LAMP Arch Linux 2021 Installation – Step-by-step

Getting Started

4. 4. Launching Apache

   So to Start & Possibly Enabling Apache
   Launch it with:

   sudo systemctl start httpd.service

   To Get it Started at boot:

   sudo systemctl enable httpd.service

5. 5. Testing LAMP

   Finally, to Test LAMP WebServer Installation
   Access the Server document’s location:

   cd /var/www/html

   Create a PHP Info file:

   sudo nano info.php

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   And Append:

   <?php
   phpinfo();
   ?>
   

   Ctrl+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor ;)
   Set www-data as owner of Web Server main Directory:

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

   Then Open on Browser the URL:
   http://localhost/info.php
   In case Replace “localhost” with your Server IP in the above URL.
   
   You should Successfully see the PHP Info notice similar to here above :)