Setup Magento on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with Apache2, MariaDB and PHP 7.1 Support

https://websiteforstudents.com/setup-magento-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-beta-with-apache2-mariadb-and-php-7-1-support/

sudo apt-get install apache2
sudo sed -i "s/Options Indexes FollowSymLinks/Options FollowSymLinks/" /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service
sudo systemctl start apache2.service
sudo systemctl enable apache2.service

sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
sudo mysql_secure_installation

When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.

  Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
  Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
  New password: Enter password
  Re-enter new password: Repeat password
  Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
  Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
  Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]:  Y
  Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]:  Y
  

Restart MariaDB server

sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install php7.1 php7.1-common php7.1-mbstring php7.1-xmlrpc php7.1-soap php7.1-gd php7.1-xml php7.1-intl php7.1-mysql php7.1-cli php7.1-bcmath php7.1-mcrypt php7.1-ldap php7.1-zip php7.1-curl

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE magento;
CREATE USER 'magentouser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
GRANT ALL ON magento.* TO 'magentouser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/magento/
sudo tar -zxvf ~/Downloads/Magento-CE*.tar.gz -C /var/www/html/magento/
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/magento
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/magento

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/magento.conf

copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your own domain name and directory root location.

  <VirtualHost *:80>
     ServerAdmin admin@example.com
     DocumentRoot /var/www/html/magento/
     ServerName example.com
     ServerAlias www.example.com

     <Directory /var/www/html/magento/>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
     </Directory>

     ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
     CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

sudo a2ensite magento.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service

Then open your browser and browse to the server domain name. You should see Magento setup wizard to complete. Please follow the wizard carefully. See: https://websiteforstudents.com/setup-magento-on-ubuntu-18-04-lts-beta-with-apache2-mariadb-and-php-7-1-support/