Best Config for a LAMP Server..

I want to use my dockstar as a LAMP Server and I am concerned about memory and would like to get the best amount of speed out of it as possible..

I am currently running Jeff's Debian Squeeze Install with Apache / MySQL and PHP.. off a 4 gig usbkey.. I need to updated to get the led to work..

Is there any suggestions to get my install to perform any better and or make it more rock solid.. I would like to be able to have perl and GD running as well..

Any tips, advice and suggestions would be helpful..

thx

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I was gonna post a link but I saw it was installing LAMP using pogolinux .



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/14/2010 12:48PM by rgtaa.

I am also looking for LAMP or preferably a lighter equiv setup on dockstar with debian.
Thanks in advance!

Just thought I'd point out a couple of pages that got this going for me:

http://wiki.debian.org/LaMp <--- a basic set of instructions for installing apache2, php, mysql. Very little explanation, but solid instructions.

http://wiki.dennyhalim.com/instant-debian-lamp <--- I might recommend that for someone who has already done some linuxwork. But if something goes amiss, you're left with no suggestions from that page.

http://linux.justinhartman.com/Setting_up_a_LAMP_Server <--- another walk-through.

Also, it's well worth one's time to install Webmin once one gets LAMP going. It makes it that much easier to make changes and see configurations.
http://www.webmin.com/deb.html

Is anyone using Cherokee or lighttpd rather than apache?

I'm using Nginx and Dokuwiki for my blog : http://blog.slucas.fr and everything works fine.

Vlad59 Wrote:
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> I'm using Nginx and Dokuwiki for my blog :
> http://blog.slucas.fr and everything works fine.

Vlad59, could you provide more info about installing nginx and dokuwiki. Did you use a specific guide or do you have any tips?

Thanks - any info is much appreciated!

Sorry for the delay ....

I wrote almost everything I had to do to make it work on my blog. Sadly I did not took the time to translate it from french to english. I'll try to translate it next week.

Anyway the code is universal so here are the links :
Nginx + PHP : http://blog.slucas.fr/blog/nginx-php-install
PHP-XCache : http://blog.slucas.fr/blog/php-xcache
Dokuwiki install : I used the official documentation http://www.dokuwiki.org/Install and I installed it from the tgz package (not from debian).
Configuration of nginx for dokuwiki : http://blog.slucas.fr/blog/dokuwiki-rewrite-tag and http://blog.slucas.fr/blog/anteater-system-security-nginx

I'll try to follow the thread if you have any questions left.

Anyone have great steps for installing lighttpd php mysql that are simple and straight forward. I have tried a numer of them and end up with errors.....

Thanks, TAG

Here is what worked for me, best as I remember:

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apt-get install lighttpd
-- changed www root to something on attached hard disk drive
lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi
apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
apt-get install php5-cgi php5-mysql php5-cli php5-curl php5-gd php5-mcryp
nano (already installed) /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini add the line cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1 right at the end of the file

I found these the most helpful sources of information:

http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-lighttpd-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-debian-lenny
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/lighttpd-webserver-setup-with-php5-and-mysql-support.html

Good luck.