UBUNTU - Tested in 16.04 and most in 18.04

This is a simple/short guide to execute common commands when using PHP, Apache in an Ubuntu Server

Identify the current user and it's groups

Command id

Output uid=1002(cfv) gid=1002(cfv) groups=1002(cfv),27(sudo)

List directory files and privileges

Command ls -la

Example ls -la /var/www

Change owner of folder use -R to make it recursive to internal folders

Command sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html

Example sudo chown username: myfolder

Example sudo chown -R $USER:www-data storage

Example sudo chown -R $USER:www-data bootstrap/cache

Change permisions of folder use -R to make it recursive to internal folders

Command chmod -R 775

Example chmod -R 775 storage

Example chmod -R 775 bootstrap/cache

The number in the permissions depends on what level of access you want to give to your users.

Edit .bashrc file

Command sudo vim .bashrc

Usually you can add custom commands to your terminal here, above you will find some use cases.

Alias to create shortcuts to directory inside .bashrc file

Command alias cdo='cd /var/www/html/'

cdo will be the command you tipe in console after adding the alias.

Alias to set username and email of Git automatically

Command alias gitUE="git config user.email '[email protected]'; git config user.name 'My Git Name'"

This is useful too to remember how to set them up in a fresh dev environment.

disable or/and enable phpmyadmin

Command alias phpmyadminDisable="sudo a2disconf phpmyadmin.conf; sudo service apache2 restart"

Command alias phpmyadminEnable="sudo a2enconf phpmyadmin.conf; sudo service apache2 restart"

How to Create a Symbolic Link

Command ln -s /opt/foo /usr/bin/bar

Command ln -s /opt/foo file_name

Coming soon

• Important Paths of Apache
• Important Paths of Apache
• How to install a LAMP server

Contributions and corrections

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