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Mukesh Yadav

13 Nov 2009 13 Nov '09

11:55 a.m.

Hi, I have one remote machine which is running CentOS, right now there is nothing installed in this machine, I want to set up a PHP web server. I tried googling but now i'm confused how I go about it should I compile everything or I install is through yum. if you guys can guide me that will be great -- Regards Mukesh Yadav

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Sharninder

13 Nov 13 Nov

12:03 p.m.

I have one remote machine which is running CentOS, right now there is nothing installed in this machine, I want to set up a PHP web server. I tried googling but now i'm confused how I go about it should I compile everything or I install is through yum. if you guys can guide me that will be great

If you had to ask this question, I'd suggest that you go with yum. Compile and learn the process first on a local machine (not connected to an external network). Compiling apache/php is not for the faint hearted, IMO. -- Sharninder http://geekyninja.com

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Mukesh Yadav

12:12 p.m.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Sharninder <sharninder(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I have one remote machine which is running CentOS, right now there is nothing installed in this machine, I want to set up a PHP web server. I tried googling but now i'm confused how I go about it should I compile everything or I install is through yum. if you guys can guide me that will be great

If you had to ask this question, I'd suggest that you go with yum. Compile and learn the process first on a local machine (not connected to an external network). Compiling apache/php is not for the faint hearted, IMO.

Great but what is good Idea I mean what is best, yum or compile... this is just a testing server.

-- Sharninder http://geekyninja.com -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

-- Regards Mukesh Yadav

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Sharninder

12:19 p.m.

Great but what is good Idea I mean what is best, yum or compile... this is just a testing server.

Well, that depends on what you want to do with it. If you only want to learn php, then use yum. If you want to learn how apache/php compiles then compile from source. yum will also give you the advantage of keeping things in control when patches and updates come in. If you compile from source you'll have to do all that yourself. -- Sharninder http://geekyninja.com/

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Mehul Ved

7:14 p.m.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Mukesh Yadav <mak.gnu(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Sharninder <sharninder(a)gmail.com> wrote: Great but what is good Idea I mean what is best, yum or compile... this is just a testing server.

You can try both under virtual machine and see what you prefer. From what I understand, that will allow you to have a fair comparison too.

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Mukesh Yadav

7:20 p.m.

thanks guys will give a try. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Mehul Ved <mehul.n.ved(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Mukesh Yadav <mak.gnu(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:03 PM, Sharninder <sharninder(a)gmail.com>

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Great but what is good Idea I mean what is best, yum or compile... this

is

just a testing server.

You can try both under virtual machine and see what you prefer. From what I understand, that will allow you to have a fair comparison too. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

-- Regards Mukesh Yadav

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Sameep

4:35 p.m.

On 13-Nov-09, at 11:55 AM, Mukesh Yadav wrote:

Hi, I have one remote machine which is running CentOS, right now there is nothing installed in this machine, I want to set up a PHP web server. I tried googling but now i'm confused how I go about it should I compile everything or I install is through yum. if you guys can guide me that will be great

You can try one of the tutorials at howtoforge. They have step by step configurations for a lot of server setups. Regards, Sameep www.TuxDVDs.com The Best Online Linux Distro Store Latest Distros Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala DVD Repo Set Mandriva 2010 Gentoo 10.0

-- Regards Mukesh Yadav -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

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Ripunjay Bararia

10:29 p.m.

Mukesh Yadav wrote:

Hi, I have one remote machine which is running CentOS, right now there is nothing installed in this machine, I want to set up a PHP web server. I tried googling but now i'm confused how I go about it should I compile everything or I install is through yum. if you guys can guide me that will be great

Hey, If you have a normal installed CentOS installation, just go ahead and do the following 1. Install Apache yum -y install httpd 2. Install PHP yum -y install php php-cli php-mysql once the above is done start Apache (httpd) service httpd start you can go to the following directory to upload all your php files cd /var/www/html/ for the default file name it "index.php", so when you type http://[ip address of your server]/ it will open the above "index.php" file, if you type http://[ip address of your server]/myfile.php then it will run/open the file myfile.php in the directory "/var/www/html" cheers RB

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Mukesh Yadav

11:48 p.m.

hey thanks On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Ripunjay Bararia <ripunjay(a)hns.net.in>wrote;wrote:

Mukesh Yadav wrote:

Hi, I have one remote machine which is running CentOS, right now there is nothing installed in this machine, I want to set up a PHP web server. I tried googling but now i'm confused how I go about it should I compile everything or I install is through yum. if you guys can guide me that will be great

Hey, If you have a normal installed CentOS installation, just go ahead and do the following 1. Install Apache yum -y install httpd 2. Install PHP yum -y install php php-cli php-mysql once the above is done start Apache (httpd) service httpd start you can go to the following directory to upload all your php files cd /var/www/html/ for the default file name it "index.php", so when you type http://[ip address of your server]/ it will open the above "index.php" file, if you type http://[ip address of your server]/myfile.php then it will run/open the file myfile.php in the directory "/var/www/html" cheers RB -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

-- Regards Mukesh Yadav

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Arun Khan

14 Nov 14 Nov

9:53 a.m.

On Friday 13 Nov 2009, Mukesh Yadav wrote:

server. I tried googling but now i'm confused how I go about it should I compile everything or I install is through yum. if you guys can guide me that will be great

Always mention version no of the distro for relevant/focused responses. There is version 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x (latest 5.4). In all of the above incarnations, CentOS has a decent LAMP stack that works pretty much out of the box. Take the compilation route if you need the latest versions of the respective packages. Also, you mention the machine is "remote" and I am assuming it is visible on the 'Net. Therefore, ensure that you apply, at a minimum, all the security related updates from CentOS. -- Arun Khan

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Mukesh Yadav

2:58 p.m.

Hey, Thanks arun my machine is CentOS 5.4 which is latest. I installed through yum . thanks you On 11/13/09, Arun Khan <knura(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

On Friday 13 Nov 2009, Mukesh Yadav wrote:

server. I tried googling but now i'm confused how I go about it should I compile everything or I install is through yum. if you guys can guide me that will be great

Always mention version no of the distro for relevant/focused responses. There is version 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x (latest 5.4). In all of the above incarnations, CentOS has a decent LAMP stack that works pretty much out of the box. Take the compilation route if you need the latest versions of the respective packages. Also, you mention the machine is "remote" and I am assuming it is visible on the 'Net. Therefore, ensure that you apply, at a minimum, all the security related updates from CentOS. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

-- Regards Mukesh Yadav

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