A LAMP Stack is a set of open-source software that can be used to create websites and web applications.
LAMP is an acronym, and these stacks typically consist of:
- Linux operating system.
- Apache HTTP server.
- MySQL relational database management system.
- PHP programming language.
Install the LAMP stack on Kali Linux is different from Ubuntu.
To create the LAMP server on KALI Linux follow these steps:
- Update your system.
sudo apt-get update
2. Install Apache2.
sudo apt-get install apache2
3. To start/restart/stop the Apache2 server:
$ /etc/init.d/apache2 start/stop/restart
4. Install MySQL and start the services:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/mysql start
$ sudo mysql_secure_installation
5. Install PHP (php7.0 is the latest version of PHP).
$ sudo apt-get -y install php7.0 libapache2-mod-php7.0
//Restart the server
$ systemctl restart apache2
6. Check whether it is working or not.
$ cd /var/www/html
$ touch info.php
$ nano info.php
Enter the below code in Info.php:
<?php
phpinfo();
?>
Save — CTRL+O+enter
Exit — CTRL+X+enter
7. Now open the browser and visit http://IP/info.php. You will see the following: