LAMP Configuration

Introduction

The acronym LAMP refers to a solution stack of software programs, commonly open-source programs, used together to run dynamic Web sites or servers. The original expansion is as follows:

• Linux: referring to the operating system
• Apache: the Web server
• MySQL: the database management system (or database server)
• PHP: the programming language.

For a comprehensive definition see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAMP.

The following guidance might be generally useful in helping to configure LAMP applications running on Linux server.

My LAMP Configuration(s)

The configuration processes I followed to set up my Linux server are described as follows for each component:

• Linux (general information and links to many different items of the Linux configuration)
• Apache (specifics about my Apache configuration, especially the use of virtual hosts)
• MySQL
• PHP.

An excellent, and comprehensive guide LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) HOWTO: Installing MySQL and Apache with PHP support on Linux is available at http://lamphowto.com/.