Single LAMP Server

Goal

• Launch an instance via Horizon Dashboard
• Automated installation of a web server running PHP, as well as a database server and a database.

Prerequisites

• You need to have the login data for the OpenStack Cloud API (username and passphrase).
• Knowledge how to use a terminal/SSH and SSH-keys.

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Launch Stack

• Log in to the Horizon Dashboard using the username and password (API credentials) that were provided by us.

• To launch the example stack using the dashboard go to "Project" → "Orchestration" → "Stacks".
• Click the button "Launch Stack"
• Select "URL" as "Template Source"
• Copy the URL of the example code file https://raw.githubusercontent.com/syseleven/heat-examples/master/lamp-single-server/example.yaml
• Paste the copied URL into the field "Template URL"
• Select "File" as "Environment Source"

• Click "Next"
• Write "lampserver" into the field "Stack Name"
• Write the name of your SSH key that you uploaded to the Horizon Dashboard - see SSH How-To
• Click on "Launch"

• Verify that the stack status is "Create In Progress" or "Create Complete"
• Go to "Compute" → "Instances" to retrieve the floating IP that is required to access the instance via SSH
• Copy the floating IP from the example server
• Open a terminal of your choice and log in to the instance via SSH with the username syseleven

ssh syseleven@<floating-ip> -i ~/.ssh/<private-ssh-key>

• You should now be logged in your instance via SSH
• You can follow the installation progress:
• In the background, the web server, database server and a up-to-date PHP version is being installed.

• We can check the progress with the following command: tail -f /var/log/cloud-init-output.log

• You may also test the webserver:

• This template deploys a simple PHP application.
• You can now place any PHP application to /var/www/html and test it.