LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is a combination of open source software, typically installed on a server used for hosting dynamic websites and web applications.
It includes the Linux operating system, the Apache web server, MySQL for data storage and management and PHP for handling the dynamic content.
In this tutorial, we will go through a complete LAMP installation on a Ubuntu 16.04 based VPS.
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