New Linux Server Setup

breadfan311 · 11-16-2006, 09:11 PM

Hi,
I would like to setup a web server and would like to get advice on the below. Currently I am having my website hosted by someone.

Server
(1) Is RedHat 9 the best choice?

(2) I am having 1 hard drive which is 1 GB, how am I going to
partition it?

(3) Which control panel should I use?

(4) I have no idea on configuring the firewall. How do I make
sure the security is tight?

(5) What is the best email program which I can use -
Qmail/Postfix ?

trickykid · 11-16-2006, 09:20 PM

(1) Is RedHat 9 the best choice?

You may be better off with something more recent and updated. Redhat 9 is quite old and has security issues with just about all the packages that come natively with it.

(2) I am having 1 hard drive which is 1 GB, how am I going to
partition it?

In all seriousness, you may opt to get a larger hard drive. 1GB isn't much to work with and with a drive that size, you'd be able to get about a 15MB /boot, 128MB swap and the rest for /, which is not a real good setup for a webserver with today's standards. And with Redhat 9 and most recent Distributions, you'd only be left with 100MB or less with space for your actual files.

(3) Which control panel should I use?

Control Panel? You don't need a control panel.

(4) I have no idea on configuring the firewall. How do I make
sure the security is tight?

Read up on iptables. Only open up ports necessary to run a webserver.

(5) What is the best email program which I can use -
Qmail/Postfix ?

In all honesty, Postfix is easier to maintain, configure and use.

Wim Sturkenboom · 11-17-2006, 04:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickykid

(1) Is RedHat 9 the best choice?

You may be better off with something more recent and updated. Redhat 9 is quite old and has security issues with just about all the packages that come natively with it.

And worse, it's no longer supported so no new fixes.

Child of Wonder · 11-17-2006, 02:27 PM

Grab Debian 3.1 or Ubuntu 6.06 if you want more cutting edge packages.

breadfan311 · 11-19-2006, 11:05 PM

Hi,
The Disk Space is 80GB instead of 1 GB.

reddazz · 11-20-2006, 03:33 AM

If you are already used to Redhat, then I suggest you get a distro like CentOS which is a free rebuild or Redhat Enterprise Linux instead of using Redhat 9.

nick8888 · 11-20-2006, 08:27 AM

I'd like to add my own question to this forum if i may,

I've got slackware 11 installed, will this suffice or should i use something else for my own webserver?

reddazz · 11-20-2006, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nick8888

I'd like to add my own question to this forum if i may,

I've got slackware 11 installed, will this suffice or should i use something else for my own webserver?

Any distro will work fine as a web server, so Slack is ok to use.