Dr Sly's Technical Ramblings

Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP

Probably the most common installation of web server, at least for a Linux system, is Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. Also possible on a Windows system, in which case it would be known as WAMP. I will cover setting up the former here.

I assume you already have a working Debian based Linux distribution. If not then I highly recommend Debian, or for Raspberry Pi users, Raspbian.

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There are a few simple steps I consider important to securing a new Raspbian installation:

• Remove the default pi user
• Prevent root login
• Use ssh key-pair authentication

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If your Raspbian image came pre-installled with X.org and GUI components you may want to remove them to free up some space on your partition. It's quite easy to do and highlights some useful commands:

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