a gentle introduction to LAMP

Hi,

Here is a gentle introduction to LAMP
(L:inux A:pache M:ySQL P:HP), P:ython or P:erl.

LAMP provides a web services delivery infrastructure
wherein the developer can build business services that solve
specific problems.

For starters,

L:inux system provides a robust and stable base.
It also has built-in firewall and networking capabilities

A:pache is a pre-forking Web Server that implements the
HTTP/1.0, HTTP/1.1 and CGI specs very closely.

It runs as a service (daemon) httpd whose service lifecycle
can be controlled by '/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd' script.

The functionality is configured in a conf(iguration) file
referred to as /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

It is shipped with a manual.

Relevant links are:
faq http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html
docs http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/
service http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/invoking.html
suexec http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/suexec.html
HTTP/1.1 http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html
CGI http://www.w3.org/CGI/


M:ySQL is high-performance relational database engine that implements
the SQL-92 std and also adds some of its extensions.

It runs as a service (daemon) mysqld whose service lifecycle
can be controlled by '/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysqld' script.

A mysql client (mysql) is installed along with the server which
provides a shell like interface to mysql engine.

The conf(iguration) settings of MySQL are specified in the
'/etc/my.cnf' file.

It is shipped with a manual.

Relevant links are:
manual http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/index.html
tutorial http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/tutorial.html
books http://dev.mysql.com/books/index.html


P:HP is a C-like server-side scripting language that can be used to
create HTML-embedded dynamic web pages.

PHP is configured as a CGI module for security reasons and its
complete configuration settings can be specifed in the
'/etc/php.ini' file.

It is shipped with a manual.

Relevant links are:
manual http://www.php.net/manual/en/
faq http://in2.php.net/FAQ.php
langref http://in2.php.net/manual/en/langref.php
php-mysql http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mysql.php


Since most dynamic websites are data-driven, there is a need for a
well-defined 'data-access' interface that is usable in the server-side script.

'php-mysql' database interface is one such interface that provides PHP language bindings and translation. It modelled very closely around
the MySQL C api.

To read some interesting articles on LAMP, please visit www.onlamp.com
apache http://www.onlamp.com/apache/
mysql http://www.onlamp.com/onlamp/general/mysql.csp
php http://www.onlamp.com/php/


Hope the details above will help the interested folks get interested
in LAMP and also explore the technology.

Should you have any queries, please post them on twincling list.