January 28, 2023 No Comments

How To install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Google Cloud Platform

To install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Google Cloud Platform, you can follow these steps:

  1. Create a new virtual machine (VM) instance on Google Cloud Platform using the Cloud Console.
  2. Connect to your VM instance using SSH.
  3. Install Apache web server by running the command: sudo apt-get install apache2
  4. Install MySQL by running the command: sudo apt-get install mysql-server
  5. Install PHP by running the command: sudo apt-get install php libapache2-mod-php
  6. configure Apache to use PHP by running the command: sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/dir.conf
  7. move the PHP handler to the first line after the DirectoryIndex.

    The content of the dir.conf file should look something like this:




    To move the PHP handler to the first line after the DirectoryIndex, you should edit the file and change it to:

    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
        DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.cgi index.pl index.xhtml index.htm
    </IfModule>

  8. Restart Apache by running the command: sudo service apache2 restart
  9. To confirm that LAMP is installed and working correctly, you can create a PHP info file by running the command: sudo nano /var/www/html/info.php
  10. Add the following code to the file: <?php phpinfo(); ?>
  11. Save the file and exit the editor.
  12. Open a web browser and navigate to http://[your_instance_ip]/info.php
  13. you can set : sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html for ftp purpose

You should now see a page displaying information about your PHP installation. 


sudo chmod -R 777 /var/www/html


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