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Install the LAMP Stack on a Linux virtual machine in Windows Azure

A LAMP stack consists of the following different elements:

  • Linux - Operating System
  • Apache - Web Server
  • MySQL - Database Server
  • PHP - Programming Language

Installing on Ubuntu

You will need the following packages installed:

  • apache2
  • mysql-server
  • php5
  • php5-mysql
  • libapache2-mod-auth-mysql
  • libapache2-mod-php5
  • php5-xsl
  • php5-gd
  • php-pear

You can run this as a single apt-get install command:

apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 php5-mysql libapache2-mod-auth-mysql libapache2-mod-php5 php5-xsl php5-gd php-pear

Installing On CentOS

You will need the following packages installed:

  • httpd
  • mysql
  • mysql-server
  • php
  • php-mysql

You can run this as a single yum install command:

yum install httpd mysql mysql-server php-php-mysql

Setting Up

  1. Set up Apache.

    1. You will need to restart the Apache Web Server. Run the following command:

      sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
    2. Check to see that the installation is running. Point your browser to: http://localhost. It should read "It works!".

  2. Set up MySQL.

    1. Set the root password for mysql by running the following command

      mysqladmin -u root -p password yourpassword

    2. Log into the console using the mysql or a variety of MySQL clients.

  3. Set up PHP.

    1. Enable the Apache PHP Module by running the following command:

      sudo a2enmod php5

    2. Relaunch Apache by running the following command:

      sudo service apache2 restart

Further Reading

There are many resources for setting up a LAMP stack on Ubuntu.

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