TechNotes Central: How to Install Apache2 + PHP 7.2 + Joomla on Ubuntu 20.04

In this post, you will learn how to install Apache2 + PHP 7.2 + Joomla 3.9.21, for write this post i get two references, you checks links in the end post. let's start.

1. Update and upgrade system packages

 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

2. Install apache

 sudo apt install apache2

The comands below, you need to stop, start, status, reload and enable apache2 service.

 sudo systemctl start apache2.service

sudo systemctl enable apache2.service

3. Install PHP 7.2 is not be avaible in ubuntu default repositories, for that run next commands.

 sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

  sudo apt install libapache2-mod-php7.2 openssl php-imagick php7.2-common php7.2-curl php7.2-gd php7.2-imap php7.2-intl php7.2-json php7.2-ldap php7.2-mbstring php7.2-mysql php7.2-pgsql php-smbclient php-ssh2 php7.2-sqlite3 php7.2-xml php7.2-zip

 sudo systemctl start apache2.service

 sudo systemctl enable apache2.service

4. Check version PHP

 php -v

Go to browser type this (localhost or your_ip)

http://localhost/

5. Install MariaDB

 sudo apt install mariadb-server

In this command, Set the password for the root and you choose the other options that it will ask you according to what you need.

 sudo mysql_secure_installation

6. Create Database for joomla

 sudo mysql -u root -p

 CREATE DATABASE YOUR_DATABASE_NAME;

 GRANT ALL ON YOUR_DATABASE_NAME.* TO 'YOUR_USER'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'YOUR_PASSWORD';

 FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

 EXIT;

7. Download Joomla 3-9-21

  sudo wget https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla3/3-9-21/Joomla_3-9-21-Stable-Full_Package.zip

 sudo mkdir /var/www/html/joomla

 sudo unzip Joomla_3-9-21-Stable-Full_Package.zip -d /var/www/html/joomla

Change the permissions

 sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/joomla

 sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/joomla

8. Restar apache2

 sudo systemctl restart apache2

9. Configure apache for joomla

 sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/joomla.conf

Copy the lines into file and then crtl + o and ctrl + x.

<VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin admin@example.com
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/joomla/
     ServerName example.com
     ServerAlias www.example.com

     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

     <Directory /var/www/html/joomla/>
            Options FollowSymlinks
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
     </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

10. Enable Virtual host

 sudo a2ensite joomla.conf

 sudo a2enmod rewrite

 sudo systemctl restart apache2

11. Great the joomla stand up on Ubuntu 20, check

 http://YOUR_IP/joomla

First configuration general add your Site Name, Description, email, username i recomend wrote the same and the last add password

Second Database configuration, choose MySQLI, Hostname: localhost, username: YOUR_USER, password: YOUR_PASSWORD, Database Name: YOUR_DATABASE_NAME