Install Solaris, Apache, Mysql & Php (SAMP)

You may be conversant with the terms LAMP and WAMP. This means a stack of applications.

For LAMP = Linux, Apache, Mysql and Php/Perl/Python.
For WAMP = Windows, Apache, Mysql and Php/Perl/Python.

To get your new Solaris 11 installation SAMP ready, we need to install Apache, Mysql and Php.

kilo@kilo:~$ sudo -s
Password:
root@kilo:/home/kilo#
root@kilo:/home/kilo# pkg refresh
root@kilo:/home/kilo# pkg install amp
               Packages to install:    12
           Create boot environment:    No
               Services to restart:     1
DOWNLOAD                                  PKGS       FILES    XFER (MB)
database/mysql-51                         3/12     554/729    59.0/75.2


When done, enable the apache and mysql service.
root@kilo:/home/kilo#svcadm enable apache22
root@kilo:/home/kilo#svcadm enable mysql

By default, the mysql root user has no password.
root@kilo:/home/kilo# mysql -u root

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 4
Server version: 5.1.37 Source distribution

Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.

mysql>;


We can set the password for the root user in mysql using

root@kilo:/home/kilo#mysqladmin -u root password "PASSWORD"

If you get the error - 

bash: mysqladmin: command not found

It means that the command mysqladmin is not in the path.
root@kilo:/home/kilo# which mysqladmin
which: no mysqladmin in (/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin)
 
To solve this, use the full path for the command.
root@kilo:/home/kilo# find / -name mysqladmin
/usr/mysql/5.1/bin/sparcv9/mysqladmin
/usr/mysql/5.1/bin/mysqladmin

/usr/mysql/5.1/bin/mysqladmin -u root password "PASSWORD"