Install Symfony 5 on Ubuntu with Apache
This guide helps you ubuntu-linux/" class="sal-link" rel="noopener" target="_blank" data-sal-id="21781">install the Symfony 5 framework on Ubuntu. Symfony is a tool for developers that makes building websites and apps faster. It handles the repetitive coding tasks so you don’t have to.
Why use Symfony? It provides ready-made components that save you time and help you build professional web applications more efficiently.
What happens when done? You will have a working web server running the Symfony framework, ready for you to start building your own web projects.
To learn more, visit the official Homepage website.
Step 1: Install the Apache2 Web Server
Symfony needs a web server to run. Apache2 is a popular choice. Requires admin privileges.
sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2
Use these commands to manage the server:
sudo systemctl stop apache2.service sudo systemctl start apache2.service sudo systemctl enable apache2.service
Check if it works by opening your web browser and typing:
http://localhost
Step 2: Install PHP
Symfony is built using PHP. You need to install it and its related modules. Requires admin privileges.
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php7.2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2-common php7.2-sqlite3 php7.2-mysql php7.2-gmp php7.2-curl php7.2-intl php7.2-mbstring php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-soap php7.2-ldap php7.2-gd php7.2-bcmath php7.2-xml php7.2-cli php7.2-zip
Now, edit your PHP configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
Update the file with these settings and save your changes:
file_uploads = On allow_url_fopen = On short_open_tag = On memory_limit = 256M upload_max_filesize = 100M max_execution_time = 360 date.timezone = America/Chicago
Restart Apache to apply the new settings:
sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Create a test file to make sure PHP is working correctly:
sudo nano /var/www/html/phpinfo.phpAdd this code to the file and save:
<?php phpinfo( ); ?>
Open your browser and visit:
http://localhost/phpinfo.php
Step 3: Download Symfony
We will use a tool called Composer to download the framework. Requires admin privileges.
sudo apt install curl git curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Change to the web directory and create your project folder:
cd /var/www/ sudo composer create-project symfony/skeleton symfony5
Set the correct permissions so the server can access the files:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/symfony5/ sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/symfony5/
Step 4: Configure Apache
Create a configuration file to tell Apache how to serve your Symfony project. Requires admin privileges.
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/symfony.conf
Paste this content into the file. Make sure to update your domain name and folder path:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/symfony5/public
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
<Directory /var/www/symfony5/public/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Step 5: Enable Symfony
Activate your new configuration and restart the server. Requires admin privileges.
sudo a2ensite symfony.conf sudo systemctl restart apache2.service
Visit your site in your browser:
http://example.com/
Your Symfony 5 setup is complete and ready for use.
Summary
In this tutorial, we installed the Apache2 web server, set up PHP, downloaded the Symfony 5 framework using Composer, and configured the server to display your new application. You are now ready to begin developing your web projects.
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hello, i have a problem would you help me please?
[Composer\Downloader\TransportException]
Content-Length mismatch, received 640535 bytes out of the expected 1912309
thank you
All my steps went well, but it keeps displaying Apache2 Ubuntu Default Page?
https://askubuntu.com/questions/337874/change-apache-document-root-folder-to-secondary-hard-drive
I managed to display the symfony page by editing the 000-default.conf from apache.
I changed the line:
DocumentRoot /var/www/symfony5/public
Also I added the block:
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
I don’t know if this has any negativ effects.
Hello, very good tutorial which was very useful to me since I am new to symfony. I just wanted to add that I had some problems accessing my web page http://www.example.com from my web browser on windows. I am using windows 10 and I installed symphony on a virtual machine with the operating system Ubuntu 18 server. however I was able to solve the problem by editing the etc / hosts file under windows. Otherwise the tutorial is good.
Thank you so much !
Nice point.
Thanks,
I would like the same for Ubuntu 20.04
php 7.4.10
I’ve installed XAMPP and it works fine but I would like to continue with Symfony 5
Great achievement, I really appreciate.
Hello! This is one of the best tutorials for this theme i’ ve seen, because everything else i try – simply doesnt work. But in the last step here i have again some trouble – when i try to open http://www.example.com, it opens page with text Example Domain in a gray square in middle of screen. Not the symfony page that you have in picture in the ending. What to do?
Nice tutorial and very easy to follow. I installed Symfony on my Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and it works perfectly.
As I have to use Symfony and Doctrine with PostgreSQL, I had to add the command below in order to enable the PHP module for the database:
$ sudo apt install php7.2-pgsql
very nice tuto. All working fine.
Just added 127.0.0.1 example.com into /etc/hosts
Thank you very much bro