[ale] New server setup

[Jim Philips]

You might want to check out a program called Apache Toolkit. It gives you a menu that lets you pick all of the options you want compiled in. When you have selected and tell it to go, it downloads the latest versions of each program; configures, compiles and installs them. You can find it on Freshmeat. There is also a good how-to on compiling at the PHP Web site at:

http://www.php.net


My first exposure to the whole installation nightmare was the Wrox book "Professional PHP Programming". It gives a pretty good rundown on how to get it all right.


-----Original Message-----
From: Gary MacKay [mailto:Gary at EdisonInfo.com]
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 8:01 AM
To: greg at turnstep.com
Cc: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] New server setup



Thanks! My next question is "Where can I find a good doc (similar to
Life With Qmail) that explains compiling _all_ the pieces so they play
together nicely?" I'm using the standard, what do they call it now?
LAMP? (Linux,Apache,MySQL,PHP). Each has compile options to work with
the other. The last time I did this I fought for quite awhile
recompiling till I was crazy to get it right. I don't feel like going
through that again. This is such a standard setup that somewhere there
has to be a detailed instruction set.   Now that I think about it, and
the coffee starts to take effect, I never did get it to compile in SLL
stuff. That's the biggest problem.


Thanks again,


- Gary




greg at turnstep.com wrote:
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> > I'm setting up a new server that I plan to host several domains
> > (web and mail) on. What is the prefered method of install? What I
> > mean is, should I stick to the rpm's or custom compile all
> > software? Yes, I'm using RedHat 7.1, (forget the flames, etc.),
> > because the question applies to any distro I think. Should I use
> > the standard package manager (ie. rpm, pkg_add, whatever) or
> > compile from source?
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> <twocents>
> Stick to tarballs and install yourself. You'll get a much
> better understanding of what is going on, and can ensure
> you are installing the latest version. I always compile
> from source. I see you are using qmail - excellent. Also
> take a look at tinydns and throw out bind if you
> haven't already. Nothing wrong with RH 7.1, by the way.
> I use it myself, although at this point I've
> [re]installed and re[compiled] so many things I feel it
> is now *my* distribution, as it doesn't really resemble
> the original RedHat distribution so much anymore. :)
> 
> Greg Sabino Mullane
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