Thursday, December 02, 2010

How To Turn an Iphone into a Web Server

I haven't done this just yet... but that's my goal. I want to turn my iPhone into a full blown web server. Do you think this is possible? I'd like to think so. iPhone OS is built around unix and with some special tweaks I think I should be able use my iPhone as a LAMP server. All that's needed is MySQL, Apache, and PHP. From there, I can use the AT&T 3G network to provide a somewhat fast connection and zone edit to keep up with the constant IP addresses changes. All in all, I think this can work. What are your thoughts?

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

How To Install CentOS 5.5 For a Web Server

I finally decided to play around a little more with CentOS. After work today, I decided to kick back and install CentOS 5.5 to use on one of my personal web servers here in my home office. I'm pretty excited about testing out the OS. Already, it does seem much more complicated compared to Ubuntu Server. We'll just have to see how things go. By the way, if you're experienced with Linux and happen to have some opinions between the two operating systems, feel free to chime in.

The reason why I'm installing CentOS is because most all of the web hosting accounts I have with companies such as HostGator or BlueHost use CentOS. I really like Ubuntu Server, but I don't think it's fair to draw an opinion between the two unless I try them both. I'll keep you posted on the progress and testing.

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What Is The Best Linux OS For a Web Server?

Most all major web hosting companies such as HostGator, BlueHost, etc. use CentOS as their web server operating system. In my home office I run a couple personal web servers using Ubuntu Server. I really like that OS, but it concerns me that I might not be using the best operating system for my web servers. I'm pretty particular about things, and with my web server, I like to keep them maintained close to being identical to a standard production web server you'd expect to see running on the grid from a large web hosting company.

All that said, what's your opinion about this? What do you think is the best Linux operating system to use for a web server? Are their any added benefits to using one over another. I really look forward to reading opinions on this subject.

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