Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS LEMP Recipe

install.sh

# Update repositories
sudo apt-get update

# Upgrade packages
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

# Install and secure mysql-server (follow instructions)
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
sudo mysql_secure_installation

# Install other packages
sudo apt-get install -y php7.0 php-fpm php-mysql nginx

# Set cgi.fix_pathinfo=0
sudo nano /etc/php/7.0/fpm/php.ini

# Restart FPM
sudo systemctl restart php7.0-fpm

# Update default server block (see attached)
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/default

# Test nginx config
sudo nginx -t

# Reload nginx
sudo systemctl reload nginx

# Download composer
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '55d6ead61b29c7bdee5cccfb50076874187bd9f21f65d8991d46ec5cc90518f447387fb9f76ebae1fbbacf329e583e30') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"

# Move composer to global dir
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

# Generate a new SSH key for repo access
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

virtualhost.txt

server {
    listen 80 default_server;
    listen [::]:80 default_server;

    root /var/www/html;
    index index.php index.html index.htm index.nginx-debian.html;

    server_name server_domain_or_IP;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    }

    location ~ /\.ht {
        deny all;
    }
}