In this tutorial we’ll install the Debian Linux 9 (squeeze), Apache 2 with mpm-itk (to run each web as a isolated user), PHP 7 support and MySql 5.7 database server. Additionally the tutorial covers installation of the vsftp server to provide FTP service, setting up letsencrypt and requesting a free certificate, installation of [...]
Ástþór IP
Nginx is an open source reverse proxy server, load balancer, HTTP cache, and a web server. The Nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. Users have been moving to Nginx because of the high performance and stability and as of February 2014, Nginx is hosting around 15% of all web [...]
Ástþór IP
sSMTP is an extremely simple MTA to get mail off the system to a mail hub. It contains no suid-binaries or other dangerous things – no mail spool to poke around in, and no daemons running in the background. Mail is simply forwarded to the configured mailhost. Extremely easy configuration. This is ideal for web servers to avoid [...]
Ástþór IP
Here’s a basic guide on how to get Apache2, PHP5 and MySql working on most Debian based distros in a few easy steps. 1. Install Apache2 and PHP5 (as an Apache module) apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-mysql
Ástþór IP
eAccelerator is a free open-source PHP accelerator & optimizer. It increases the performance of PHP scripts by caching them in their compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also optimizes scripts to speed up their execution. eAccelerator typically reduces server load and increases the [...]
Ástþór IP
apache2-mpm-itk is an MPM (Multi-Processing Module) for the Apache web server. mpm-itk allows you to run each of your vhost under a separate uid and gid — in short, the scripts and configuration files for one vhost no longer have to be readable for all the other vhosts. 1. Install the apache2-mpm-itk package apt-get install [...]
Ástþór IP
Dotdeb provides a repository with PHP 5.3 for lenny and it’s easy to upgrade: 1. Add these lines to the apt sources (pico /etc/apt/sources.list) deb http://php53.dotdeb.org stable all deb-src http://php53.dotdeb.org stable all
Ástþór IP
MailWatch for MailScanner is a web-based front-end to MailScanner written in PHP, MySQL and JpGraph. It comes with a CustomConfig module for MailScanner which causes MailScanner to log all message data (excluding body text) to a MySQL database which is then queried by MailWatch for reporting and statistics. 1. Install Apache2, MySql [...]
Ástþór IP
PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. 1. Install the PEAR framework get install php-pear
Ástþór IP
XCache is a fast, stable PHP opcode cacher that has been tested and is now running on production servers under high load. It overcomes a lot of problems that has been with other competing opcachers such as being able to be used with new PHP versions. 1. Installing the XCache package apt-get install php5-xcache
Ástþór IP