today i needed a lamp. that's an acronym that refers to a special kind of server, one that contains a server operating system, a database server, a web server, and a web development framework. most of the web servers you interact with on the internet today use a suite, or "stack" of tools like this. and i needed one.
now, i can build a lamp server from scratch: configure a base os; install a web service and database; install the web modules to access the database; install the web application framework; install the web modules to interface with the framework; and configure all the pieces to play well together. frankly, i can think of better things to do with my time, so i headed over to turnkeylinux.org and downloaded their prebuilt lamp installer. boy, was i impressed! the installation was fast, painless, and almost hands-free. in less than twenty minutes i had a working server, ready to hand out interactive web pages.
the webmin administrative interface is really slick: a far cry from where it was when i last used it at the turn of the century (i like saying that.) it took me a couple of minutes of poking around to figure out how to add packages through webmin, which appears to be a necessity since the system didn't seem to recognize the things i installed "manually" using apt-get.
this product really exceeded my expectations. i could install and configure lamp servers all day like this. and considering that this is open source software that's easy on hardware resources, it would be a great virtual server solution and provide an impressive roi. maybe not as cool as rubbing it and having a genie pop out, but almost.
now, i can build a lamp server from scratch: configure a base os; install a web service and database; install the web modules to access the database; install the web application framework; install the web modules to interface with the framework; and configure all the pieces to play well together. frankly, i can think of better things to do with my time, so i headed over to turnkeylinux.org and downloaded their prebuilt lamp installer. boy, was i impressed! the installation was fast, painless, and almost hands-free. in less than twenty minutes i had a working server, ready to hand out interactive web pages.the webmin administrative interface is really slick: a far cry from where it was when i last used it at the turn of the century (i like saying that.) it took me a couple of minutes of poking around to figure out how to add packages through webmin, which appears to be a necessity since the system didn't seem to recognize the things i installed "manually" using apt-get.
this product really exceeded my expectations. i could install and configure lamp servers all day like this. and considering that this is open source software that's easy on hardware resources, it would be a great virtual server solution and provide an impressive roi. maybe not as cool as rubbing it and having a genie pop out, but almost.
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