Setting Up a Full LAMP Stack on CentOS Stream 9 Using Aliyun Mirrors

This article focuses on CentOS Stream 9, the community edition of CentOS, and recommends using Aliyun or Baidu cloud mirrors for the OS image. It also mentions Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux as compatible alternatives.

To start, pull the official Docker image and run a privileged container:

<code>docker pull dokken/centos-stream-9:latest</code>
<code>docker run -tid --name centos_stream_9 --privileged=true dokken/centos-stream-9:latest /usr/sbin/init</code>
<code>docker exec -it centos_stream_9 /bin/bash</code>

The article then lists the software versions used: CentOS Stream 9, PHP 8.2.4, Nginx 1.22.1, MySQL 8.0.32, Redis 6.2.7, Git 2.39.1.

1. Install Aliyun CentOS repositories (Stream 9)

<code>cd /etc/yum.repos.d</code>
<code>cp centos.repo centos.repo.bak</code>
<code>cp centos-addons.repo centos-addons.repo.bak</code>
<code># Edit centos.repo: comment out metalink lines and add baseurl lines for [baseos], [appstream] and [crb] pointing to https://mirrors.aliyun.com/centos-stream/9-stream/...</code>
<code>dnf makecache</code>
<code>dnf repolist</code>

2. Install the EPEL repository

<code>dnf install 'dnf-command(config-manager)'</code>
<code>dnf --enable config-manager crb</code>
<code>dnf install -y epel-release epel-next-release</code>
<code>dnf makecache</code>
<code>dnf repolist</code>

3. Install Remi's PHP 8.2 repository

<code>dnf install -y https://mirrors.aliyun.com/remi/enterprise/remi-release-9.rpm</code>
<code>sed -i 's|http://rpms.remirepo.net|https://mirrors.aliyun.com/remi|g' /etc/yum.repos.d/remi*</code>
<code>sed -i 's/#baseurl/baseurl/g' /etc/yum.repos.d/remi*</code>
<code>sed -i 's|^mirrorlist|#mirrorlist|' /etc/yum.repos.d/remi*</code>
<code>dnf makecache</code>
<code>dnf repolist</code>
<code>dnf -y install yum-utils</code>

4. Install PHP 8.2 and extensions

<code>dnf install -y php82 php82-php-devel php82-php-fpm php82-php-mbstring php82-php-memcache php82-php-memcached php82-php-redis php82-php-mysqlnd php82-php-pdo php82-php-bcmath php82-php-xml php82-php-gd php82-php-gmp php82-php-igbinary php82-php-imagick php82-php-mcrypt php82-php-pdo_mysql php82-php-posix php82-php-simplexml php82-php-opcache php82-php-xsl php82-php-xmlwriter php82-php-xmlreader php82-php-swoole php82-php-zip php82-php-phalcon php82-php-yaml php82-php-yar php82-php-yaf php82-php-uuid</code>

After installation, replace the system php binary with the new one:

<code>rm /usr/bin/php</code>
<code>ln -s /usr/bin/php82 /usr/bin/php</code>

5. Configure Composer to use Aliyun mirror

<code>curl -o /usr/local/bin/composer https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer/composer.phar</code>
<code>chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer</code>
<code>composer config -g repo.packagist composer https://mirrors.aliyun.com/composer/</code>

6. Install Nginx and integrate with PHP‑FPM

<code># Add Nginx repo via echo (single command)</code>
<code>dnf makecache</code>
<code>dnf install -y nginx</code>
<code>systemctl enable nginx</code>
<code>systemctl enable php82-php-fpm</code>
<code>sed -i 's/user = apache/user = nginx/g' /etc/opt/remi/php82/php-fpm.d/www.conf</code>
<code>sed -i 's/group = apache/group = nginx/g' /etc/opt/remi/php82/php-fpm.d/www.conf</code>
<code>sed -i 's|listen = /var/opt/remi/php82/run/php-fpm/www.sock|listen=9000|' /etc/opt/remi/php82/php-fpm.d/www.conf</code>
<code>rm -f /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf</code>
<code>vi /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf</code>

The default.conf file should contain:

<code>server {
    listen       80;
    server_name  localhost;
    charset utf-8;
    access_log  /var/log/nginx/host.access.log  main;
    root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
    index index.php  index.html index.htm;
    error_page 404 500 502 503 504  /50x.html;
    location = /50x.html { root /usr/share/nginx/html; }
    location / { try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string; }
    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass   127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_index  index.php;
        fastcgi_param  SCRIPT_FILENAME  $realpath_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include        fastcgi_params;
    }
}</code>

Add a simple PHP test file ( 1.php ) with <?php phpinfo(); ?> , then start services:

<code>systemctl start nginx</code>
<code>systemctl start php82-php-fpm</code>
<code>curl localhost/1.php</code>

If the PHP info page appears, Nginx and PHP‑FPM are correctly configured.

7. Install MySQL 8

<code>dnf install -y https://repo.mysql.com/mysql80-community-release-el9-1.noarch.rpm</code>
<code>dnf -y --enablerepo=mysql80-community install mysql-community-server</code>
<code>systemctl enable mysqld</code>
<code>systemctl start mysqld</code>
<code># Retrieve temporary root password</code>
<code>grep 'temporary password' /var/log/mysqld.log</code>
<code># Log in and reset password</code>
<code>mysql -uroot -p</code>

Then adjust root authentication and create a remote root user:

<code>ALTER USER 'root'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'tb4Wn3BthR.';</code>
<code>flush privileges;</code>
<code>set global validate_password.policy=LOW;</code>
<code>create user 'root'@'%' identified by 'root1234';</code>
<code>ALTER USER 'root'@'%' IDENTIFIED WITH mysql_native_password BY 'root1234';</code>
<code>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'root'@'%';</code>
<code>drop user root@localhost;</code>
<code>flush privileges;</code>

Reconnect with the new password:

<code>mysql -uroot -proot1234</code>

8. Install Redis 6 and common utilities

<code>dnf --enablerepo=remi install -y redis</code>
<code>dnf install -y git wget vim zip unzip p7zip rsync crontabs supervisor net-tools python3</code>
<code>systemctl enable redis</code>
<code>systemctl start redis</code>

Summary

Using domestic Aliyun mirrors dramatically speeds up package downloads (≈3 MB/s). The guide demonstrates a rapid, end‑to‑end setup of a modern backend stack on CentOS Stream 9, covering OS preparation, repository configuration, PHP 8.2, Nginx, MySQL 8, Redis, and essential tools.