Because it's small, cheap, and silent, Raspberry Pi (RPi) is a perfect candidate for server duties. Although you can certainly install and run heavyweight applications like WordPress or Gallery on an RPi, that's probably not the most sensible approach, considering the machine's modest hardware specifications. Instead, you might want to opt for lightweight alternatives. In fact, quite a few server applications are a perfect fit for the little machine.

Preparing RPi for Server Duties

The first order of business is to turn your RPi into a server by installing the required components, including the Apache web server and PHP. Assuming you are using the Debian-based Raspbian Linux distributions, you can install the necessary packages using the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 php5

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