Deploying LAMP

LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySql, and PHP — the principal components to build a viable, general-purpose web server. This page presents an effective way to create individual packages in BMC Server Automation for the deployment of such web servers.

To deploy a LAMP web server

1. In the Depot, create a new RPM for each application and all of the dependent RPMs that need to be deployed.
   For more information, see Deploying-files-and-applications-using-packages-and-depot-objects.
2. For each application, create a BLPackage that includes all of the required RPMs, listed in the order that ensures all dependencies are covered.
   For more information, see Adding-a-BLPackage-to-the-Depot.
3. Create a Deploy Job of each BLPackage for each application.
   For more information, see Creating-and-modifying-Software-and-BLPackage-Deploy-Jobs.
4. Optionally, create a Batch Job of each of the Deploy Jobs that make up the entire LAMP stack.
   For more information, see Creating-and-modifying-Batch-Jobs.

RPM Dependencies

The following is a list of the dependent RPMs for deploying each member of the LAMP stack.

LAMP member	Dependencies
Apache	postgresql-libs-8.1.23-4.el5_8.x86_64.rpm apr-1.2.7-11.el5_6.5.x86_64.rpm apr-util-1.2.7-11.el5_5.2.x86_64.rpm httpd-2.2.3-63.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
PHP	gmp-4.1.4-10.el5.x86_64.rpm php-common-5.1.6-34.el5_8.x86_64.rpm php-cli-5.1.6-34.el5_8.x86_64.rpm php-5.1.6-34.el5_8.x86_64.rpm
MYSQL	perl-DBI-1.52-2.el5.x86_64.rpm mysql-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm perl-DBD-MySQL-3.0007-2.el5.x86_64.rpm mysql-server-5.0.95-1.el5_7.1.x86_64.rpm

Sample importable BLPackage

The attached sample Install LAMP.zipincludes a Batch Job that contains the following elements.