Setting Up a LAMP Stack

A LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP) is the classic web hosting environment, suitable for WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, and most PHP applications.

Step 1 — Install Apache

apt update
apt install apache2 -y
systemctl enable apache2

Step 2 — Install MariaDB

apt install mariadb-server -y
mysql_secure_installation

Step 3 — Install PHP

apt install php libapache2-mod-php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-zip -y

Step 4 — Test PHP

echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/html/info.php

Visit http://YOUR_SERVER_IP/info.php — you should see the PHP information page. Remove it after testing:

rm /var/www/html/info.php

Step 5 — Create a Database for Your App

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE mysite;
CREATE USER 'siteuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'SecurePass123!';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mysite.* TO 'siteuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Step 6 — Install WordPress (Optional)

cd /var/www/html
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -xzf latest.tar.gz
chown -R www-data:www-data wordpress/

Visit http://YOUR_SERVER_IP/wordpress to complete the WordPress setup wizard.