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Setup a Linux Apache2 Mysql and PHP server on a Virtual Machine.

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With virtualization we can make one system preform multipul services. A workstation can also be a web-server without the services ever overlapping and that's very powerful, minimalist and green.

1. Before we begin let's update our packages with an

   root@awesomeso:~# aptitude update

   followed by an

   root@awesomeso:~# aptitude upgrade

2. We're going to get apache:

   root@awesomeso:~# apt-get install apache2

3. Then mysql: apt-get install mysql-server Once mysql installs we're going to configure it:

   root@awesomeso:~# mysql_secure_installation

4. After you configure your Mysql with your proper credentials, let's login:

   root@awesomeso:~# mysql -u root -p

   Then we need to create a Database: </cli>create database dataBASE;</cli> followed by a:

   grant all on dataBASE.* to 'foreman' identified by '5t1ck';

   to grant permissions on Mysql

5. quit out of the Mysql shell and enter this command to grab some PHP goodies:

   root@awesomeso:~# apt-get install php5 php-pear php5-suhosin

   and:

   root@awesomeso:~# apt-get install php5-mysql

6. Finally we'll restart our apache server and everything should be working:

   root@awesomeso:~# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Enter your ip into a web browser and you should see great success!

So if everything went correctly you should have a full functional web server. Drop in an index.html you've built and you're good to go!