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Linux - probably

Apache/Nginx - some web server will be used, though much as likely something more lightweight than Apache. No proxy_pass needed since Gatsby just generates a bunch of files you need to serve

MySQL - probably not unless married with a very complex backend

PHP - yeah that’s out

To understand Gatsby it’s crucial to understand that it’s using a significantly different architecture than traditional LAMP applications and monolithic CMSes



Just about every production Gatsby instance is either using static data source (list of markdown/json files) or a monolithic CMS on the backend via API. It's more of a modern frontend site framework rather than a true self-contained app.




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