I know what LAMP is, Um... where to go from here? :-/

[x86scorpion]

A *linuxforums* newbie here... this is my first post and hi to all!

I'm still new to gnu/linux and my basic knowledge were solely based on reading articles and e/books. Installed several *linux distros* accompanied by gui's and run several programs. My interest lead me to *distro hop* from distrowatch.com's top30 lists. And in general, DEBIAN and FREEBSD *really* caught my attention. Armed with a good system and passion for true spirit of free software(opinion here). But the thing is... I only wanted to learn gnu/linux so debian is my definite choice!

My primary goal is to setup my own *headless* LAMP box to be used as a web server using my *cable internet connection*. NO GUI's, just PURE CLI (is it possible?). I do have a dynamic IP and my ISP said that they *do not block* any port.

My problem is I don't know where to start. I know it's a long journey to begin with, but I believe I can handle linux one step at a time. I'm a previous user of MS-DOS, win3.x ...to winXP and now switching to linux.

Can someone please help me?

Any tutorials/links to downloading/installing pure CLI debian gnu/linux, would be a good start and sharing your knowledge on setting up LAMP should do the trick.

...thanks guys!!!


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[jayd512]

Hello and Welcome!
This thread should start you with some good information on picking the distro you want to use for your server. And it is entirely possible to run Linux solely from the CLI. You should refer to the distros man/info pages, also the distros documentation for detailed information. Let us know which one you pick, good luck and, above all, have fun with it!

[x86scorpion]

thanks jayd512 for the reply... maybe I'll stick first to a desktop environment on Debian GNU/Linux so I could keep in touch in this forum using GNOME Web Browser(and to test/create my simple web pages). I'll try to setup Apache2 first, and a client for updating my IP address, from GNOME Terminal.

If I already knew how to install everything, I think that will be time to find another box where I could administer Debian using pure command lines.

I'll try to post my progress here, please post some links on how to install or some hints on how you did install Apache2 from GNOME Terminal.

thanks again!

[jayd512]

As far as running Linux from just the CLI, you can do that using any distro... even if it's just a desktop PC. All ya gotta do is switch to a different terminal with Ctrl+Alt+(F1 - F6). Login as user, you got the shell at your fingertips.
This page is a good place to start with your install.
And this thread should help a little with the details of Apache.

[darkrose0510]

If you use the Debian net install disk you can install just the barebones system (you probably can with other install methods, but I haven't used them), then just install what you need:

apt-get install apache2 php5-mysql mysql-server openssh-server pure-ftpd

will give you a LAMP server that you can login to remotely with ssh, and an ftp server so you can upload files, you can also install links if you want to be able to browse the web from the server CLI.

Don't forget to set the root password for mysql:

mysqladmin -h localhost -u root password ROOTPASSWORDHERE
mysqladmin -h HOSTNAMEHERE -u root password ROOTPASSWORDHERE

there's some good howto's on howtoforge as well

[x86scorpion]

The link you gave, The Perfect Setup - Debian Etch (Debian 4.0) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials, is what I am looking for building server projects. I'll keep those commands you gave darkrose0510 and will someday try the netinstall you advised .(that was really really neat!)

But for now I'll keep my fingers busy on testing/configuring Apache2!

here's my first shot..
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[flipjargendy]

If you're new to LAMP or webservers in general another way you could go is XAMPP. It is a LAMP package with everything you need and It's pretty much configured as soon as it's installed.

It was easy to use and will be good enough to give you a feel for running a webserver. However, if you've already got LAMP running then I think you should probably be alright configuring apache and what not. There are many useful guides out there.

[x86scorpion]

As far as running Linux from just the CLI, you can do that using any distro... even if it's just a desktop PC. All ya gotta do is switch to a different terminal with Ctrl+Alt+(F1 - F6). Login as user, you got the shell at your fingertips.

I like this one! But how should I go back to gui?

[x86scorpion]

"XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just download, extract and start."

The way I see it... ,it's like an automatic installation right? XAMPP looks indeed promising but I want to try installing them manually. But I'll keep this one too, thanks flipjargendy!

Maybe I'll use XAMPP when I'm done learning the ins/out of LAMP.

[jayd512]

I like this one! But how should I go back to gui?

Ctrl+Alt+(F7 - F will typically take you back to the graphical desktop.