Installing Web Server: Apache, PHP, and MariaDB

Install the following Apache, PHP and MariaDB applications and dependecies.

sudo apt install php php-apcu php-bcmath php-cli php-common php-curl php-gd php-gmp php-imagick php-intl php-mbstring php-mysql php-zip php-xml mariadb-server -y

Enable the following modules in Apache.

sudo a2enmod dir env headers mime rewrite ssl

Enable the following modules in PHP.

sudo phpenmod bcmath gmp imagick intl

Run MySQL Secure Installation.

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Disable Apache’s default site.

sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

Restart Apache.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

PHP Configuration

Open PHP’s ini file.

sudo nano /etc/php/8.3/apache2/php.ini

Use the search function in your text editor to find these setting and make the following changes (matching them except for your timezone if different and your desired upload file size).
Where I state to “un-comment” a field, I’m referring to removing the semicolon preceeding it.

memory_limit = 512M

Maximum upload file size. (In this example, the maximum file size is 10,240 megabytes or 10 gigabytes. Yours can be smaller or larger.)

upload_max_filesize = 10240M

max_exectuion_time = 360

Maximum size of POST data must match that of upload file size.

post_max_size = 10240M

Un-comment and add your timezone. Click here to find your timezone.

date.timezone = America/Los_Angeles

Un-comment.

opcache.enable = 1

Un-comment.

opcache.interned_string_buffer=16

Un-comment.

opcache.max_accelerated_files=10000

Un-comment.

opcache.memory_consumption=512

Un-comment.

opcache.save_comments=1

Un-comment.

opcache.revalidate_freq=2

Save file and exit editor. Then restart Apache.

sudo systemctl restart apache2