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Grey Loki
09-29-2002, 04:41 PM
Suppose you worked for a company that needed a web server. It needed two things:
a) Web server that hosted a site coded in plain HTML (nothing fancy)
b) an FTP site
That's it. Nothing else. What kind of Linux installation would you make? (i.e. distribution, software, hardware, etc).
qweqwe1
09-29-2002, 06:11 PM
what i would is ..
do a bit of (re)search and come with all possible answers and *then* post it in this forum and ask for others opinion on what is the best option.
-qweqwe
chris_i386
09-29-2002, 06:32 PM
www.linuxiso.org is always a good starting point for a distro research, as this site offers a short description and download links of many popular distros. However, when I last checked this site was down.
Trustix Secure Linux for example is a distro especially made for servers. It includes no Xwindows, and is only a 200 mb download. It's RedHat based.
Grey Loki
09-29-2002, 06:51 PM
Originally posted by qweqwe1
do a bit of (re)search and come with all possible answers and *then* post it in this forum and ask for others opinion on what is the best option.
Well, right now Im running Mandrake 8.1 with Apache and ProFTP. I know a lot of people stick their nose up at Mandrake so I was curious what others thought would be better for a "barebones" server.
X_console
09-30-2002, 01:06 PM
I would just run it on a barebones Slackware box to conserve the most space. If you just need plain HTML and just FTP then that'll suffice. If you need more, just add it in.
miteycasey
10-01-2002, 04:08 PM
Is Mandrake setup and working for you? If it is I wouldn't change. It would be a time v. hassle question for me.
Simply turn off everything your not using.
element-x
10-02-2002, 09:02 AM
Software wise... I'll go along with my slackware buddies and say: For your distribution, choose slackware, you can make a nice barebones system with it and it's quite easy to maintain (at least that's my experience) For ftp, I'll go with what I've seen work for me in the past: ProFTPD. It's great.
Hardware wise...Depends on how much traffic this server will be getting. You'd have to inform us of: Inbound/Outbound Traffic, scripts/programs running (CPU/MEM intensive), and what types of services it would be running.
ie. If it's running imap with 15000 users, you may need a certain amount of disk space allotted for their email.
qweqwe1
10-04-2002, 02:34 AM
Sorry if i sounded harsh earlier...
if Mandrake works for u stick to it. i am comfortable with RH so i am using it for my firewall and for my webserver/mailserver. Just install only the required stuff (no DNS, LDAP my SQL etc) and also turn off unused services /demons and close unused ports. in ur case looks like u need only 80, 443 and 21 open.
-qweqwe
jvolm
01-09-2003, 08:04 PM
Of course, it all depends on how much traffic you expect to get, how much stuff will be on that HTTP & FTP site, etc.
Software would be Apache & ProFTP on Slackware or Debian. Slackware is cleaner & smaller, but personally, I prefer Debian. Apt-get rocks.
Hardware, it could range from an old surplus POS with a 10GB HD, 128MB RAM & a PII for light use, to some awe-inspiring blade server that expects to be referenced on slashdot every other day.
It all depends on how hard it will be used.