[HLUG] Ubuntu 8.04 - is it a stable LAMP environment?

[Paul Stenning]

Hi,

Fair enough!

I knew cPanel wasn't free but didn't know whether it was this or CentOS 
that handled these packages.  All I know is that it works and is stable 
- the hosting company deal with the details.

Paul


Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Cpanel use their own Apache/PHP/MySQL.  RHEL4/Centos4 use very old packages, Apache 2.0.52, PHP 4.3.x and MySQL 4.x.  Of course once you install CPanel, it compiles all these packages for you, and if we went with a dedicated host for our websites, I would look into this.  However, it is not free, and so would have to be looked into.
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk on behalf of Paul Stenning
> Sent: Mon 09/06/2008 10:39
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: Re: [HLUG] Ubuntu 8.04 - is it a stable LAMP environment?
>  
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Have a look at CentOS too.  It is a free RHEL clone but I don't know how 
> current the PHP etc are compared to RHEL.
> 
> Our web server (at UK Dedicated / Flump) uses CentOS Enterprise 4.6 with 
> cPanel and has Apache v2.2.8, PHP 5.2.6 and MySQL 5.0.45-community.  I 
> don't know if these are updated with cPanel or CentOS though.  We have 
> had this server for a couple of years and have had no stability problems 
> with it.
> 
> I use Ubuntu 7.10 server on my local test server with no problems but 
> that is not a realistic online environment.
> 
> Paul.
> 
> 
> Andrew Hodgson wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to get up and running a web server with a recent version of PHP 5.2, and a relatively recent Apache.  We use RedHat as a distro at work, however, even in RHEL5 the PHP version is ancient and not working with many apps.  We can upgrade that package, but there is no point in then getting the RedHat license.
>>
>> I am either thinking of going with Debian Etch or Ubuntu 8.04.  Ubuntu has a slightly later PHP and Apache, but I am wondering whether they are as stable as Etch?  I am used to Debian Etch, and would like to stay with this, but if people are using the LAMP stack in Ubuntu successfully, then I think my web developers would be a lot happier with us.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Andrew.
>