m0n0wall Forum - linux/Apache2 distro

« on: November 26, 2007, 20:23:56 »

phillip1983

Posts: 64

Hi people,

i know this is not the right group to post this in but ,

i was wandering if any one knows of a linux Distro that has Apache, MySQL, PHP built in to the installation like WAMP .

all i need is a installation package so that i can have a cut down linux and the above apache etc installed on to it so that i can run 4 small websites from it useing the virtual server option in Apache , i have WAMP installed (http://www.wampserver.com/) on one of my servers but i would like to have that software and windows/linux on a compact flash card or something...

Does anyone one about this, or point me in the right direction.?

Many Thanks

Re: linux/Apache2 distro

« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2007, 23:00:03 »

secure.boy

Posts: 23

good choice you are moving on right way
LINUX is good Grin

you can use ubuntu LAMP (linux,apache.mysql,php) as a webserver you
can find a lot of manuals on the net just google and you the solution for the start
i'm don't think using cf is the right solution because m0n0 can run on cf but every thing
is using ram so there is no swap
and if you use that in webserver you are limited to R/W of CF

take an old pc and run from there ubuntu server
if you have any problems with ubuntu write me PM

Re: linux/Apache2 distro

« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2007, 01:36:22 »

zeusenergy

Posts: 10

Quote from: phillip1983 on November 26, 2007, 20:23:56

Secure boy is right. CF wouldn't be the best route. Get a good, cheap hard drive with 40 or more GB on it for this server, 7200 RPM. Be sure you have a good PC to run Ubuntu on. The big plus is it's GUI OS, the big minus is the 512 MB+ you will need to run it well. I think Knoppix may be able to do what you want, and it's a little less demanding. You could also do DSL ("Darn" Small Linux) and install the apache module. That would need only 128 MB RAM! Either way, stay away from Server 2003- it takes a bunch of horsepower to run properly and it's IIS to begin with. You can run a Win2k desktop with Apache, methinks. That would need the same requirements as Linux GUI OS'es.

Re: linux/Apache2 distro

« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2007, 22:24:38 »

secure.boy

Posts: 23

i'm don't think that ubuntu is good for old hardware \
if you like your os to be based on debain/ubuntu kernel you can go
with another distro wich is xubuntu/kubuntu wich are design for old pc
but if you have 512mb ram is very good and stable for webserver
i have installed a lot webservers and the problems are memory and storage
i would go with 512+ mb ram and at least raid1(mirror)

Re: linux/Apache2 distro

« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2007, 20:10:32 »

cmb	Posts: 851

Ubuntu Server works great on old hardware. FreeBSD does as well.

For the minimal needs of 4 low traffic sites, any OS and hardware will suffice. CF isn't a good choice for a web server.

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