Challenge 12 - Setting up a webserver

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Description

In this challenge we will be setting up a webserver and deploy a simple PHP application into it. As a plus, you can add SSL to ensure security requirements.

• Download the sample application from here to your home directory
• Extract the content of simple-php-app.tar.gz on our home directory
• Install nginx-core
• Install php7.4-fpm
• Configure Nginx

Success Criteria

1. Make sure you have the file simple-php-app-tar.gz within your ~
2. Show the content of the .tar.gz file extracted into your ~
3. Make sure you have the packages nginx-core and php7.4-fpm installed
4. Show your Nginx running properly

Hint

If you install Ubuntu 18.04 instead of Ubuntu 20.04, the version of the php-fpm which will be installed will be 7.2 instead of 7.4. Then make sure to configure the nginx config file properly.

Learning Resources

• How to install PHP 7.4 With Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04
• How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP stack) on Ubuntu 20.04

Advanced Challenge

Too comfortable? Eager to do more? Try this additional challenge!

• Add SSL

Please note that for this advanced challenge, you will need to be able to access the virtual machine using a Public IP due the usage of an SSL certificate.