su sudo apt-get install sysv-rc-conf sudo apt-get install nginx sudo systemctl start nginx.service sudo systemctl enable nginx.service sudo systemctl status nginx.service sudo service nginx start sudo service nginx status sudo sysv-rc-conf nginx on nginx -v http://localhost (open in your browser) sudo apt-get -y install mariadb-server mariadb-client sudo systemctl start mysql.service sudo systemctl enable mysql.service sudo systemctl status mysql.service sudo service mysql start sudo sysv-rc-conf mysqld on sudo mysql_secure_installation //Enter current password for root (enter for none): Enter Your Current Password //OK, successfully used password, moving on... //Set root password? [Y/n] n // ... skipping. //Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y // ... Success! //Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y // ... Success! //Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y // - Dropping test database... // ... Success! // - Removing privileges on test database... // ... Success! //Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y // ... Success! //Cleaning up... //All done! If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDB //installation should now be secure. //Thanks for using MariaDB! sudo apt-get install -y php7.2 php-geoip php-amqp php-apcu php-igbinary php-imagick php-mongodb php-msgpack php-oauth php-redis php-rrd php-smbclient php-solr php-ssh2 php-uuid php-zmq php-radius php-http php-uploadprogress php-yaml php-all-dev php-xdebug php-memcached php-apcu-bc php-memcache php-tideways php-mailparse php-gnupg php-propro php-raphf php-stomp php-phalcon php-ds php-sass php-lua libapache2-mod-php7.2 libphp7.2-embed php7.2-bcmath php7.2-bz2 php7.2-cgi php7.2-cli php7.2-common php7.2-curl php7.2-dba php7.2-dev php7.2-enchant php7.2-fpm php7.2-gd php7.2-gmp php7.2-imap php7.2-interbase php7.2-intl php7.2-json php7.2-ldap php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mysql php7.2-odbc php7.2-opcache php7.2-pgsql php7.2-phpdbg php7.2-pspell php7.2-readline php7.2-recode php7.2-snmp php7.2-soap php7.2-sqlite3 php7.2-sybase php7.2-tidy php7.2-xml php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-zip php7.2-xsl //We need to make small changes on php.ini file to make it work php-fpm properly. open php.ini //file on your favorite text editor and find cgi.fix_pathinfo= then uncomment it and change from 1 to 0. sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/php.ini //By default PHP-FPM listens the socket on fpm.sock and its not effective one. //So we need to change the listening settings on /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/www.conf & /etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf. //From listen = /var/run/php5-fpm.sock & listen = /run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock to listen = 127.2.0.1:9000 to listen TCP. //Just open the file www.conf and do it. sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/fpm/pool.d/www.conf ;listen = /run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock listen = 127.2.0.1:9000 //Need to make lots of changes on your Nginx default config file to make it Nginx work properly. //Open /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file on your favorite text editor and change worker_processes values according your CPU count. //For CPU count use lscpu command. I’m having 4 CPU’s that’s why i added 4. Also check Nginx User, it should be www-data nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf =================== user www-data; worker_processes 4; =================== //Open default Virtual host configuration file /etc/nginx/sites-available/default //(I have installed from Ubuntu repository, so my location should be this) on your favorite text editor and uncomment below lines. //Also add/modify below colored lines on your file. //I have removed all the unwanted lines from this file for clear explanation. //Add your FQDN (server.2daygeek.com) instead of us. sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default //[Web root location & port listening] server { listen 80 default_server; listen [::]:80 default_server ipv6only=on; root /usr/share/nginx/html; index index.php index.html index.htm; server_name server.2daygeek.com; //[Redirect server error pages to the static page] location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php; } error_page 404 /404.html; error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html; location = /50x.html { root /usr/share/nginx/html; } //[Pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server] location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.+)$; try_files $uri =404; fastcgi_pass 127.2.0.1:9000; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name; fastcgi_index index.php; include fastcgi_params; } } sudo nano /usr/share/nginx/html/phpinfo.php =========== =========== sudo nginx -t sudo systemctl reload nginx.service sudo systemctl restart nginx.service sudo systemctl restart php7.2-fpm.service sudo service nginx reload sudo service nginx restart sudo service php7.2-fpm restart sudo apt-get -y install phpmyadmin chmod -R 777 /usr/share/nginx/ chmod -R 777 /usr/share/nginx/html ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin /usr/share/nginx/html chmod -R 777 /usr/share/nginx/html/phpmyadmin sudo systemctl restart nginx.service sudo service nginx restart //Enter the UserName: phpmyadmin //and password which you set. //Source: http://www.2daygeek.com/install-lemp-server-nginx-mariadb-php-phpmyadmin-on-linuxmint/