LAMP is an acronym for the names of the following components: Linux operating system, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL relational database management system, and PHP programming language. LAMP stacks are used to build websites. LAMP has extensive community support and provides a wide range of resources, which makes it suitable for developing, deploying, and maintaining web applications of different sizes. LAMP stacks are highly flexible and allow you to modify and customize servers. You can configure LAMP stack components based on your business requirements to optimize performance and security.
LAMP architecture
Linux: serves as the core of the LAMP architecture, offers a stable operating system environment free of charge, and supports multiple distributions of operating systems, such as Alibaba Cloud Linux, CentOS, and Ubuntu.
Apache: a widely used open-source web server software, known for its stability and flexibility. Apache can process static content and supports various modules to leverage different backend technologies, such as PHP, Python, and Ruby, to process dynamic content.
MySQL: a relational database management system used to store website data within a LAMP stack. MySQL provides data query and storage capabilities.
PHP: a server-side scripting language used to generate dynamic web page content. You can integrate PHP with HTML and use PHP together with Apache and MySQL to provide comprehensive web application development capabilities.
Diagram
Deployment method
For information about how PHP connects to MySQL and how to configure Apache to serve as a proxy for PHP-FPM, see Manually deploy a LAMP stack.