On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 04:39:37PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: > My purpose: Learn FreeBSD, learn Apache, build simple web server. > Hardware: Dedicated i386 machine, three big HDs (120GB, 120GB, 200GB) > OS: FreeBSD 5.3. No X windows installed (maybe later?)
If this is to be a dedicated server machine, you don't really need X11 installed. My opinion, others will surely differ. > Apps: Also intend to use postfix, majordomo, samba > LAN: Serve LAN with Windows machines, all LAN IPs are fixed. > Internet: Fixed IPs available to be used later. > Web pages: I have many web pages (no java) that I would like to > copy from their present server to a local server. > > My new 5.3 installation includes these ports: > apache-contrib > apache-forrest > apache-jserv > apache13 > apache13+ipv6 > apache13-modperl > apache13-modssl > apache13-modssl+ipv6 > apache13-ssl > apache2 > > As I'm learning from scratch, am I correct in assuming that I would > be better off to start with apache2, or should I use one of the > flavors of apache13 (1.3) and perhaps upgrade later? There are fairly large differences between the two, but if you can learn how to use and look after one, then you can learn the other one without too much hassle, too. > If I use 1.3, why would I use anything other than the apache13 port? Take a look in each port's pkg-descr file for a little more information. For example, apache13-modperl embeds a perl interpreter in Apache to cut out the startup overheads of running perl CGI scripts. Apache13-ssl includes support for encrypted session (https). > Links to "how to do it" web pages would be appreciated. There's plenty out there - just ask Google for help. HTH Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \
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