Can We use xampp as Online server in Google cloud ubuntu vm instance

Question

Hi to all and Thanks in advance,

I am new to google cloud platform. Recently i created one google account and created one Ubuntu vm instance on that.Meanwhile, downloaded free version of xampp(php mysql server) from apache and installed on it.And also pointing one domain to that IP.I have a plan to host more website on(by making virtual host) it.I don't know whether its wright or wrong. I am really grateful if you are answering my below queries.

1.Whether its secure or not. If no, how to configure secure xampp server.Please also mention
alternative options. If yes, to do something to get it right?. 2.Please tell me, the proper way to make ubuntu apache server on google cloud platform

I am very much eager to hear from you guys.

Answer 1

You've already created a VM instance and installed based on Ubuntu and installed XAMPP on it. In general there's no difference in installing and configuring software on standard server or GCE VM.

Have a look at the tutorial Setting Up LAMP on Compute Engine :

This page shows you how to get a LAMP stack running on a Google Compute Engine virtual machine instance. Follow the steps in this tutorial to configure LAMP on a Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS instance.

and check if you missed something.

In addition, I'd recommend you a few extra steps:

• reserve a static external IP address and assigning it to your VM instance instance .
• use appropriate to your load machine type instead of mentioned in the tutorial f1-micro (you can change it later).
• learn more about GCP Firewall to use it instead of firewall on your VM instance.
• create snapshots of your persistent disk to protect your data.
• choose DNS servers for your domains: it could be Google Cloud DNS or other DNS servers.
• think about reservation of Compute Engine zonal resources , it could be helpful in some cases.
• check Marketplace for preconfigured LAMP solutions.

Going back to your questions :

1. To avoid some obvious security issues you should follow community tutorial , official documentations, security recommendations for used software and common sense.
2. You're able to install LAMP manually (as you already did) or use preconfigured solution from Marketplace .

Answer 2

you can use centos to configure your apache mysql php to run your site. For more info visit the link here,

https://www.wlpbasic.tech/how-to-configure-a-lamp-on-centos-7/