Setting up LAMPP server for Linux

Bitnami LAMP Stack provides a complete PHP, MySQL and Apache development environment for Linux that can be launched in one click.

Click the https://bitnami.com/stack/lamp/installer link to download LAMPP 5.6.x version executable for the Linux operating system.

1. Give permissions to the executable file and run the executable in the command line by typing the below commands:

   cd <path-to-folder-where-executable-exists>
   ./<executable-name>.run 
   

   The following wizard appears.

   
   Figure 1: LAMP Setup wizard
   
   

2. Click Next twice and provide the installation folder and click Next. 

   
   Figure 2: Setting the installation folder
   
   

3. To access the MySQL database, it requires an account with credentials. Type in the password and click Next.

   The default username is 'root'. 

   
   Figure 3: Setting the MySQL password
   
   

4. Provide an unused port to the Apache Web server and click Next.
   
   
   Figure 4: Providing the Apache Webserver port number
   
   

5. Provide an unused port to the SSL configuration and click Next.
   
   
   Figure 5: Providing the SSL Port number
   
   

6. Provide an unused port to the MySQL server and click Next twice.
   
   
   Figure 6: Providing the MySQL server port number
   
   Installation starts.

   
   Figure 7: Installation status screen
   
   

7. After the installation is completed, click Finish. 
   
   

8. To start the apache and web servers, go to the LAMP installation folder and type in the following command in the command line:

   ./manager-linux-x64.run 
   

9. Go to Manage Servers and click Start All in the bottom to start the servers.

   • Status of the servers can be seen in the Status column in the dialog box.

   • The default configuration for servers can be changed by clicking the Configure button against the server.

   
   Figure 8: Starting the servers

Creating a database in the database server

1. Open the LAMPP database portal by using the URL in the following format:

   http://<IPAddress>:<PortNumber>/phpmyadmin/
   

2. Provide the default Username "root" and the password created in the previous steps, and click Go.
   
   

   

   
   Figure 9: Logging on to the PHP database
   
   

3. Click the Databases tab, provide a database name in the Create database field and click Create.
   
   

   

   
   Figure 10: Creating a Developer Portal Drupal database
   
   

4. The database that is created appears in the left navigation pane.
   
   

   

   
   Figure 11: Newly created Developer Portal Drupal database