https://medium.com/@jovanshernandez/installing-nginx-mysql-php-lemp-stack-on-ubuntu-18-04-part-1-of-2-5f5aa6360270

You can find many LAMP/LEMP tutorials online, but I am curating this “How-To” guide for my own benefit so I can come back to this when needed, and also perhaps if anyone needs help, this can serve as a starting point for them.

I’m going to be using VirtualBox for this and I highly recommend if you are new to Linux, you also start off on VirtualBox. It allows you to create snapshots, destroy, and rebuild virtual systems really quickly, easily, and all for free (thanks Oracle!). You can download VirtualBox here.