FreeBSD for webserver?

[Julien Cigar]

At least ports-mgmt/portaudit, which check if installed ports have
published security vulnerabilities.

I don't use PHP, but I used to create a separate user for each webapp
with a special login class, so I would run PHP in FCGI mode (with
something like xcache) instead of mod_php.

For the rest ... it's usually a question of configuration.

On Wed, 2008-07-23 at 11:06 +0200, VeeJay wrote:
> 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 <maanjee at gmail.com> 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
> >
> 
> 
> 
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