The LAMP stack

The LAMP stack is the term used to describe an all-in-one web and database server. Typically, the components are as follows:

• Linux is the underlying operating system; in our case, we will use Ubuntu 22.04
• Apache is the web server element of the stack
• MariaDB is what we will use as the database component of the stack; typically, it is based on MySQL, which could also be used
• PHP is the dynamic language used by the web server to generate content

A common variation of the LAMP stack is called LEMP; this replaces Apache with NGINX, which is pronounced engine-x, hence the E rather than the N.

We are going to look at creating roles to deal with these components; these are as follows:

• common: This role will prepare our Ubuntu server, installing any supporting packages and services we need
• apache: This role will install the Apache web server and configure a default virtual host
• mariadb: This role will not only install MariaDB but...