Quick and dirty Ubuntu Lamp Server

A lamp server on Ubuntu is pretty simple to setup to get working right away. Simply run the following command:

sudo tasksel install lamp-server

Create a MySQL password:

Tasksel will continue to install the components:

Open your browser and point to http://localhost. You should see the following message:

It works!
This is the default web page for this server.
The web server software is running but no content has been added, yet.