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Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – LAMP installation with cgi-bin
June 25, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
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The last post I covered the hardware installation for this project. For this section, we're going to use Ubuntu Linux (8.04 LTS Server Edition 64-bit) to install the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server. If you don't have that software available, you can get it using the following venues:
1. Download the iso image from: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download and burn it to a CD.
2. Order the CD from https://shipit.ubuntu.com/login-server.
Once you have a copy, make sure the BIOS on the PC is set to boot off the CD drive. Put the CD in the drive and simply restart the unit. It should now boot off the CD and display the "select language" screen as seen below.
After you've selected the language, you'll be presented with the installation menu. Simply select "Install Ubuntu Server", as seen below.
Remember that this is a server, ideally we'd like to have a static IP address for this server. There is a selectable boot option called "F6 - Other Options" where you could enter the following command to disable DHCP:
netcfg/disable_dhcp=true
At which point you will be required to manually configure the network settings. I am going to include that information below. However, for some reason I was not able to set up the network card after the installation (I could not see it) , so I used this work around instead...
I logged into the router and checked the logs so that I could get the MAC address of the network card. I then configured a DHCP reservation in the LAN/DHCP setting of the router so that the MAC address of the network card would always get the same IP address. Because I did not want to install a DNS server (my ISP made me take the DNS server down last time I set it up), I then, simply added the IP to hostname record, into the host file of each unit I wanted to connect to the web server.
During the installation (just follow the prompts it gives you), you will need to provide the following (among other obvious questions/answers):
- A hostname for your web server (the hostname is independent of whatever domain name you're going to use. For example, the hostname of this server is "webbox" and the domain I'll use to access the web server on it is "local.ubuntulinuxhelp.com").
- I selected to use the "Guided - use entire disk" when prompted for the partitioning.
- A username and password that you are going to remember.
You'll eventually come to a prompt for the type of server (Software Selection), select LAMP, like the image below.
I chose to install the other components later, because I found out it will reduce some of the tweaking and updating later. During the software installation, you will be asked for a MySQL password. Write it down or don't forget it! (You'll need it later to use phpMyAdmin). The remainder is very straight forward, but as I mentioned earlier, here's the static network configuration information. Remember, your network configuration addresses will probably be different from mine.
Because there is no GUI yet, we'll be using the command line to configure the network.
Login after rebooting.
You can use a simple text editor like nano, vi, etc.
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
For those who left DHCP enabled, look for this:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
and change it to this:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
Under the line that says "iface eth0 inet static", you'll enter your network information. An example of mine is:
address 72.138.51.130
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 72.138.51.0
broadcast 72.138.51.255
gateway 72.138.50.1
So the file would look something like this:
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 72.138.51.130
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 72.138.51.0
broadcast 72.138.51.255
gateway 72.138.50.1
Additionally, I made sure the host file contained the following information:
127.0.0.1 localhost webbox
172.138.51.130 local.ubuntulinuxhelp.com webbox
After configuring the network interface, restart the network using the following command:
sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
The basic LAMP installation should be complete. :)
Related posts:
- Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – Installation of OpenSSH.
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[...] 2. LAMP installation with cgi-bin. [...]
[...] the last installment, I covered what was done to install LAMP on the server. But remember that we did not install SSH. Why is SSH important? It allows us to [...]
I installed Ubuntu 8.04 Server but I want a GUI now. I have got the Ubuntu Server and Desktop CDs. Ans that system is not connected to Internet. Now tell how to go get a GUI here?
I have ubuntu 8.04 desktop edition,and i’ve installed on my notebook…
and the problem is…
I can’t install LAMP in my notebook
just for info,i use compaq presario m2000
somebody….help me
im just newbie…
@M.Kurnia cipta – What error messages or things are happening that indicate you cannot install it?
i have a trouble while nstalling ffmpeg-php, i downloaded the tar file but while execting the make command, i obtain stop, what to do ?
@chokri
There’s nothing to download! Meaning… you don’t need to be using a tarball. Please see here: http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/ins.....mp-server/