Installing MySQL And PHP

Question 1

Command to install MySQL and PHP

Answer 1

$sudo pat-get install MySQL-server php7.0 (or current version)-MySQL php7.0-from monit

An error occurred during install of php due to incorrect version, fixed with correct version:
To find current version, do:
apt-cache search | grep php

Question 2

What is a ppa and how do you install it

Answer 2

Personal Package Archive - used for installation of specific packages

Question 3

How to install nginx

Answer 3

1. add-apt-repository ppa:nginx/stable
2. apt-get update (to update the new repository)
3. apt-get install nginx

Question 4

How to check if nginx is active

Answer 4

netstat -tupln

Checks for open ports