[RESOLVED] What d i need to run PHP and MySQL

zedan_80

Hallo

My boss asks me to build our company site on our servers, so for sure i need Linux but i dont know which type and what d i need more than LINUX.

thorpe

You need a webserver (Apache) with php (here) and mysql (here) installed and configured on it.

Honestly though... if your here asking this question, you are not the person to build a webserver. At least not one that is going to be at all secure.

PS: Oh, and the distro I would probably recommend for a production server?... Even though Im mainly a Gentoo user, Ide probably recommend FreeBSD (not Linux) as a stable server platform.

zedan_80

thorpe wrote:
Honestly though... if your here asking this question, you are not the person to build a webserver. At least not one that is going to be at all secure.

Could u please tel me why i m not the person to build a webserver .
is it because i ask about things that i suppose to know

bogu

A thorpe suggest, u should use a complete server package like XAMMP, or any other u like ...

rincewind456

bogu wrote:
u should use a complete server package like XAMMP, or any other u like ...

Except that

From the xampp website

The default configuration is not good from a security point of view and it's not secure enough for a production environment - please don't use XAMPP in such environment.

So as thorpe said if your asking here....

You have to take security seriously and one mistake can have serious financial consequences, so I would suggest you do an awful lot of reading of the appropriate documentation for each of the products as well as googling for cross browser script attack, DOS attacks , security issues etc. BEFORE you even contemplate setting up a webserver.