Setting Up A server: Easiest way to do it on Mageia 9 and AlmaLinux 9.3, using WordPress or an alternative app

avanek20005 · 04-03-2024, 10:07 AM

Hi all, first time posting on the forums, excited to post!
What is the easiest way to set up a web server using mySQL and/or APACHE and/or WORDPRESS on Mageia 9 and AlmaLinux 9.3?
Either of these works fine for me; I appreciate the help, and any question answers are greatly appreciated!
This is for a project for college. I have these two distros installed on separate computers.
Thanks,
Andrew Van Ek

michaelk · 04-03-2024, 03:32 PM

Welcome to LinuxQuestions.

There are many online guides to installing lamp on AlmaLinux and Mageia.

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Task-lamp-installation

https://www.tecmint.com/install-lamp-in-almalinux/

Most distributions have switched to mariadb versus MySQL. mariadb is basically a drop in replacement for MySQL.

avanek20005 · 04-04-2024, 10:40 AM

Thank you so much!!!
Your help means a lot!
Andrew

frankbell · 04-04-2024, 08:19 PM

You might want to take a look at XAMMP.

Note that XAMMP out of the box is not designed to be public-facing; it is not password-protected. If you are looking to have a public-facing server, you will need to take the appropriate precautions.