Install LAMP using ansible

One of the best used application devlopment stack insallation via ansible. It will take few minutes to understand it and you be able to write your own playbooks as well.

LAMP

Ansible playbook to install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on a target server:

---
- name: Install LAMP Stack
  hosts: your-server
  become: yes
  vars:
    mysql_root_password: your_mysql_root_password
  tasks:
  - name: Install Apache2
    apt:
      name: apache2
      state: present
  - name: Install PHP and necessary extensions
    apt:
      name:
        - php
        - php-mysql
        - libapache2-mod-php
      state: present
  - name: Install MySQL Server
    apt:
      name:
        - mysql-server
        - python3-pymysql
      state: present
    vars:
      mysql_root_password: "{{ mysql_root_password }}"
  - name: Configure MySQL root password
    mysql_user:
      name: root
      password: "{{ mysql_root_password }}"
      login_unix_socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
  - name: Update MySQL configuration
    mysql_config:
      login_unix_socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
      login_user: root
      sections:
        mysqld:
          bind-address: 0.0.0.0
  - name: Restart MySQL Service
    service:
      name: mysql
      state: restarted
  - name: Configure Apache2
    copy:
      src: ./apache2.conf
      dest: /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
      owner: root
      group: root
      mode: '0644'
  - name: Restart Apache2 Service
    service:
      name: apache2
      state: restarted

In this example playbook, we first define the target server(s) using the hosts keyword. We then specify that we want to become the root user on the server(s) using the become keyword.

Next, we use the apt module to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL packages on the target server(s). We also configure the MySQL root password, update the MySQL configuration to allow remote connections, and restart the MySQL and Apache services to apply the changes.

Finally, we copy a custom Apache2 configuration file from the local machine to the remote server, and restart the Apache2 service to apply the changes.

Note that this is just an example playbook, and you may need to modify it to suit your specific requirements. Additionally, you will need to create an inventory file that specifies the IP address or hostname of your target server, and ensure that Ansible is installed on your local machine.

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