Localhost not working after basic installation on WSL

Question

I am trying to install a LAMP working environnement but for some reason nothing happen. The lack of error messages makes me wonder what to look for.

I followed the Ubuntu installation process :

sudo apt install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php mysql-server php-mysql

At that stage, localhost should display the "It works!" message but it doesn't.

I have been restarting the apache service several times with no effect:

sudo service apache restart

it looks to be fine anyway.

I have checked the following files as advices on some online tutorial :

/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
/etc/apache2/apache2.conf

I am atually clueless on what to troubleshoot at that point.

Any ideas ?

Answer 1

You have apache2 installed. Try running this instead: sudo service apache2 restart

I tried installing LAMP on WSL too. But I was lucky. I followed these steps:

Step 1: Update and Upgrade the ubuntu subsystem

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Start bash.exe type:

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

remember the caret (^) at the end of the command.

add these 2 lines in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf :

Servername localhost
AcceptFilter http none

then you can start apache :

/etc/init.d/apache2 start

Step 3: Test Web Server, PHP and MySQL Test Apache: Open Web Browser and type this URL:

http://127.0.0.1 or http://localhost

Test PHP: Create below file (info.php) and place it in /var/www/html

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

Open Web Browser and type this URL:

http://127.0.0.1/info.php or http://localhost/info.php

Test MySQL: Type below command in bash prompt

service mysql start
mysql -uroot -ppassword

Hope it works for you.