[arch-general] Done! Website move to 1st Archlinux Box

[Andrei Thorp]

I like this guy :)

You've shown yourself to be indeed an awesome community member.
Thanks, and I hope that Arch continues to make you happy. And I agree,
I always thought Arch would do well for a server if you take
precautions around updates.

:)

-Andrei "Garoth" Thorp

On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 4:18 PM, David C. Rankin
<drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
> Guys,
>
>        Thanks for all of your help. My first Arch install and server config is almost
> 100% complete (some server apps still remain, but that's just install time)
> Archlinux works like a champ. It is a great, lightweight, full featured
> distribution.
>
>        In case any other Arch user is looking to do a full apache2 install with SSL,
> PHP & MySQL support, the LAMP wiki page will get you going.
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LAMP. PHP and MySQL support comes from
> nothing more than making sure the module include statements in
> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf are active as detailed in the LAMP page. The only
> trick there is that for some reason the php object module isn't included in the
> default httpd.conf file so you need to add the following to the end of the
> LoadModule list:
>
>        LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so
>
>         Secure http (https) support takes a little more. The simple part of SSL
> setup, as with PHP and MySQL, is just making sure the shared object module is
> loaded in etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
>
>        LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
>
>        Usually the more challenging part of secure http setup is generating the
> server keys and certificates that apache will use to offer ssl support. To make
> this easier, I have created a script to automate this process and install the
> server key, certificate and signing request under /etc/httpd/certs. You can
> grab a copy of the script at:
>
> http://archangel.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/apache2/apache-ssl-Arch
>
> (don't panic if it is temporarily not available as I am still moving servers
> around and will normally have it back up in 20 minutes or so)
>
>        After download, if you want to generate your server keys automatically
> **edit** the script variables:
>
> COUNTRY=US
> STATE=Texas
> LOCAL=Nacogdoches
> ON="Rankin Law Firm, PLLC"
> OU=Attorneys
> EMAIL=help at 3111skyline.com
>
>        or you will end up with a server certificate that contains my defaults. Once
> you make the changes, just run the script as root like:
>
> apache-ssl-Arch <CN>
>
>        where <CN> is just the 'Common Name' (usually your FQDN for your server). If
> you omit the CN, you will be prompted.
>
>        If you just want to gen the keys, request and cetrificate manually, you can
> always just cut and paste the commands from the script.
>
>        In addition to the script, I also put my httpd.conf and httpd-ssl.conf (both
> without comments) on the site if anybody wants to reference them for the
> changes required:
>
> http://archangel.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/apache2/httpd.conf
> http://archangel.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/apache2/httpd-ssl.conf
>
>        Lastly, I spun up what I think is a cool Archlinux footer image based on one
> of the images in /usr/share/arch-artwork/. If you like it -- take it.
>
> http://archangel.3111skyline.com/download/Archlinux/apache2/ArchFooter-small.png
>
>        That's it, thanks to all for helping me learn Arch! (I guess that should be
> 'learn enough to get running')
>
>        We all know, the learning is never really done;-)
>
>
> --
> David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
> Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
> 510 Ochiltree Street
> Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
> Telephone: (936) 715-9333
> Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
> www.rankinlawfirm.com
>