What is a LAMP stack ?

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What is a LAMP Stack ?

1. LAMP is nothing but a acronym for the free and open source software’s which are available to use for various purpose

   L - Linux for Operating System

   A - Apache for Web server

   M - MySQL as Database system

   P - PHP as programming language

2. The LAMP stack build an environment that helps you build, deploy and maintain the web content to render information

How LAMP Stack works ?

Consider we want an information related to a product from e-commerce website & we type the e-commerce website name on our browser.

1. So, the request goes to the Apache Server which handles the web server content, if it’s a static data the web page stored in the Apache Server will be sent from the Apache Server to the browser page.

2. If its a dynamic content then the request will be rendered by the PHP and deliver the the functions handling the content which will be sent to the Apache webserver that will be displaying the data on browser

3. The data which is retrieved/updated or not required is stored in the MySQL database.

4. All this software’s run’s on the OS which is Linux and one of the most fast and secure OS.

Installing LAMP Stack on Ubuntu -

1. Installing Apache -

    sudo apt-get install apache2
   

2. Installing MySQL -

    sudo apt-get install mysql-server
   

3. Installing PHP -

    sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
   

4. Check PHP installation -

    php -r 'echo "\nYour PHP installation is working fine.\n\n\n";'
   

Advantage of LAMP Stack -

1. Free and Open Source - As all the technologies in the LAMP Stack are open source, so you can download without any subscription.

2. Support - As it’s a free and maintained by open source contribution the support for this technologies is high.

Conclusion →

In the this blog we understood, what is a LAMP Stack & how does it work, how do you install on Linux distribution and advantage of using this Stack.

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