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Upgrade to php 7 and apache 2.4 from php 5.3 and apache 2.2 in Amazon EC2 – CentOS

I have a legacy system in which Apache 2.2.34 (linux) is installed along with php 5.3.29 (CLI).

I just want to upgrade my apache to 2.4.x so that I will be able to use php 7.

I have tried searching for the same but majority of sites provide solution for CentOS or Ubuntu. I’m new to Linux so I’m a bit confused when applying the same on Amazon EC2 instance.

That would be really helpful if someone can provide me a step by step process to do the upgrade process. I just need to upgrade the server and I can do the configuration accordingly.

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    After some more googling, I have found the steps I have taken to upgrade. Hope that helps anyone looking for the same:

    Login to your Linux instance and perform the regular system updates first

    $ sudo yum update

    Stop the running web server

    $ sudo service httpd stop

    Create backup of the existing httpd by using command: 

    $ sudo cp -a /etc/httpd /etc/httpd.bak

    Remove any existing PHP packages

    $ sudo yum remove php*

    Remove old web server installs

    $ sudo yum remove httpd*

    Update yum package repository

    $ sudo yum clean all
$ sudo yum upgrade -y

    Install Apache 2.4

    $ sudo yum install httpd24

    Install PHP 7 packages

    $ sudo yum install php70 php70-mysqlnd php70-imap php70-pecl-memcache php70-pecl-apcu php70-gd

    Install a new version of mod_ssl

    $ sudo yum install mod24_ssl

    I also needed to reconfigure /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf in order to enable SSL and pretty permalinks.

    Finally all I needed to do is start my web server

    $ service httpd start

    That's it.


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    Do retain that the solution by MrGoogle will reset any configuration in existence in the hpptd service.
    You will probably need to reconfigure some settings…
    I had to reconfigure mod_rewrite and .htaccess File for apache:
    https://devops.ionos.com/tutorials/install-and-configure-mod_rewrite-for-apache-on-centos-7/

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