Hi Frans, A good way to start is to read this tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-wordpres…

The thing about building it yourself is that you can fit it for your needs. And you learn alot about the package, so troubleshooti…

Not to be rude, but i suggest you look up these tutorials: [how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04](http…

What about your logs? Did you check the log of mysql? Maybe Apache2 floads the mysql DB with requests? Also just to be sure che…