No Panel Installation Guide

Lightweight NGINX + MariaDB + PHP-FPM Setup (Debian/Ubuntu)

Step 1: Update your system

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

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Step 2: Install NGINX

sudo apt install nginx -y

• Start and enable NGINX:

sudo systemctl enbale --now nginx

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Step 3: Install MariaDB

sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client -y

• Secure MariaDB (set root password, remove test DBs, etc):

sudo mysql_secure_installation

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Step 4: Install PHP and PHP-FPM with necessary modules

sudo apt install php-fpm php-mysql php-cli php-curl php-zip php-mbstring php-xml php-gd -y

• Start and enable PHP-FPM:

sudo systemctl enable --now php-8.2-fpm

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Step 5: Configure NGINX to use PHP-FPM

create /etc/nginx/sites directory sudo mkdir -p /etc/nginx/sites

Create or edit your site config, e.g., /etc/nginx/sites/example.com

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name example.com www.example.com;

    root /www/example.com;
    index index.html index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ inedex.php$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php8.2-fpm.sock;
   }
}

add include /etc/nginx/sites/*; in /etc/nginx/nginx.conf http block then reload nginx if you see successful after executing sudo nginx -t

sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl reload nginx

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Step 6: Create your web root directory and set permissions

sudo mkdir -p /www/examppe.com
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /www/example.com
sudo chmod -R 755 /www/example.com

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Step 7: Test PHP

Create a test PHP file:

echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" | sudo tee /www/example.com/info.php

Visit: http://example.com/info.php in your browser to verify PHP works.

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Step 8: Firewall (optional but recommended)

Allow HTTP and HTTPS:

sudo apt install ufw && sudo ufw allow 22 && sudo systemctl enable --now ufw

sudo ufw allow 80,443/tcp && sudo ufw reload

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Optional Step 9: Install Certbot for SSL (Let’s Encrypt)

sudo apt install certbot python3-certbot-nginx -y
sudo certbot --nginx -d example.com -d www.example.com

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Summary

• NGINX: Web server
• MariaDB: Database server
• PHP-FPM: PHP processor for NGINX

This setup is lightweight, secure, and fast without any control panel overhead.