Quick 10 min install of LAMP stack on RHEL 7

1. Install gcc on the machine if you want to compile any native applications

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$sudo yum -y install gcc
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2. In RHEL7, red hat decided that it will bundle mariaDB instead of mysql - https://mariadb.com/blog/rhel7-transition-mysql-mariadb-first-look
"MariaDB is the default implementation of MySQL in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. MariaDB is a community-developed fork of the MySQL database project, and provides a replacement for MySQL. MariaDB preserves API and ABI compatibility with MySQL and adds several new features; for example, a non-blocking client API library, the Aria and XtraDB storage engines with enhanced performance, better server status variables, and enhanced replication.

Detailed information about MariaDB can be found at https://mariadb.com/kb/en/what-is-mariadb-55/."

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$sudo yum install mariadb-server mariadb mariadb-devel
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3. Secure the mariadb installation similar to mysql one

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$sudo mysql_secure_installation
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4. Install Apache httpd from package manager

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$sudo yum install httpd
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NOTE - all the apache httpd conf files and logs files should be under /etc/httpd/conf and /etc/httpd/logs folder. The web root should be under /var/www/html folder.

5. Add Apache httpd to systemd services to start on boot

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$sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
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6. Start the Apache httpd service

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$sudo systemctl start httpd.service
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7. Test whether the httpd is rendering the default landing page

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$curl -vvv http://localhost/
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8. Install php and its dependencies

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$sudo yum install php php-mysql php-gd php-pear php-pgsql
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9. Restart Apache httpd for loading php modules

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$sudo systemctl restart httpd.service
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10. Test with phpinfo page

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$sudo vi /var/www/html/test.php

<?php
   phpinfo(INFO_GENERAL);
?>
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11. Test whether phpinfo page is returning valid results

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$curl -vvv http://localhost/test.php
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