How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu v LAMP STACK GETTING STARTED APACHE MYSQL PHP UBUNTU Introduction A "LAMP" stack is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which represents the L inux operating system, with the A pache web server. The site data is stored in a M ySQL database, and dynamic content is processed by P HP. In this guide, we'll get a LAMP stack installed on an Ubuntu 14.04 Droplet. Ubuntu will fulfill our first requirement: a Linux operating system. Note: The LAMP stack can be installed automatically on your Droplet by adding this script to its User Data when launching it. Check out this tutorial to learn more about Droplet User Data. Prerequisites Before you begin with this guide, you should have a separate, non-root user account set up on your server. You can learn how to do