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 	sudo apachectl restart 
 
+*Note: SELinux is set to `Enforcing` by default on RedHat. To allow Apache to connect to database through SELinux, do this `sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect_db 1`     
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 ### Step 7: Create your sample app
 Navigate to `/var/www/html` and create a new file called testsql.php. Copy and paste the following code in tetsql.php and change the servername, username, password and databasename.