A starting point to get a basic LAMP stack ready for Drupal

After installing a LAMP box for the umpteenth time yesterday, decided to write up some notes/steps

1. Install Apache, MySQL, PHP, APC, Drush

   yum update
   yum install httpd httpd-devel \
   mysql mysql-server \
   php php-devel php-gd php-mysql php-mbstring php-pear php-xml \
   pcre-devel \
   gcc make sendmail && pear upgrade && pear channel-discover pear.drush.org && pear install drush/drush && pecl install apc

    

2. Configure Apache

   cd /etc/httpd/conf.d
   wget https://joecorall.com/sites/joecorall.com/files/sample.conf
   # tweak/rename sample.conf
   echo 'extension=apc.so
   apc.rfc1867 = 1' > /etc/php.d/apc.ini
   service httpd start

    

3. Configure MySQL

   service mysqld start
   mysql_secure_installation

    

4. Configure Firewall

   cp /etc/sysconfig/iptables /etc/sysconfig/iptables.bak
   echo '*filter
   :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
   :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
   :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
   -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
   -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
   -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
   -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
   -A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix "iptables denied: " --log-level 7
   -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
   -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
   -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT
   COMMIT
   ' > /etc/sysconfig/iptables
   iptables-restore < /etc/sysconfig/iptables