I had never set up a linux system before I set up my current one. I used the Linode/Slicehost guides and was up and running in a few hours.
There are good guides on setting up your own mailserver as well. I set up my mailserver using postfix and simply forward all mail to my main gmail account. I have gmail set up so that when I reply, gmail logs into my site's mailserver to send. Works like a charm. On Oct 31, 3:29 am, Jon Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > hi Tim, > > > I am thinking of Linode - they seem awesome. I am a little intimidated > > about having to install my own LAMP stack though. I see their setup > > guides - what system should I use though? I've used fedora and cent a > > while back but I don't know what is the best to use for cake app type > > hosting. > > I use Ubuntu (hardy I think), takes about an hour to get everything > installed (quite poss longer first time though), including security > stuff like deny hosts. Once it's set up, it's very easy to manage, you > just run "sudo apt-get update" and "sudo apt-get upgrade" every few > weeks to keep security patches in place. Adding a new site is as easy > as creating the directories on the server, a vhost file and running > "sudo a2ensite mydomain.com". > > I'd recommend not running a mail server though, instead get a free > google apps account and run all email via google. > > hth > > Jon > > jon bennett -www.jben.net- blog.jben.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
