Installing a local server (replacing OpenServer)

1. Download the program from the official website: https://www.apachefriends.org/download .html
2. Making the file executable: chmod u+x~/Downloads/xampp-linux-x64-7.3.3-1- installer.run
3. Run the file: sudo~/Downloads/xampp-linux-x64-7.3.3-1- installer.run
4. The program is installed

Management

The xampp utility is used for management: /opt/lampp/xampp Here are its main options:

• start - start all servers;
• startapache - start apache only;
• startmysql - run mysql only;
• startftp - start ftp only;
• stop - stop everything;
• stopapache - stop apache only;
• stopmysql - stop mysql only;
• stopftp - stop ftp only;
• reload, reloadapache, reloadmysql, reloadftp - similarly, only reloading all these services;
• restart - stop and start XAMPP;
• security - check XAMPP security settings;
• enablessl - enable SSL in Apache;
• disablessl - disable SSL in Apache;
• panel - open the graphical settings panel that we worked with in the first paragraph.

Run the graphical panel: sudo /opt/lampp/manager-linux-x64.run

Deployment: All web server files are located in the /opt/lampp/htdocs/ directory.