Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:51:30 +0000 From: Howard Jones <howie@thingy.com> To: Dwight Smith <dsmith_60@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [freebsd-questions] Future of FreeBSD 7.0 and up Message-ID: <45E5DD42.10108@thingy.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY122-F87754EC1232D0B86FFC1699810@phx.gbl> References: <BAY122-F87754EC1232D0B86FFC1699810@phx.gbl>
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Dwight Smith wrote: > Good morning, > > My name is Dwight Smith, and I only had a question or two in terms of > the future useability of FreeBSD. I have used it on and off and found > it to be a great UNIX operating system for servers, but my only major > concern was the amount of time it takes to prepare a server such as an > Apache Server with PHP and MySQL support as opposed to a Linux system > which is what I am currently using now as well as my company. I guess > my question is that will the ease of building or installing software > for FreeBSD ever streamline to where you do not have to do as many > steps and text config file entries? I built a new server just like you describe yesterday morning, from scratch, to replace a dying Cacti server. The whole process took about an hour, I guess. All the text files I had to alter were /etc/rc.conf.local and the apache httpd.conf and MySQL my.cnf. Since the last two are the same on any Unix system, I guess I'm confused about which files you need to edit that you don't need to on a typical Linux system... My complete install was: FreeBSD 6.2 scripted with install.cfg to a standard spec, freebsd-update, portsnap, install portupgrade, then portinstall apache , php5 and mysql-server... substitute Kickstart for install.cfg and yum/apt for portinstall and it's the same on CentOS. I used to feel the same way about FreeBSD, but if you stick to the straight and narrow and use ports where possible, you can streamline the initial install and upgrade process quite a bit. If you don't need any special kernel support, then freebsd-update covers the basic system updates, too. If you install a lot of servers, then look into install.cfg and the sysinstall manpage too - we go from blank server to running system with our standard customisations and packages in about 8 minutes with one keypress, using standard tools. Have fun, Howie
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