Updated 2025-01-15

Free Tier: Install Apache and PHP on an Ubuntu Instance

In this tutorial, you use an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Free Tier account to set up a compute instance on the latest version of Ubuntu. Then, you install an Apache web server and PHP and access your new server from the internet. Finally, this tutorial covers all the steps necessary to set up a virtual network for your host and connect the host to the internet.

Key tasks include how to:

  • Set up a compartment for your development work.
  • Install your Ubuntu instance and connect it to your Virtual Cloud Network (VCN).
    • Set up an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure virtual cloud network and related network services required for your host to connect to the internet.
    • Set up ssh encryption keys to access your Ubuntu server.
  • Configure ingress rules for your VCN.
  • Configure Apache and PHP 8 on your instance.
  • Connect to your instance from the internet.

Here is a simplified diagram of the setup for your Linux VM.

A diagram of the components needed to run a Apache webserver on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

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Before You Begin

To successfully complete this tutorial, you must have the following:

Requirements

1. Set up a Compartment for Development

Configure a compartment for your development.

2. Install an Ubuntu Linux Instance

Use the Create a VM Instance workflow to create a new compute instance.

The workflow does several things when installing the instance:

  • Creates and installs a compute instance running Ubuntu Linux.
  • Creates a VCN with the required subnet and components needed to connect the Ubuntu Linux instance to the internet.
  • Creates an ssh key pair you use to connect to the instance.

3. Enable Internet Access

The Create a VM Instance wizard automatically creates a VCN for your VM. You add an ingress rule to your subnet to allow internet connections on port 80.

4. Set up Apache and PHP

Next install and configure Apache web server and PHP to run on your Ubuntu Linux instance.

What's Next

You have successfully installed and deployed an Apache web server and PHP on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure using a Linux instance.

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