>Just a question of curiousity. Can you install PHP using tars files?
>I was looking at purchasing a few servers last fall and when I looked at the
>RAQ3/4 they (colbalt) told me that you could only install their stuff and
>they didn't have new versions of MySQL and only PHP3.
Yep!
The Cobalts aren't perfect.
But they're great for hosting many websites for people - if you want them
to be able to go administer stuff themselves.
(Add users, change passwords, etc. Stuff you don't want to bother with.)
The only downside is it's not a standard Apache installation - so you can't
just rebuild Apache.
But yes you CAN use MySQL and PHP just fine, from source.
(I'll include the PHP installation instructions for a RaQ3, below.)
>Would you recommend these to meet our needs? (We need a dedicated MySQL
>server, 2 apache servers (that load balance/high availablity of which will
>also run a nameserver on each one), one dedicated mail server (probably
>Qmail from what has been recommended so far).
Man - if you're talking about a machine having a single purpose in life,
like ONLY Apache/PHP/MySQL, or ONLY a Qmail server, then your BEST bet is
to use beautiful stripped-down OpenBSD.
Sera Systems rules. I've used them to buy/build 3 servers, and they do the
OpenBSD installation and optimization.
Check out this link:
http://www.serasystems.com/serabox.html
Then this one:
http://www.serasystems.com/preconfiguration.html
---------- and IF you go for a Cobalt RaQ --------------
PHP INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS for the Cobalt RaQ3/4.
Step 1: Go get the most recent source tarball from http://www.php.net/
Untar it:
tar -xvfz php4-[tab]
******** TO MAKE PHP4:
## - weird little bug workaround - was looking in wrong directory for Apache
cd /usr/bin
ln -s /usr/sbin/httpd httpd
## - GO BACK TO THE PHP4 INSTALLATION
DIRECTORY (/home/sites/home/users/admin/php4#/)
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql
--enable-track-vars --enable-trans-sid --enable-ftp
make
make install
vi php.ini-dist
#### under [mail function]
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
## COPY THE CONFIGURATION FILE TO WHERE PHP LOOKS FOR IT
cp php.ini-dist /usr/local/lib/php.ini
## WE HAVE TO ADD MySQL TO THE LIBRARY PATH
vi /etc/ld.so.conf
## - ADD THESE LINES AT THE END;
/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql
/sbin/ldconfig
## MAKE APACHE PHP-READY:
vi /etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf
find this line:
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm etc....
and add the 2 more options: index.php index.php3
find the line talking about PHP:
change it from "php3" to just:
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .htm .html
## READY TO RESTART APACHE:
go into /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
and IF there is a line that reads this:
LoadModule php4_module lib/apache/libphp4.so
amend it to read this:
LoadModule php4_module /usr/lib/apache/libphp4.so
then restart httpd:
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart
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