Re: [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS as web server: what good/best practices to follow?

2015-04-08 Thread Volker A. Brandt
Hi Davide! I'm trying to understand (1st issue) what web server to use (both apache and nginx are good candidates for Drupal, as far as I can see) and (2nd issue) how to perform its installation (relying on specific repositories that provide those packages or via pkgsrc as happens with

[OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS as web server: what good/best practices to follow?

2015-04-08 Thread Davide Poletto
Hello list, I'm planning to use OmniOS 151014 as base OS for a Web Server in order to deploy a little Intranet-in-a-Box project based on a Drupal 7 distribution called Open Atrium 2 (other required mandatory components are PHP and MySQL). This is the very first time for me in using OmniOS to

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS as web server: what good/best practices to follow?

2015-04-08 Thread Dan McDonald
There's no problem using an NGZ to host a webserver. Just make sure that zone has all of the relevant packages. Using an NGZ means that zone only has control over ZFS datasets that the global zone lets it control. The zonecfg(1M) command man page has details on this. I use apache in a zone

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS as web server: what good/best practices to follow?

2015-04-08 Thread Davide Poletto
Hi Volker! Thanks for your reassuring answer! Regarding the apache22 I'm little bit inclined to use apache24 if I could not use nginx instead (neither specifically due to Drupal 7 requirements nor because apache24 is more updated than apache22 - looking at various publishers this isn't the case

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS as web server: what good/best practices to follow?

2015-04-08 Thread Davide Poletto
Hi Doug, I think I'm starting to understand what type of scenario could be deployed...both paths look good to me...maybe the NGZ way, as you say, make me feel that the configuration is a little bit cleaner than the second solution (and not to mention the portability from machine to machine, like

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS as web server: what good/best practices to follow?

2015-04-08 Thread Doug Hughes
My take to summarize the two choices: 1) use a NGZ in its on pool and you have complete isolation and you can move it from machine to machine as needed. More setup required, but doable. 2) use a pre-packaged apache or nginx that installs all of the read-only stuff in your regular root pool (this

Re: [OmniOS-discuss] OmniOS as web server: what good/best practices to follow?

2015-04-08 Thread Andy Fiddaman
On Wed, 8 Apr 2015, Davide Poletto wrote: ; Hello list, ; ; I'm planning to use OmniOS 151014 as base OS for a Web Server in order to ; deploy a little Intranet-in-a-Box project based on a Drupal 7 ; distribution called Open Atrium 2 (other required mandatory components ; are PHP and MySQL). I