mjbavan well my current hardware in my vps is 1 core 1gb ram
html stuff like php/mysql i know take 2 core at least since popup window told me.
so you said you had 1 core server i still think you need more cores and wouldnt hurt for ram upgrade as well but i dont know how much ram, honestly 6gb ram should be more than enough.
heres link to server hosting for vps i use, only 10 usd a month for my specs. soon upgrade 4 core 6gb ram only 11 usd a month as its out of stock at the moment. HUGE STORAGE as well 11 usd month will have 6tb disk space seems like all servers have unlimited bandwidth 100mbps which says 100tb when it measures, they only measure speed to 100 mbps but confirmed goes to 100tb if it makes any sense to you
https://servarica.com/

    4 days later

    norge
    If the PHP version of your server is only 7.4, please install phpmyadmin 4.9

    mjbavan
    What distribution is the operating system you are using? What is the installed version of apache and mysql?

          a month later

          TheWormsUnited after update tried to instal php 7.4 still cant
          im uninstall nginx and install apache see if i can install php 7.4 phpmyadmin

              TheWormsUnited i think i know why well upon reinstall of mysql this service is stopped like it was before, is there a way to start it since pressing restart start isnt working

                  TheWormsUnited no php 7.3 doesnt install
                  i can only install lowest version of php, at that point i still need a higher version of php