[GLLUG] Web Server

[Mike Rambo]

Mel Wade wrote:
> First I'm not a Linux guru.  I mainly work with Windows. [throw the tomatoes here]
> 
> OK, now that we got that out of the way... <g>
> 
> I need to setup two Linux web servers.  There are many "flavors" of Linux out there, and I need one to put on my servers, but I need something that won't overwhelm my limited Linux expertise in but setup and ongoing support.  
> 
> What can you recommend? I've seen a lot of chatter on this list about Gentoo but I haven't had time to follow all the details.  Is this a solution that would be good for this?
> 
> Mel (hoping not to be too overwhelmed) Wade
>  
> 
>

If you don't need commercial support you can give CentOS a try. It is 
based upon Redhat Enterprise 4 but is no cost (and of course only 
community supported). I can't say that I know anything about how well 
the config tool (system-config-httpd) works however because we (Lansing 
Schools) don't usually install X on our servers so I've never tried it. 
We use scripts for most stuff anyway.

Webmin works good for most things though and supports many distros. If 
you add the virtual-server and usermin extensions to webmin you can get 
cpanel like controls.


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Mike Rambo
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