Category Archives: LAMP Server Setup

LAMP Server Maintenance

Posted on August 16, 2009 by Daniele Occhipinti

Optimize tables overnight Graphs with free memory everyday (with gnuplot and/or Ganglia) clever report of the most frequent Apache errors Cronjob to check Apache and MySQL are up, otherwise start them Cronjob to check the space left Make sure you … Continue reading →

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APC – Installing It On CentOS

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Daniele Occhipinti

yum install php-pear yum install php-devel yum install httpd-devel Edit the file /usr/share/pear/pearcmd.php and add the following at the beginning: @ini_set(‘memory_limit’, ’16M’); otherwise you’ll probably get a fatal error whilst building the extension: pecl install apc Now configure PHP to … Continue reading →

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Linux – Check Apache and MySQL Are Running, Otherwise Start Them

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Daniele Occhipinti

The file is also reachable through this link: lamp-guarddog #!/bin/sh # Check whether Apache or/and Mysql server are down. If so, it starts them. SERVICE_HTTP=’/usr/sbin/httpd’ SERVICE_MYSQL=’/usr/libexec/mysqld’ ADMIN_EMAIL=’danieleocchipinti.it@gmail.com’ if ps ax | grep -v grep | grep $SERVICE_HTTP > /dev/null then … Continue reading →

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Fast LAMP Server – Debian Lenny

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Daniele Occhipinti

apt-get install apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 apt-get install php5-xsl php5-gd php5-cli apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client php5-mysql In order to enable the use of .htaccess, you need to edit this file: /etc/apache2/sites-available/default In the section <Directory /var/www/>, change to: AllowOverride all In … Continue reading →

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Secure PHP & Apache Configuration

Posted on May 10, 2008 by Daniele Occhipinti

PHP Disable error messages expose_php Off Check you can’t get info by doing telnet localhost 80 and then issueing: HEAD / HTTP/1.0 session.use_only_cookies = 1 allow_url_fopen Off [if you don’t really need the opposite] register_globals = Off magic_quotes_gpc = ??? … Continue reading →

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LAMP on Ubuntu

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Daniele Occhipinti

apt-get install apache2 apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5 apt-get install php5-xsl php5-gd /etc/init.d/apache2 restart apt-get install mysql-server apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin apt-get install bind9 apt-get install php5-cli ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/vhost_alias.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/vhost_alias.load ln -s /etc/apache2/mods-available/rewrite.load /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/rewrite.load

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Server Setup and LAMP Setup From Scratch with full UTF support (utf8)

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Daniele Occhipinti

Set the clock date MMDDhhmmYYYY hwclock –systohc & Where: M=month, D=day, h=hour, m=minute, Y=year The latter command is essential: it copies the date into the BIOS and makes the change definitive First steps * echo “hostname_you_chose” > /etc/hostname /bin/hostname -F … Continue reading →

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LAMP Backup Script

Posted on January 28, 2008 by Daniele Occhipinti

#!/bin/bash # # my_backup.sh V1.0 # # An useful script that performs a variety of operations in order to backup different data. # It’s a good starting point for your bespoke one # Creating all the definitions datestamp=$(date +’%Y%m%d%H%M%S’) tarname=my_backup-$datestamp”.tgz” … Continue reading →

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SELinux

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Daniele Occhipinti

A good resource is: http://www.crypt.gen.nz/selinux/faq.html There, the most important thing is this. It is important that server daemons are started within the correct context, if they are not then they will probably not run properly. For Fedora and RedHat Enterprise … Continue reading →

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Server: Setting a Firewall With Iptables

Posted on January 6, 2008 by Daniele Occhipinti

Copy the file iptables.sh in the directory /etc/init.d with these rules (but obviously you need to customize them). Make the file executable. Assuming the current run level is the second one:ln -s /etc/init.d/iptables.sh /etc/rc2.d/S97iptables Actually you should link the script … Continue reading →

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