In this tutorial, we build a simple LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL / MariaDB, PHP) server based on Debian 9 (Stretch), which can be used to run web pages or even be a great tool for web developers. This page will install the MariaDB database management system and the Apache web server.

Mod_php, the default way to run PHP, is outdated and has more modern and secure solutions. In this tutorial, we will install and configure the PHP-FPM (PHP FastCGI Process Manager) server API on an existing Debian 8 (Jessie) + Apache-based LAMP server. On this page, after installing PHP-FPM, we make the PHP process manager live with a simple global configuration.

User web directories allow us to provide temporary access to our customers to access their websites until the domain name they have purchased is directed to them. During this time, we can also make the websites available so that the development work can go smoothly before the website is opened.

Here we install a LAMP server for Debian 8 (Jessie), which contains the following components: Apache 2.4, MySQL 5.5, PHP 5.6 and phpMyAdmin 4.2.12. We will provide this installation with an 1.0 version number, as we will be upgrading it later.