sudo command in the commands below.

# Update the current packages installed on the system
    sudo yum upgrade

# Install the required packages before installing Apache / MySQL and PHP
    sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ autoconf automake pcre-devel \
    libxml2-devel bzip2-devel libcurl-devel freetype-devel \
    openldap-clients cyrus-sasl-devel openldap-devel \
    libedit-devel readline-devel \
    net-snmp net-snmp-devel net-snmp-utils \
    libtidy libtidy-devel \
    libxslt libxslt-devel

# Download Apache Source from Apache's Website
# http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi
    wget http://www.us.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-2.4.4.tar.gz

# Extract the Source Code
    tar -zxf httpd-2.4.4.tar.gz

# Download Apache Portable Runtime (APR) and Apache Portable Runtime Utility (APR-Util) from Apache's Website 
# http://apr.apache.org/download.cgi
    wget http://www.us.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-1.4.6.tar.gz
    wget http://www.us.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-util-1.5.2.tar.gz

# Extract APR and APR-Util 
    tar -zxf apr-1.4.6.tar.gz
    tar -zxf apr-util-1.5.2.tar.gz

# Move APR and APR-Util to Apache's srclib Directory
    mv apr-1.4.6 httpd-2.4.4/srclib/apr
    mv apr-util-1.5.2 httpd-2.4.4/srclib/apr-util

# Change to Apache's Directory, compile and install it with the SSL module enabled 
# This will install Apache in /usr/local/apache2 directory
    cd httpd-2.4.4
    ./configure --enable-module-shared="all ssl"
    make
    sudo make install

# Compiling the source will not register Apache as a Linux service, so that needs to be done manually
# Create a new blank file in /etc/init.d directory and assign it the appropriate permissions
    sudo touch /etc/init.d/httpd
    sudo chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/httpd

# Paste the following code snippet in the httpd file created in the above step
    sudo nano /etc/init.d/httpd

#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for the Apache Web Server
# 
# chkconfig: 345 85 15
# description: Apache is a World Wide Web server. It is used to serve \
#           HTML files and CGI.
# processname: httpd
# pidfile: /usr/local/apache2/logs/httpd.pid
# config: /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in 
start)
echo -n "Starting httpd: "
daemon /usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd -DSSL
echo 
touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd
;;
stop)
echo -n "Shutting down httpd: "
killproc httpd
echo
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/httpd
rm -f /usr/local/apache2/logs/httpd.pid
;;
status)
status httpd
;;
restart)
$0 start
$0 stop
;;
reload)
echo -n "Reloading httpd: "
killproc httpd -HUP
echo
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
exit 1
esac

exit 0

# Assign the httpd service in the chkconfig so it loads automatically if server is rebooted
    sudo chkconfig --add httpd

# Apache has been successfully installed now. You need to start the service
    sudo service httpd start

# Navigate your browser to your server's IP address and check if the default Apache's It Works! web page appears. 
# If it appears, you have successfully setup Apache. If not, you need to check your security group in Amazon AWS console
# to verify if port 80 is allowed. If port 80 is allowed then you need to open the port 80 in your iptables. 

# Open Port 80 and 443 in iptables
    sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
    sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
    sudo service iptables save
    sudo service iptables restart

# Check and verify if apache is working now. This should be working properly.

##########################################################################################################################
# PHP Installation Procedure
##########################################################################################################################
# PHP Installation Prerequisites

# Install JPEG library (Used for PHP GD Library Extension)
    wget http://ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v9.tar.gz
    tar -zxf jpegsrc.v9.tar.gz
    cd jpeg-9
    ./configure
    sudo make
    sudo make install

# Install libpng (Used for PHP GD Library Extension)
    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libpng/libpng16/1.6.2/libpng-1.6.2.tar.gz
    tar -zxf libpng-1.6.2.tar.gz
    cd libpng-1.6.2
    ./configure
    sudo make
    sudo make install

# Install Free TDS (Used for PHP MySQL Extension)
    wget ftp://ftp.freetds.org/pub/freetds/stable/freetds-stable.tgz
    tar -zxf freetds-stable.tgz
    cd freetds-0.91
    ./configure \
    --prefix=/usr/local/freetds \
    --sysconfdir=/usr/local/freetds/conf \
    --disable-libiconv \
    --enable-msdblib

    sudo make
    sudo make install

# Install libmcrypt & Mcrypt (Used for PHP mcrypt Extension)

    # Install libmcrypt
    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mcrypt/Libmcrypt/2.5.8/libmcrypt-2.5.8.tar.gz
    tar -zxf libmcrypt-2.5.8.tar.gz
    cd libmcrypt-2.5.8
    ./configure
    sudo make
    sudo make install

    # Add the Library directory to /etc/ld.so.conf
    sudo nano /etc/ld.so.conf 
    # Add /usr/local/lib on the last line and save the file
    sudo ldconfig

    # Update/Install mhash 
    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mhash/mhash/0.9.9.9/mhash-0.9.9.9.tar.gz
    tar -zxf mhash-0.9.9.9.tar.gz
    cd mhash-0.9.9.9
    ./configure
    sudo make
    sudo make install
    sudo ldconfig

    # Install mcrypt
    wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mcrypt/MCrypt/2.6.8/mcrypt-2.6.8.tar.gz
    tar -zxf mcrypt-2.6.8.tar.gz
    cd mcrypt-2.6.8
    ./configure --disable-posix-threads
    sudo make
    sudo make install
    sudo ldconfig

# Compile / Install PHP from Source
    wget http://pk1.php.net/get/php-5.4.16.tar.gz/from/us1.php.net/mirror
    tar -zxf php-5.4.16.tar.gz

    ./configure \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --sysconfdir=/private/etc \
    --infodir=/usr/share/info \
    --mandir=/usr/share/man \
    --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache2/bin/apxs \
    --enable-cli \
    --with-config-file-path=/etc \
    --with-libxml-dir=shared,/usr/local/lib \
    --with-openssl=shared \
    --with-kerberos=shared,/usr \
    --with-pcre-regex \
    --with-zlib=shared,/usr \
    --enable-bcmath=shared \
    --with-bz2=shared,/usr \
    --enable-calendar=shared \
    --with-curl=shared,/usr \
    --enable-dba=shared \
    --enable-exif=shared \
    --enable-ftp=shared \
    --with-gd=shared \
    --with-jpeg-dir=shared \
    --with-png-dir=shared \
    --with-freetype-dir=shared,/usr/X11 \
    --enable-gd-native-ttf=shared \
    --with-icu-dir=shared,/usr \
    --without-ldap \
    --without-ldap-sasl \
    --enable-mbstring=shared \
    --enable-mbregex=shared \
    --with-mcrypt=shared,/usr/local/bin/mcrypt \
    --with-mssql=shared,/usr/local/freetds \
    --with-mysql=shared,mysqlnd \
    --with-mysql-sock=shared,/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock \
    --with-mysqli=shared,mysqlnd \
    --without-iodbc \
    --enable-pdo=shared \
    --with-pdo-dblib=shared,/usr/local/freetds \
    --with-pdo-mysql=shared,mysqlnd \
    --without-pdo-pgsql \
    --with-pdo-sqlite=shared \
    --without-pgsql \
    --enable-phar=shared \
    --without-libedit \
    --without-readline \
    --enable-shmop=shared \
    --enable-simplexml=shared \
    --without-snmp \
    --enable-soap=shared \
    --enable-sockets=shared \
    --enable-sysvmsg=shared \
    --enable-sysvsem=shared \
    --enable-sysvshm=shared \
    --with-tidy=shared \
    --enable-wddx=shared \
    --enable-xml=shared \
    --enable-xmlreader=shared \
    --with-xmlrpc=shared \
    --with-iconv-dir=shared,/usr \
    --with-xsl=shared,/usr \
    --enable-zip=shared \
    --with-pear

    sudo make
    sudo make install

    cp php.ini-production /etc/php.ini   # If PHP is installed for a Production Server
    cp php.ini-development /etc/php.ini  # If PHP is installed for a Development Server

# PHP Installation Complete. Ensure below mentioned line is present in httpd.conf file. If not, you need to add it
# LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

# Edit /usr/local/apache2/conf/mime.types
# Add the following line to this file and save it
# application/x-httpd-php    .php
# 
# Restart apache after you have made these changes

##########################################################################################################################
# MySQL Installation Procedure
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# Install MySQL and MySQL Server

    sudo yum install mysql mysql-server

    sudo service mysqld start
    sudo mysql_secure_installation
    # Follow the on-screen instructions to configure the MySQL Server