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How to set up LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) stack on Debian Wheezy

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how-to-set-up-lamp-linux-apache-mariadb-php-stack-on-debian-wheezyLAMP usually refers to a full featured stack containing the Apache web server, the popular database server MySQL and the well known web programming language – PHP, set up on a Linux Operating System.

But, as of lately we’ve seen a lot of open-source communities and some of the largest internet giants as Google switched to the use of MySQL’s open source drop-in replacement – the MariaDB database server, which is what are we going to install today instead of MySQL.

In the following step-by-step set up manual we will explain how to install a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP) stack on your Debian Wheezy VPS. Let’s begin:

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How to compile from source and install Nginx in a Debian 7 (Wheezy) VPS

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how to compile and install nginx from source in debian 7 The following article is all about how to compile and install the blazing fast HTTP server known as Nginx.

So what exactly is Nginx?

It is lightweight, free, open-source and high-performance HTTP server, which, unlike most other HTTP servers, does not rely on threaded handling of the requests but instead, uses a much more scalable and robust event driven (asynchronous) architecture.

This uses a very small and predictable amount of memory under heavy load.

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