That's exactly what I do as well. Debian on both the server and on the development machine.
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Vincent Veyron <vv.li...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > On Tue, 4 Oct 2016 12:40:14 +0000 (UTC) > " daniel.axtell" <daniel.axt...@snet.net> wrote: > > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, 10/3/16, Vincent Veyron <vv.li...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > > Now all I need to do to get up and running is > > : > > > > apt install > > apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-request-perl > > libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-apreq2 apache2.2-common > > > > > > and from then on : > > > > apt upgrade > > > > > > Thanks. What version of Debian are you using? I have a Digital Ocean > droplet running Ubuntu 16.04.1. > > > > I use Debian stable, so whatever the current version is (8.5 now). I tried > Ubuntu a while back and found they complicated things. Particularly for a > server, I would suggest Debian instead (for that matter I've been perfectly > content with my workstation running Debian stable, this way my development > environnement matches my servers'). > > >When I try the above, I get: > > Package apache2.2-common is not available, but is referred to by another > package. > > Duh! my bad, this was taken from my install notes, which date from 2014; > sorry about that. > > As Dominic wrote, I think you can do away with the apache2.X-common bit. > > > I gather that with virtual servers like the DigitalOcean droplets and > Amazon EC2 instances, once you build everything from source it's easy to > replicate the image, so maybe that's the next best thing. > > Depends on your use case. If you have to create multiple instances > frequently, maybe so, although there are configuration tools as well > (Puppet/Ansible/Chef/Salt...). > > I'm too small for that, it's easier for me to just write a few basic > commands like the one I posted, and my machines last a _long_ time. Also I > work with bare metal, I haven't tested virtualized servers at all. > > -- > Bien à vous, Vincent Veyron > > https://marica.fr/ > Gestion des sinistres assurances, des dossiers contentieux et des contrats > pour le service juridique > -- John Dunlap *CTO | Lariat * *Direct:* *j...@lariat.co <j...@lariat.co>* *Customer Service:* 877.268.6667 supp...@lariat.co
