[HLUG] Test web server

[David Shorthouse]

I run opensuse 10.3 using apache and all other goodies 
if you setup the machine just as a command line machine for speed and 
security. You can install a bit of software called webmin. this will allow 
you to take control of  the machine upload files download file setup ftp 
apache php perl.

I would recommend this as I've used it for around 3years...

Dave

I hope all is well I am just catching up on the emails due to not really using 
my server machine.


On Friday 18 April 2008 10:56:34 Paul Stenning wrote:
> Help!!!
>
> I want to set up a Linux based test web server to help with developing
> PHP/MySQL based sites on the local network only.  It won't be accessible
> on the internet.  I have a spare P4 1.6GHz PC with 512MB of RAM which I
> intend to use for this.
>
> I do not like using the command line so need some sort of desktop/GUI on
> it.  I use phpMyAdmin for managing databases.  I don't mind editing
> config files for Apache but would prefer a graphical management front-end.
>
> The live server is running...
>
> Apache version	1.3.37 (Unix)
> PHP version	5.2.1
> MySQL version	5.0.45-community
>
> So it would be sensible to use similar versions of PHP and MySQL on the
> test server.
>
> Initially I want to set up two sites on the box, and they must have URLs
> that do NOT include directories.  So I cannot use URLs like
> http://myserver/~site1/ and http://myserver/~site2/ (this is due to how
> the site I am sorting out is currently cobbled together).
>
> I can use http://site1.myserver/ and http://site2.myserver/, or
> http://site1/ and http://site2/, or two IP addresses
> http://192.168.0.100/ and http://192.168.0.101/.  So I need to be able
> to configure the server and Apache to do one of these.  I will probably
> be adding other sites later.
>
> I will be doing the development on a Windows PC.  I want to be able to
> edit the website files directly on the server over the network, so it
> needs to be network shared directories.  I don't want to have to FTP
> every change across.  So presumably I need Samba?
>
> So for starters...
>
> What Linux distro should I use?  I am thinking of one of the Ubuntu
> family but welcome other ideas.
>
> Obviously I need to install Apache, PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin.  What
> should I install to get a graphical management thing for Apache
> (preferably web-based)?
>
> What do I need to do to configure the site URLs as above?
>
> What do I need to do to configure Samba or whatever for network shares?
>
> It won't have a monitor etc connected once it is up and running.  How
> can I access a remote desktop or whatever on it from Windows?
>
> All suggestions welcomed!  I will probably be starting this on Sunday.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul