Instructions for installing a LAMP stack in Skytap

This article highlights the steps required to install a LAMP stack(Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) in Skytap.

Important details:

•  "#" represents commands that need to be run as root
•  {FQDN-of-Website} should be replaced with the fully qualified domain name of the site, for example "skytap.com"
• {Name-of-Website} should be replace with a friendly name of the site, for example "skytap_com"

Prerequisites

• A virtual machine with port TCP port 80 and TCP port 443 exposed to the public internet
• A public IP attached to the virtual machine
• A registered domain name pointed at the pubic IP
• Firewall of the virtual machine allowing TCP port 80 and TCP port 443

Reference Guides:

• Installing LAMP stack on Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/lamp-applications
• Installing LAMP stack on Red Hat: https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2017/03/07/how-to-set-up-a-lamp-stack-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7
• Using Public IPs in Skytap: https://help.skytap.com/using-public-ip-addresses.html
• Managing Networks in Skytap: https://help.skytap.com/managing-networks.html