1.Check the Linux OS and Kernel versions
# cat /etc/rocky-release
# uname -r
2.Verify SELinux status.SELinux by default runs in Enforcing mode
# sestatus
3.To disable SELinux grubby command is required
#dnf install -y grubby
4.Execute following command to permanently disable SELinux.
#grubby --update-kernel ALL --args selinux=0
5.Reboot the server
# reboot
6.Verify SELinux status
# sestatus
Checklist to activate hosting server (php, laravel and sql server)
# Previous OS Centos 7 and below - install with latest OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips
# Latest OS Rocky9.1 and above - install with latest OpenSSL 3.0
1.Verify the current OpenSSL version
# openssl version
2. Download the latest version OR previous version of OpenSSL
# cd /usr/local/src
# wget https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-X.X.X.tar.gz
# tar -xvzf openssl-X.X.X.tar.gz
3.Manually compile and install OpenSSL
# cd openssl-1.0.2l
#./config
# make depend
# make
# make test
# make install
4.Move the newly installed OpenSSL binary to the PATH
# mv /usr/bin/openssl /root/
# ln -s /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl /usr/bin/openssl
5.Verify the newly installed OpenSSL version
#openssl version
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Install PHP
1.Add the EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repository
#dnf install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
2.Add the REMI repository for Rocky Linux 9
#dnf install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-9.2.rpm
3. Install yum utilities.
#dnf -y install yum-utils
4.Verify the list of an available repositories on the Rocky Linux system
#dnf repolist
5.To enable php 8.3 Remi repository.
#dnf module reset php
#dnf module install php:remi-8.3
#dnf update
6.Check available PHP modules on your system
#dnf module list php
7.Install PHP packages
#dnf install php
8.Verify the PHP version
#php --version / -v
9.Install additional PHP extensions
#dnf install php-mcrypt php-{imagick,apcu,geoip,memcached,zstd}
10.Verify all available PHP extensions on your system
#php -m
#php -m | grep imagick