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WindowsYou can install an impressive number of software applications onto your Hostwinds Cloud VPS with the click of a button.
What is the LAMP stack?
LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP and is a standard ‘stack’ of software for making modern data-driven websites. The LAMP Stack Overview has more details about the software included and some details about usage and important files/directories.
This guide will explain how to both create a new server with the LAMP stack, as well as how to reinstall a pre-existing server to have LAMP using the Hostwinds Cloud Portal.
Creating a New LAMP stack Server
Just follow these steps to create a new LAMP Stack Cloud VPS:
Step 1: Log into your Client Area at https://clients.hostwinds.com
Step 2: Select Cloud Control and then click on Cloud Portal
Step 3: Click on the Create button and select Servers from the drop down menu
Step 4: Under Select Server Image, click on the Applications menu item
Step 5: Click on the LAMP stack option from the list of available applications
Step 6: Select your server resources, location, and billing cycle, and select Create Server at the very bottom
Your server will not be activated until the pending invoice has been completed.
Please allow up to 15 minutes for the application to complete initial installation.
Step 7: Log into to your LAMP server IP via SSH or SFTP using your server’s root login credentials.
Of note, part of the installation process for this image is a yum update and yum upgrade, so the installation will be “finished” but you may see this at the first login:
Step 8: See LAMP Stack Overview for more information
Reinstall the LAMP stack On a Pre-Existing VPS / Cloud Server
The following steps will let you reinstall your current VPS with LAMP installed.
Please note that this will erase and destroy and data on the server to reinstall it. We highly suggest that you take a snapshot backup if you need to restore your server from a backup prior to proceeding with this guide.
Step 1: Log into your Client Area at https://clients.hostwinds.com
Step 2: Select Cloud Control and then click on Cloud Portal
Step 3: Click on the Server you wish to reinstall
Step 4: Click on the Actions button, and then select Reinstall from the drop down menu
Step 5: Under Select Server Image, click on the Applications tab.
Step 6: Click on the LAMP stack icon from the list of applications
Please allow up to 15 minutes for the application to complete initial installation.
Step 8: Log into to your LAMP server IP via SSH or SFTP using your server’s root login credentials.
Of note, part of the installation process for this image is a yum update and yum upgrade, so the installation will be “finished” but you may see this at the first login:
Step 9: See LAMP Stack Overview for more information