USE flags for webserver

owdawg · n00b Joined: 03 May 2002 Posts: 7

What are the minumum USE flags needed during install if you just wanted to run a webserver with some minimal cgi access (perl and mysql). I also want remote access with ssh and sftp.

svan9420 · n00b Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 51

I believe you would just use:

USE perl mysql pam
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DArtagnan · Posted: Mon May 06, 2002 1:08 pm Post subject: Use

Use="perl php cgi mysql pam"
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thegerb · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

This is my third attempt at installing Gentoo and I'd love some advice on the best choice of compile flags for a system that will only be used as a web server.
The machine machine is a Dual P3 1000 with 1Gb Ram and two 18Gb SCSI HDD set to hardware RAID1.

In my mind after lots of reading I came up with the following. Is this any good or have i got the wrong end of the stick?

CFLAGS="-march=pentium3 -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
USE="-arts -avi curl curlwrappers dbm emacs -gif imap innodb -jpeg -kde -gnome -mad mime -mikmod mysql -oggvorbis perl php spl sse tokenizer vhosts xmlrpc -xmms -xv"

thx.

kitano · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:26 pm Post subject:

well...
*pause*
it still depends on WHAT kind of webserver you want to have.

I, for example, do have a web-services-only-server. it has apache2, php, perl, mysql, classic LAMPP. some more stuff, like a mailing-list, a mailserver (postfix) and a few extensions:

USE="-* perl apache2 imap pam png jpeg gif gd mysql berkdb ssl pdflib tiff tcpd"

is good for me, don't know if it satisfies your needs.

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vonhelmet · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:30 pm Post subject:

The one thing that struck me, was that if you are using PHP you might conceivably want to do dynamic image creation/altering with GD so you should put jpeg, png, gif and whatever other ones there are in your use flags to allow for that.
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kitano · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject:

obviously, what vonhelmet says, is of great help =) !

some more explanation?
imap - is only for my needs, since i installed squirrelmail et al.
perl - is practical for many purposes, but you would not need it in your use-flags
ssl - is for encrypted use of squirrelmail, you should include it, if you are going to have sensitive data on your web-server
pdf-lib - is for pdf-creation from php-scripts, very useful
pam - well, pam, love it or leave it.

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thegerb · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

Some excellent help and pointers - thx.
being a noob what is "classic LAMPP" ?

kitano · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:02 pm Post subject:

well there are a few kinds of webservers:

LAMP - Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP (or Perl, this is not defined more clearly)

WAMP - same Windoze-based

LAMPP - again Linux-based and with both, PHP and Perl

WAMPP - same as above with a glitchy Windoze beneath =), experimental only ;-)

, as WAMP, too

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thegerb · n00b Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 16

OK I'm sold - so is the compile option 'classic LAMPP' or just LAMMP?
The reason I ask is I couldn't seem to find it in the list of global USE-flags.

thx

kitano · Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:21 pm Post subject:

theres no use-flag for this, sorry, i guess you misunderstood me.
it's only common jargon. talk about a webserver and you hear those acronyms...

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shazam! · n00b Joined: 21 Oct 2005 Posts: 4

Those were some great suggestions kitano & vonhelmet. It seems like I could spend a lot of time deciding precicely what USE flags to toggle. I've selected some from your suggestions and some of my own but I haven't gone through the whole list. I'd like to move on to the next phase of installation. How hard would it be to change my use flags later? How bad would it be if I left something out?

By the way, I'm building a home web server with an ABIT NF7-S motherboard and 2 120GB SATA drives in a RAID 0. We'll see how it goes...
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mingotta · n00b Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 52 Location: Roma, Italy

I'm attempting the same LAMP experiment.

I'll try to use the flags you suggested.

Still I wonder, how come no one has ever come up with a LAMPP howto on Gentoo so far?? I've searched the forum a bit but couldn't find a detailed explanation.

Good luck!

Sir No · Apprentice Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 159 Location: Poland

mingotta · n00b Joined: 11 Oct 2003 Posts: 52 Location: Roma, Italy

These are the USE flags I use:

nixnut · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 6:10 pm Post subject:

Moved from Installing Gentoo to Duplicate Threads.
Moved in favour of https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-316212.html
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