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How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Ubuntu 10.04

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:11:55 +0200

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Ubuntu 10.04

This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 with mod_fcgid and PHP5 on Ubuntu 10.04. mod_fcgid is a compatible alternative to the older mod_fastcgi. It lets you execute PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners instead of the Apache user.

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On OpenSUSE 11.3

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:47:52 +0200

How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On OpenSUSE 11.3

This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 with mod_fcgid and PHP5 on OpenSUSE 11.3. mod_fcgid is a compatible alternative to the older mod_fastcgi. It lets you execute PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners instead of the Apache user.

Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Fedora 13/CentOS 5.5 & Apache2)

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:09:37 +0200

Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Fedora 13/CentOS 5.5 & Apache2)

This guide explains how to integrate XCache into PHP5 on a Fedora 13 or CentOS 5.5 system (with Apache2). From the XCache project page: "XCache is a fast, stable PHP opcode cacher that has been tested and is now running on production servers under high load." It's similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and APC.

Integrating APC (Alternative PHP Cache) Into PHP5 (Fedora 13 & Apache2)

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:02:04 +0200

Integrating APC (Alternative PHP Cache) Into PHP5 (Fedora 13 & Apache2)

This guide explains how to integrate APC (Alternative PHP Cache) into PHP5 on a Fedora 13 system (with Apache2). APC is a free and open PHP opcode cacher for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code. It's similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and XCache.

Simple Patch Tools

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:07:51 +0200

Simple Patch Tools

Creating: When all you want to do is build a patch file that contains only the changes you've made today. Installing: I typically want to take a backup of the files that are going to be overwritten so that I can quickly undo the patch if necessary.

Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (OpenSUSE 11.2)

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:24:34 +0200

Integrating eAccelerator Into PHP5 And Lighttpd (OpenSUSE 11.2)

This guide explains how to integrate eAccelerator into PHP5 and lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11.2 system. From the eAccelerator project page: "eAccelerator is a free open-source PHP accelerator, optimizer, and dynamic content cache. It increases the performance of PHP scripts by caching them in their compiled state, so that the overhead of compiling is almost completely eliminated. It also optimizes scripts to speed up their execution. eAccelerator typically reduces server load and increases the speed of your PHP code by 1-10 times."

Installing Nginx With PHP 5.3 And PHP-FPM On Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) Without Compiling Anything

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:52:47 +0200

Installing Nginx With PHP 5.3 And PHP-FPM On Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04) Without Compiling Anything

Since Apache is most of the time a memory hungy process, people started to look for different ways to host their website. Apache is clearly not the only webserver available. A few good examples are lighttpd and nginx. In this tutorial I will show you how to install it on your Ubuntu server. This tutorial also applies to Debian, though. There is only a very small difference.

Installing Nginx With PHP 5.3 And PHP-FPM On Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04)

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:41:07 +0200

Installing Nginx With PHP 5.3 And PHP-FPM On Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04)

In this post I will explain how to install Nginx with PHP 5.3.2 and PHP-FPM on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04-amd64). The Lucid release is a Long-Term Support (LTS), meaning that it will be supported for three years on the desktop and for five years with the server version.

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.04 (LAMP)

Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:50:39 +0200

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 10.04 (LAMP)

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 10.04 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

HowTo: Install Memcached With repcached "Built-In Server Side Replication" On Debian Lenny

Wed, 12 May 2010 18:43:28 +0200

HowTo: Install Memcached With repcached "Built-In Server Side Replication" On Debian Lenny

People probably know about memcached and its high performance name-value based memory object cache interface. Its main purpose is to provide an easy to use distributed caching engine in a multinode environment. Have you ever wanted to let memcached handle replication?

Installation Of ZendOptimizer And IonCubeLoader Using Lighttpd On CentOS

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:25:49 +0100

Installation Of ZendOptimizer And IonCubeLoader Using Lighttpd On CentOS

This tutorial explains how to enable ZendOptimizer and IonCubeLoader in PHP on a Lighttpd web server on CentOS.

How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.4

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:12:35 +0100

How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.4

This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on a CentOS 5.4 server. From the Suhosin project page: "Suhosin is an advanced protection system for PHP installations that was designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in PHP applications and the PHP core. Suhosin comes in two independent parts, that can be used separately or in combination. The first part is a small patch against the PHP core, that implements a few low-level protections against bufferoverflows or format string vulnerabilities and the second part is a powerful PHP extension that implements all the other protections."

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 12

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:10:23 +0100

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 12

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Fedora 12 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.10

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:44:33 +0100

Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.10

Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy to configure Web Server. It supports the widespread technologies nowadays: FastCGI, SCGI, PHP, CGI, TLS and SSL encrypted connections, virtual hosts, authentication, on the fly encoding, load balancing, Apache compatible log files, and much more. This tutorial shows how you can install Cherokee on an Ubuntu 9.10 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.0

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:51:54 +0100

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2010.0

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Mandriva 2010.0 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.