Prerequisites to setup web server to setup web server on your own linux computer well require the following three components to be installed apache2 apache2 is open source http server it is still the most popular web server used worldwide today php and php sqlite component php is a server side scripting language php and its component will help you to interact with a backend mysql database for your website. So lets get started and start our own setup web server the linux distro well be using for this setup is ubuntu os however this can be implemented in any linux distro at the end of this tutorial you will be able to host your php and mysql based website on your own linux machine the tutorial is divided into two parts. Give your linux web server a static hostname most home routers connect to an isp via what is called a dynamic ip this means the public facing ip address for your router will change after a set period usually a week or so a way around this is the fantastic dyndns server which lets you set a dyndns url for your site thanks to a client app . Web server guides for linux beginners ravi saive september 19 2018 september 19 2018 categories apache nginx leave a comment this page covers everything about web server software installation and common configuration setups such as the lamp linux apache mysql and php and lemp nginx apache mysql and php environments in linux server