From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 23 09:06:31 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CCF8106567C for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:06:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E98E8FC1C for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:06:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id b25so2755334rvf.43 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:06:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=DgtLjIRIiBhnVhEfzKY2v/9Nz9WcvNdnUbRHqcThW8s=; b=Qs8R6YTruqmWI+hdVTu1wAq5B6cc0xdxR5EG6cVFKUf+UPb72mKXlLSev7F8MQ+sWr jqRug5rqpmX6Wx9Aj0h4Q5v44i9Ue/KHR0xj901BQkoNl3QWxYFVE7oipYkYBLn7Asns bGCsve74JPcNSTxaYK0uIGuYQ/McRSiXJ1XiI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=P2WxlOSv2nOFcggf+njFh1bqfbmjY5z4SYmo1CniRtKP+8ODxgcVBbc2eL8FNgJoOx svB5eJgxJEfI86JyU5R/YLtlU8wobQnqBSmdALUXlpaGw6nh67bNSkBUS8rew2Eqephj j2H/gr7JCtctNo+nRV3rVB9REhsZLihkXNs0E= Received: by 10.114.196.13 with SMTP id t13mr4637219waf.219.1216803990765; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:06:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.95.6 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:06:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0807230206m4ebcf99eif6d069cb096d7632@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:06:30 +0200 From: VeeJay To: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0807221305r5ae70309w4313dbea62d3fdf0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2cd0a0da0807221305r5ae70309w4313dbea62d3fdf0@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD for webserver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:06:31 -0000 Really good contribution.... I would of course go with ports but have a question in mind.... What should be installation sequience? 1. Apache 2.2.9 2. MySQL 5.1.26 3. PHP 5.2.6 And are there any options you guys would like to suggest to avoide for performance or security reasons? Regards VJ On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:05 PM, VeeJay wrote: > Hi there > > I am going to make 2 Webserver at my work going to handle 50 mil hits per > month... They are using Linux already. But being a FreeBSD fan, I have > proposed FreeBSD to my Boss convincing him that FreeBSD is more Fast and > Secure solution for his needs... And now I want to show the results... > *Hardware:* > Dell PowerEdge 2950 III having 2 x CPU 3,0 GHz Intel Xeon L5450 Quad-Core > 2x6MB cache WITH 16 GB RAM. > > *Tools:* > 1. FreeBSD 7 Production Release > 2. Apache 2.2.9 > 3. MySQL 5.1.26 > 4. PHP 5.2.6 > > My question is, "*To get the speed, performance and security*": > > Should I use Ports or Packages to install all these tools One by One? > > *OR* > Should I use TAR files and compile them manually. For example giving > command line arguments and commands like > > ./configure --prefix=/www --enable-module=so > make > make install > cd ../php-xxx > ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs=/www/bin/apxs > make > make install > > etc.... > > I have googled but still haven't reached to solution...personally I would > prefer comiling them with command line arguments > but then I seek some help from you guys i.e. > > How should I write this ./configure......stuff in FreeBSD and what would be > the best options combination, I must choose to get the speed, performane and > security in Apache, MySQL and PHP? > > Any suggestion is very welcomed! > > -- > Thanks! > > BR / vj > -- Thanks! BR / vj