Bitnami package for LAMP
Bitnami by VMware | 8.1.29-4-r06 on Debian 12Linux/Unix, Debian 12 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Good for new Linux users, not so good for experienced users.
This LAMP Distro is definitely aimed at Linux new comers more than for experienced Linux cmd-line users. The web-based application management system reminded me of cPanel, though command-line tools are available for many functions in the Bitnami package. But they are not the "standard" Linux commands due to their packaging and location in /opt.
Thus my recommendation is that this is fine for newcomers or cPanel users, but advanced users will probably want to build out their own LAMP distro so that packages are located and function as they are already used to.
Note, if you are training to be a Linux Dev/Ops person, build your own LAMP stack from scratch, so you can learn the default layout and commands that your distro (Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, etc.) uses instead.
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Worst expreriense ever
This image is really awful!
1) All applications are installed in /opt/bitnami instead of their default locations. If an expert, like me, tries to work with it, he has to learn all configs from scretch.
2) All applications are highly coupled. In order to change mysql data location I had to edit 15!!! files.
3) It's not possible to restart single application, as all of them are installed in a bundle.
4) There's no even restart for the bundle service.
The result: 2 work hours lost + moved to other image
Probably it was the worst experience I ever had with preinstalled images.
Failed to use it
Probably good for experts but very strange for a newbie.
Apache is not configured as usual (index.php is not recognized as default page). I failed to find documentation to create virtual servers (the final s is important) on a single instance. I was unable to import my aws instance in the Bitnami console.
I gave up after an hour, and went back to naked ubuntu with apache, mysql, etc ... manual install.
Searching for MySQL Password
Alright guys, after reading, reading, reading and trying, trying, trying finally got mysql's password!
It's really hidden to me since I didnt know you have to look at the amazon logs and look for the application's password which is the same as the mysql password.
So the default user name is root and the password is in the amazon log.
1. Go to your amazon console and find your ec2 instance.
2. Right click on your instance to get the Instance Settings=>Get System Log
3. Scroll to the section that have this:
#########################################################################
# #
# Setting Bitnami application password to 'Rqwr92Xsaf142' #
# #
#########################################################################
That's how you get your root mysql password.
Phenomenal
Every piece of software that I've used from Bitnami is excellent, this is no different. Easily create and destroy server instances with an easy to use, standardized LAMP stack. I highly recommend this.
Great
This is exactly what I expected! It works great and I haven't had any issues with the software. I recommend it to all.
seemless installation!
I was able to be up and running in less than 20 minutes, very efficient!
Great way to try a LAMP stack on cloud!
Time saver!
Great way to get up and running right out of the box. If you need a quick and simple lamp stack in the cloud, this is it,
MySQL access how to find root password?
I was installed this AMI for LAMP development.
Succesfully connected to the instance trough SSH,
and SFTP using putty ppk
Even get working phpmyadmin login page.
But spent several hours for searching a solution how really get access to MySQL got nothing.
There is no way to get root password for MySQL.
I was resetting password through passwd from command line many times. nothing helped.
So I think that Bitnami should create some tutorial of how MySql access should be granted to the AMI user.
After spending several hours to get my LAMP environment ready using this AMI. I just removed that from my AWS EC.
My experience is negative. Hope I'am not the dumbest person.
Good luck to everyone who will try to use it.
Simplifies A Lot
Great setup, automatically starts Apache upon reboot, easy to use and organized.
Also has support for all major frameworks right out of the box.
My only request for the future would be for a version with CodeDeploy pre-installed.
Aside from that, a great offering!