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Amazon Linux Package Management & Service Configuration

In this lab, you'll provision and configure a complete LAMP stack on an Amazon Linux 2023 EC2 instance. You'll install and secure Apache, MariaDB, and PHP, configure services with systemd, and use the systemd journal to diagnose and resolve service failures. By the end of the lab, you'll have hands-on experience performing common Linux server administration tasks used to deploy and maintain production web servers

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Jul 18, 2026
Duration
1h 30m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Install and configure a LAMP stack on Amazon Linux 2023 using DNF module streams

    Install and configure a LAMP stack on Amazon Linux 2023 by installing Apache, PHP, and MariaDB using dnf.

  2. Challenge

    Configure systemd services for automatic startup and create a custom service unit file

    Configure Apache, MariaDB, and PHP-FPM to start automatically using systemd, create a custom service unit to initialize an application, and verify service status using systemctl.

  3. Challenge

    Retrieve and analyze systemd journal logs to diagnose and resolve service failures

    Retrieve, analyze, and filter systemd journal logs to diagnose and resolve a failed custom service.

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