how to install and configure drupal on ubuntu

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Uptate the ubuntu packages.
#apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade && sudo apt-get autoremove

Install apache2 services and enable
# apt-get install apache2
# systemctl start apache2.service
# systemctl enable apache2.service

Install Mysql service and configure database.
# apt-get -y install mysql-server mysql-client
# systemctl start mysql.service
# systemctl enable mysql.service

Run the commands below to secure MySQL server.
# mysql_secure_installation

Login to mysql and configure database :
# mysql -u root -p

root@ip-10-0-1-59:/home/ubuntu# mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 7
Server version: 5.7.21-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (Ubuntu)

Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.

Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its
affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective
owners.

Type ‘help;’ or ‘h’ for help. Type ‘c’ to clear the current input statement.

mysql> CREATE DATABASE drupal;
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> CREATE USER drupaluser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY ‘password’;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> GRANT ALL ON drupal.* TO drupaluser@localhost;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql> exit;
Bye

Install Php and other modules :

# apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-xml php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-imagick php-imap php-mcrypt php-recode php-tidy php-xmlrpc

Download latest drupal content :
# cd /tmp && wget ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drupal-8.3.5.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded file
# tar xzvf drupal*

Move drupal content to apache root directory :
# mv drupal-8.3.5/* /var/www/html

Create setting.php file by copying the default.settings.php file.
# cp /var/www/html/sites/default/default.settings.php /var/www/html/sites/default/settings.php

Set permission and ownership of root directory :
# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/*
# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/*

Enable Apache2 modules:
# a2enmod rewrite
# a2enmod env
# a2enmod dir
# a2enmod mime

Edit apache configuration file and change the setting as given below :
# vim /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf

<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerAdmin vishal@vishalvyas.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/
ServerName vishalvyas.com
ServerAlias www.vishalvyas.com
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined

<Directory /var/www/html/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/html/>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]
</Directory>

</VirtualHost>

Restart apache service :

# systemctl restart apache2

After restart Apache, open your web browser and browse your ip and you should see Drupal configuration wizard.