Server Questions - Anybody Feeling Brave? - Page 3

Raistlin · 15-03-2005, 02:00

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Originally Posted by iron25

Select typical and don't edit any of the paths. You can do that at a later stage once it is installed.

Ok, trying that now.....

Have to uninstall and clear up the directories first.....

Stand by

iron25 · 15-03-2005, 02:03

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Ok, trying that now.....

Have to uninstall and clear up the directories first.....

Stand by

It's a good thing I'm a night person

Raistlin · 15-03-2005, 02:03

Ok, that sorted it.

Apache now installed without any problems (phew).....

<reaches out and touches something wooden>

I think I'll leave the PHP bit and the rest of the sorting until tomorrow, unless there's anything else that I really must do tonight? I take it that simply having Apache running on the server won't make it less secure?

iron25 · 15-03-2005, 02:08

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Ok, that sorted it.

Apache now installed without any problems (phew).....

<reaches out and touches something wooden>

I think I'll leave the PHP bit and the rest of the sorting until tomorrow, unless there's anything else that I really must do tonight? I take it that simply having Apache running on the server won't make it less secure?

Having apache running will make it less secure. The fewer services running the more secure it will be, that's computers for you

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Just found this on the web 'Night people are frequently considered lazy or undisciplined'

That's not fair

Raistlin · 15-03-2005, 02:08

Anything I can do now to help things a bit?

TBH I'm not too worried as it's sat behind my NAT router, just wanted to make sure I wasn't going to come in here tomorrow and find it's been hijacked for <cackle> "Evil Purposes" </cackle>.

iron25 · 15-03-2005, 02:10

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Anything I can do now to help things a bit?

Yeah, disable the service

Raistlin · 15-03-2005, 02:11

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Originally Posted by iron25

Just found this on the web 'Night people are frequently considered lazy or undisciplined'

That's not fair

I know my self professed tiredness may make it sound otherwise, but I am actually a Night Person myself. Unfortunately I've seen a few too many whole nights recently along with all of the daylight hours in between.

One day, through perseverance (and with the help of the lovely people here at CF) I hope to have a stable server that has been up longer than I have

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Originally Posted by iron25

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Anything I can do now to help things a bit?

Yeah, disable the service

Just use the Apache control panel to switch it off you mean?

iron25 · 15-03-2005, 02:12

Yes.

Raistlin · 15-03-2005, 02:14

Nice one, will do.

Seriously, thanks for all your help.

I'll be back tomorrow (probably only during the day though - Mrs Raistlin will be about in the evening and will want some attention) to continue with the rest of this Saga

Cheers & G'night,

Raist

iron25 · 15-03-2005, 02:15

night, night

slowcoach · 15-03-2005, 02:53

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/ have Windows/Linux/Mac Apache,PHP,MySQL installs which make it all a breeze, there is also information regarding making your site secure if you scroll down the download screen or visit their forum (English section is near the bottom of the forum list).

If you download the Windows installation file (as opposed to the zips) set the install directory to Drive:\ [space] you need to add a space for the install button to become active.
No directory changes are made to your system so you can just delete all the files to get rid.
The Windows version comes with the batch files to run Apache and MySQL as a program or a service, plus batch files to switch between PHP4 and 5.
PHP 5 installs by default.

The German guy and girl who put these compilations together are really dedicated, always including the latest versions.

Richard M · 15-03-2005, 07:49

Sounds like you installed directly to c:/ Rais, when I said "change the root to c:" in the install it should have installed to c:/Apache2 or c:/Apache 2 instead of the default c:/Apache Group/Apache2.
It could be that the installer behaviour has changed recently though so maybe that document needs to be updated.

Matthew · 15-03-2005, 07:51

For Remote Desktop use UltraVNC and you can set it up so you can connect from your internet browser, all you do is put in your ip:5800 and aslong as your router is setup ok it will work and from that you can launch the viewer on yoru server if you want to conenct into a machine within the network.

Raistlin · 15-03-2005, 11:35

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Originally Posted by Richard M

Sounds like you installed directly to c:/ Rais, when I said "change the root to c:" in the install it should have installed to c:/Apache2 or c:/Apache 2 instead of the default c:/Apache Group/Apache2.
It could be that the installer behaviour has changed recently though so maybe that document needs to be updated.

Yep, uninstalled and re-installed, and it worked a treat it the new installation path.

Sorry, it was late last night and I am a bit of a

Right, PHP next

Stuart · 15-03-2005, 12:20

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

1. I think (more for the sake of vanity than for any other reason) that I would like to be able to upload a sort of "Server Status Page" to the web (have web space so that's not an issue). The idea being that I could then browse to the page from anywhere and see if the server is up, how long it's been running without falling over, get some basic information from it etc.

Is this actually possible? What sort of software/setup would I need? Is it fairly easy to accomplish or am I trying to run before I can walk?

I used to use a program called Servers Alive for this. The nice thing about SA is its freeware (if you don't use it in a commercial environment), but it can query various kinds of servers in different ways. So, for instance, to test a web server, it can periodically call up a web page. For a Database (Oracle anyway, not sure off hand if it supports MySql, but I think it does), it can run a query against it.

It can also output to a server status page (using it's own predefined templates, or your own), as well as email you or text you if something dies.

The program (and tutorials) is at http://www.brentozar.com/salive/default.php

The program itself is at http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/download.asp

Not as much fun as writing something yourself, but a lot quicker..