How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Amazon EC2 instance

If you are familar with Installing LAMP and configuring your server, like seperatly installing Apache, MySQL and PHP, you can skip this guid. If you want to speed up LAMP installation with few clicks and selection, you can follow this tutorial.

We will be using Tasksel to complete our Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack installation on Amazon EC2 instance.

What is Taskel?

Tasksel package provides a simple interface for users to configure their system to perform a specific task. Tasksel is a Debian/Ubuntu tool that installs multiple related packages as a co-ordinated "task" onto your system. This program is used during the installation process, but users can also use tasksel at any time. 

Installation

command-line:

1. sudo apt-get update
2. sudo apt-get install tasksel

Usage

To run tasksel from the command line, type:

sudo tasksel

Tasksel menu - sample image

Installing LAMP with Taskel

1. Run Sudo taskel
   
2. Choose Software to install - LAMP Server, OK. 
3. Configure MySQL installation
4. Set MySQL root password
5. Confirm root passsword
6. Confirm LAMP installation

   To Check PHP Version

   php -v

   To Check MySQL

   mysql -u root -p // password