TurnKey LAMP Live CD

TurnKey LAMP Live CD is an open source software appliance that delivers one of the most simple and straightforward solution for deploying dedicated servers with the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) web stack.

LAMP Stack is an open source web platform that includes the Apache web server, MySQL database, and the PHP server-side programming language, to help users run dynamic websites and servers. LAMP uses MySQL as opposed to LAPP, which uses PostgreSQL.

Key features include out-of-the-box SSL support, the phpMyAdmin software for easy administation of MySQL databases, a Postfix MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) for sending email messages to users, as well as Webmin modules for configuring MySQL, Apache, PHP and Postfix.

In addition, it comes with Perl, PHP and Python support for the Apache and MySQL servers, and the XCache  PHP accelerator. The default username for the MySQL, Webmin, SSH and phpMyAdmin compoennts is root.

The appliance is distributed as Live CD ISO images, which can written to USB thumb drives or CD discs, and used for installing the LAMP server on 32-bit or 64-bit machines. In addition to the Live CDs, users can download ready-to-use virtual machine images from the project's homepage, supporting the Xen, OpenNode, OVF, OpenStack and OpenVZ virtualization technologies.

The entire installation and post-install configuration processes are text-based and take a few minutes, allowing users to partition the disk drive, install the boot loader, as well as to set up new passwords for the root (system administration) and MySQL 'root' accounts.

Optionally, it is possible to enable two different TurnKey Hub services, Backup and Migration or Domain Management and Dynamic DNS during the first boot configuration process. The server can be administered locally via the TurnKey Linux Configuration Console, or remotely via SSH, SFTP, Web Shell, Webmin and phpMyAdmin services.

What is new in this release:

• Install Adminer directly from stretch/main repo
• Provide "adminer" root-like user for Adminer MySQL access
• Replace MySQL with MariaDB (drop-in MySQL replacement)
• Updated version of mysqltuner script
• Includes PHP7.0 (installed from Debian repos)
• Updated PHP default settings
• Remove phpsh (no longer maintained)

What is new in version 13.0:

• Latest Debian Wheezy package versions of all components.
• PHPMyAdmin:
• Configured to allow users preferences stored in database.
• Specified blowfish_secret and regeneration on firstboot (security).

What is new in version 11.1-lucid-x86:

• Set MySQL root password on firstboot (convenience, security).
• Force MySQL to use Unicode/UTF8.
• Support CGI out of the box.
• Added php-xcache PHP opcode cacher / optimizer (performance).
• Set postfix MTA myhostname to localhost (bugfix).
• Enabled tracking in PHPMyAdmin.
• Minor tweaks to TKL web control panel.

What is new in version 2009.10-hardy-x86:

• Added Turnkey web control panel (replaces welcome page). Also fixes displaying correct host when behind proxy (SERVER_ADDR -> HTTP_HOST).
• Added postfix MTA (bound to localhost) to allow sending of email from web applications (e.g., password recovery). Also added webmin-postfix module for convenience.
• PHPMyAdmin improvements:
• Added pmadb (linked tables) advanced features to PHPMyAdmin (LP#426303)
• Added mcrypt extension to Apache2 required by PHPMyAdmin (LP#345275)
• Pinned PHPMyAdmin to update directly from Debian (security).
• di-live (installer) MySQL component:
• Added support for complex passwords (LP#416515).
• Added CLI options (user/pass/query/chroot).
• Added curl (generically useful in LAMP type appliances).
• Removed "AllowOverride None" directive from default site configuration.
• Bugfix: Removed build systems hostname from MySQL user table.
• Regenerates all secrets during installation / firstboot (security).

What is new in version 2009.02-hardy-x86:

• phpMyAdmin for convenience.
• Python and Perl support for Apache2 and MySQL.
• Rebuilt on top of TurnKey Core, the new common base for all software appliances, which is assembled from Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS packages.
• A bugfix in the daily auto-updates mechanism.
• Significant usability and security enhancements: confconsole support for systems with multiple NICs, password-free login in demo mode, SSL support, database password setting during installation, no passwords in demo mode, many generically useful Webmin modules, and improved embedded documentation.

What is new in version 2008.12.09-hardy-x86:

• Regenerate ssh keys during installation
• Allow the user to set the mysql root password during installation
• Fixed manual partitioning support in the installer (#LP301251)
• Configuration console now saves the default route when configuring a static ip so the settings are not lost between system restarts (#LP303498)
• apt and cron-apt now share the same sources entries (#LP293685)
• Includes iptables, webmin-firewall module and exemplary configuration