LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
by Derek Coleman & Associates Corporation
LAMP stack (Apache, MySQL 8, PHP 8.3) on hardened Ubuntu 24.04
LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
A complete LAMP stack — Apache 2.4 + MySQL 8 + PHP 8.3 — on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, built and hardened for the Azure Marketplace. Every component is installed, wired together, and enabled to start on boot, so the VM serves PHP applications immediately after deployment.
Who this is for: Web developers, agencies, and hosting teams who need a ready-to-run PHP application platform on Azure without assembling the stack by hand.
Target industries: Web agencies, CMS and e-commerce hosting (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento), and any PHP/MySQL web workload.
Value proposition: Assembling a secure LAMP server on Azure means installing four components, wiring PHP to Apache and MySQL, and hardening the host. This image does that for you:
- Apache 2.4 + MySQL 8 + PHP 8.3 — the full LAMP stack installed and integrated, with the common PHP extensions (curl, gd, mbstring, xml, zip, mysql) pre-installed
- Serves PHP on first boot — Apache and MySQL enabled as systemd services; drop your application into the web root and go
- Monthly patched & hardened — rebuilt each month from the upstream base with the latest OS security updates; hardened to Microsoft's Azure Marketplace certification standards before any version is published
- Ready to run — the service is installed, enabled, and configured to start on boot, so the VM is productive minutes after deployment instead of after a manual install
- Audit trail per release — build and certification evidence retained for every published image version, available for compliance audits and change-management documentation
Plans available:
- LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — Gen2 — Trusted Launch-capable Gen2 VM image; free image (standard Azure compute and storage rates apply). All components are open-source.
Supported software and integrations: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Magento and other PHP applications; Azure Application Gateway, Azure Monitor, Azure Backup, Azure Virtual Network.
Recommended deployment: Standard_D2ads_v6 or larger; Premium SSD for the database and web content. Terminate TLS at Apache or Azure Application Gateway; separate the database onto its own VM for larger workloads.
Support: support@dcassociatesgroup.com · www.dcassociatesgroup.com/support — business hours, 24-hour initial response SLA.