Load Balanced Linux Apache MySQL PHP (LAMP)ΒΆ

Using the popular and powerful open source tools Linux, Apache, MySQL (MariaDB will be installed) and PHP, a complete production suite can be provisioned.

Popular tools like WordPress or frameworks like CakePHP and Laravel run on LAMP installations.

If you want to be able to scale your LAMP installation beyond a single server, using this service to setup a load balanced system will be a good way to go about it.

The following will be setup for you:

  • A Load Balancer

  • A database server instance running MariaDB.

  • A NFS service instance for file storage that will be mounted on the web servers.

  • Web servers (how many you can choose) that will sit behind the load balancer and accept the web requests, running Apache and PHP.

To setup the service, first follow the general instructions on our Service catalog page.

  • Give your service a name and optionally a description.

  • If you want backup, check the Backup checkbox and select an amount of days you want your history stored.

  • Under db_flavor, select your database instances flavor. We recommend sticking with the default.

  • Select disk-type for the database instance. See the Storage types article for more information. We recommend SSD.

  • Select your SSH-key.

  • Under local network, select the network on which the subnet (see below) that you want to use is located.

  • Under nfs_flavor, select your NFS instances flavor. We recommend sticking with the default.

  • Under Subnet, select the network on which you want to run the service.

  • Under Web count, select the amount of load balanced web servers (instances running apache) you want.

  • Under web_flavor, select your web/apache instances flavor. We recommend sticking with the default.

  • Press Create. You will get further details on how to connect to the service.

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