Step 1: Install the Nginx Web Server

sudo apt-get install nginx

check the ngnix is start, by calling below url in browser

http://localhost

Note: Nginx default use the 80 port, hence if you apache install then change the port for ngnix

Step 2: Install MySQL

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

set password to the mysql as prompted

Step 3: Install PHP

sudo apt-get install php-fpm php-mysql

Configure the PHP processor

execute below command to edit php.ini

sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini 

set parameter in PHP.ini

cgi.fix_pathinfo=0 

Run below command to restart the php-fpm

sudo service php7.0-fpm restart

Step 4: Configure Nginx to Use the PHP

Edit below file:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default.conf

add index.php file after index line and remove comment  below PHP code

# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on the php-fpm socket

 location ~ \.php$ {              
      try_files $uri =404;               
      fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;     
      fastcgi_index index.php;             
     fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;  
     include fastcgi_params;
 }

And restart the nginx using

sudo service nginx restart

Step 5: Create a PHP File to Test Configuration

Create file in root directory

sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php

put php tag and “phpinfo()” function

Run file with browser as below

http://localhost/info.php

For more details my Youtube channel link for “Install Nginx, PHP, Mysql on Ubuntu 16.04”

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