Install LAMP on Windows 10 with WSL

By Shay Anderson on March 2018

The following instructions will walk you through installing LAMP on Windows 10 using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

This tutorial installs LAMP on WSL using Windows 10 version 1709 build 16299.309. Use run > winver to find the Windows 10 version.

1. First, use the windows key and search for "turn windows features on or off", then in the features list enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta). Next, install Ubuntu through the Microsoft Store.

2. After install, open Ubuntu in Windows. This will download the entire Ubuntu image and finish install. Set the username and password. Then run update:
# apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
3. Next setup SSH. First, uninstall the SSH service:
# apt-get remove openssh-serverReinstall the SSH service:
# apt-get install openssh-serverEdit the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file:

# cp -v /etc/ssh/sshd_config /etc/ssh/sshd_config.ORIG

# nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Make these edits:
- Change: port 22 to 2222
- Change: PermitRootLogin Yes to PermitRootLogin No
- Change: PasswordAuthentication no to PasswordAuthentication yes (not required if SSH keys are used)
- Change: UsePrivilegeSeparation yes to UsePrivilegeSeparation no
- Add/Uncomment: ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
- Add: AllowUsers {username}

Restart the SSH service:
service ssh --full-restartNow use an SSH client, like putty, to SSH into the server using 127.0.0.1:2222

4. Add hostname to hosts file:

# cat /etc/hostname

{hostname}

Add the hostname to /etc/hosts like: 127.0.1.1 {hostname}

5. Install Apache:
# apt-get install apache2Test configuration:
# apache2ctl configtestEnable Apache mods:

# a2enmod rewrite

# a2enmod headers

Start Apache: # service apache2 start
6. Install MySQL:
# apt-get install mysql-serverEdit MySQL configuration file (optional):

[mysqld]

#default-storage-engine=MyISAM

#wait_timeout = 36000

#max_allowed_packet = 2000M



# query log

#general_log = 1

#log_output = table



# innodb setup

innodb_file_per_table = 1

innodb_file_format = barracuda

Start MySQL service:
# service mysql start

This will install MySQL version 5.7.x. Optionally, 5.5 or 5.6 can be installed.

7. Install PHP:

# apt-get install php7.0 php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-curl php7.0-gd php7.0-mbstring php7.0-mysql php7.0-xml libapache2-mod-php

Test version:
# php -vEdit file /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf:

# cp -v /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf.ORIG

# nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf

Add index.php to beginning of DirectoryIndex list:

<IfModule mod_dir.c>

        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.cgi index.pl index.xhtml index.htm

</IfModule>

Restart Apache: # service apache2 restart
8. Because services won't autostart using WSL Ubuntu, a script can be created to start services, example: # nano /startAdd the services to start:

#!/bin/sh



service ssh start

service mysql start

service apache2 start



echo "System ready."

Add permissions: # chmod u+x /startNow when Ubuntu is started simply run the two commands:

# sudo -s

{enter password}

# /start

A MS Windows OS network share can be mounted in WSL using:
# mkdir /mnt/myshare # mount -t drvfs '\\sharename\sharedir' /mnt/myshare