How to install Linux, Lighttpd, MariaDB (MySQL), PHP (LLMP) on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we will show you how to install Linux, Lighttpd, MariaDB (MySQL), PHP (LLMP) on CentOS 7 VPS.

WHAT IS LLMP? The acronym LLMP refers to first letters of the four components of a solution stack, composed entirely of free and open-source software, suitable for building high-availability heavy-duty dynamic web sites, and capable of serving tens of thousands of requests simultaneously.

The meaning of the LLMP acronym depends on which specific components are used as part of the actual bundle:

Linux, the operating system (i.e. not just the Linux kernel, but also glibc and some other essential components of an operating system) Lighttpd HTTP Server, an open-source web server optimized for speed-critical environments MySQL or MariaDB, the database management system PHP, Perl, or Python, the scripting languages (respectively programming languages) used for dynamic web pages and web development.

LET’S START First, you will need to log in to your VPS as ROOT via SSH. Once you are in you can clean-up yum (this is not a necessary step but it won’t hurt). To do that just type:

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