Hi !
Yes, I mean no, I did not compile Apache. Just rpm and then some tuning.
Building this kind of box by hand and heart is not so easy task, take my word
for it. Unless, of course, you are a guru.
Best regards,
aarni
On Tuesday 17 December 2002 09:10 pm, you wrote:
> Hi Aarni, thanks for replying.... but, I'm still confused... my primary
question was:
> >> Someone is building a Linux/Apache/Postgres/ColdFusion box and is asking
> >> me if he should he compile the Postgres modules in with Apache...
>
> So... you are saying that you did not compile Apache?
>
> thanks,
> Brian
>
> At 10:19 AM 12/17/02, Aarni Ruuhimäki wrote:
> >Hi !
> >
> >I have a LinuxRH7.3/Apache1.3.27/Postgres7.2/ColdFusion5.0ProLinux box.
> > And some experience with this stuff. I will gladly help anyhow I can.
> >
> >For starters, I installed a custom ( i.e. 'hand-picked' packs ) from RH
> > 7.3 distro cd:s, nothing fancy, just leave out anything you dare and
> > choose the essentials. And ofcourse Apache, Pg + their devels, gcc etc.
> > and other libs for compiling various components. Then install cf and
> > verify it's ok and running. Upgrading to pg 7.3 should be no problem, nor
> > absolutely necessary if all db-work is going to be via cf. Then it really
> > depends on cf-code and cf-server settings + perhaps some adjustment to
> > pg-settings and start swithces and naturally apache settings, as cf is,
> > i'm afraid, quite a monster when it comes to memory usage etc.
> >
> >First thing to do, after installing everything, is to register your box in
> > RHN and update everything - kernel, apache + other packs. Unless you want
> > to do this by hand.
> >
> >What kind of site ? How much traffic expected ? Hardware ? How many dbs (
> >their size ? ) and maybe virtual domains ?
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >aarni
> >
> >On Tuesday 17 December 2002 07:22 pm, you wrote:
> >> Someone is building a Linux/Apache/Postgres/ColdFusion box and is asking
> >> me if he should compile the Postgres modules in with Apache...
> >>
> >> I have always just downloaded binaries and used the RPM tool with
> >> RedHat... Perhaps he is trying to build pg7.3 ???
> >>
> >> Is it necessary to compile in support to Apache... ColdFusion is doing
> >> all the database work I think.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Brian
> >>
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