Creating a LAMP Server

In this section, we learn how to set up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack. This stack represents a suite of open source software commonly used to host database-backed websites and applications. Specifically, Linux provides the operating system, Apache serves HTTP requests, PHP runs server-side code, and MySQL stores application data (often MariaDB in modern distributions). Together, these applications provide the functionality needed to serve content management systems, like WordPress, as well as integrated library systems, like Koha.