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High Availability for the LAMP Stack Step by Step

How to eliminate single points of failure & increase uptime for your Linux, Apache, MySQL, & PHP Based Web Sites & Apps.

Created byJason Cannon
BeginnerUpdated Apr 24, 2023
High Availability for the LAMP Stack Step by Step

What You'll Learn

check_circleLearn to build highly-available LAMP stack architectures.
check_circleMaster load balancing with HAProxy and cloud services.
check_circleImplement high availability with keepalived.
check_circleExplore horizontal and vertical scaling strategies.
check_circleConfigure a highly available MySQL cluster using Percona XtraDB Cluster.
check_circleSet up shared storage with GlusterFS for seamless data synchronization across servers.

About This Course

This step-by-step guide teaches you everything you need to know to eliminate single points of failure for your Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP-based web applications.

Why This Course Is for You?

  • Do you wish your website was always up so you could finally enjoy a peaceful night's sleep?
  • Do you want to scale without downtime and handle unexpected traffic surges?
  • Do you want a reliable solution that just works—without weeks of testing different combinations of technologies?
  • Do you want someone to walk you through an entire deployment, step-by-step?

If so, you’re in the right place.

I understand, because I’ve been there. I know what it’s like to be woken up in the middle of the night when a web server goes down. I strive to eliminate single points of failure and ensure service availability. A robust, easy-to-support design lets you fix issues at your convenience—not during a crisis.

What You'll Learn?

You’ll learn how to deploy a well-designed, well-tested high-availability LAMP stack that:

  • Easily scales to support more users
  • Reduces downtime to a minimum
  • Covers all single points of failure, even the less obvious ones

Where This Architecture Works:

  • Physical servers (bare metal)
  • Virtual environments: VMWare, VirtualBox, Ovirt, RHEV, KVM, Xen
  • Cloud platforms: AWS, Rackspace Cloud, or any other provider

What This Solution Supports:

  • Custom-written LAMP applications
  • Popular open-source apps: WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, MediaWiki, phpBB, Redmine, SugarCRM, and more.

This is a complete course—not just a design document. You’ll get:

  • ✅ 20+ HD videos demonstrating real implementations on Linux servers
  • ✅ Diagrams to reference while building your environment
  • ✅ Configuration files for each service
  • ✅ Scripts to automate the full High Availability LAMP Stack deployment
  • ✅ Step-by-step guidance with Ubuntu servers (concepts apply to RedHat, CentOS, etc.)
  • ✅ Real-world reusable techniques for: Floating IPs, scalable storage, load balancing, HA database clusters.

After completing the course, you’ll be able to:

  • Deploy highly available web services
  • Scale without downtime
  • Add storage on the fly
  • Survive single points of failure
  • Sleep through the night without emergency server calls
  • Grow infrastructure to support more users without starting over

Your Instructor

Jason Cannon
Jason Cannon
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Jason started his career as a Unix and Linux System Engineer in 1999. Since then, he has utilized his Linux skills at companies such as Xerox, UPS, Hewlett-Packard, and Amazon. Additionally, he has acted as a technical consultant and independent contractor for small businesses and Fortune 500 companies. Jason has professional experience with RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. He has used several Linux distributions on personal projects, including Debian, Slackware, Arch Linux, CrunchBang, Raspberry Pi OS, and others. In addition to Linux, Jason has experience supporting proprietary Unix operating systems, including AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris. He enjoys teaching others how to use and exploit the power of the Linux operating system. He is also the author of the books "Linux for Beginners," "Command Line Kung Fu," and "Docker: A Project-Based Approach to Learning."

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