Well as I said, I'll be using ubuntu if I use AWS which is very likely. But I have another question, which may not necessarily be a good question for this list. It's about AWS. They claim the images are secure. Can someone tell me: it seems to me that since they have an ubuntu image (which is what I will go with) as long as I use ubuntu supported repositories for any software, then all I have to do is keep do the security updates. If I put my server on the net, then, for the most part, I won't have to worry about getting hacked. Nevertheless, I will, of course, have to implement a backup strategy. Can someone tell me is that correct?
Thanks Paul On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Jeff Lasman <jpli...@nobaloney.net> wrote: > On Thursday, February 17, 2011 04:51:28 pm Paul Saenz wrote: > >> Well that settles it then. I'm definitely going to have to go with >> Ubuntu, and, as I said before, I'm going to have to install CentOS in >> a virtual server so I can learn it and cpanel, simply because I see >> that it is one of the more popular unsupported open source servers, >> and lot's of people seem to be using it. >> >> Correct me if I'm wrong. If I download the CentOS with cpanel so I can >> learn cpanel, and install it on my virtual server, I won't be >> violating any License will I? > > You won't be violating any CentOS license. It's entirely open source. > > You won't be violating CPanel to download and install the image. It's a > closed source commercial product and it won't run without a license. > > The image is supplied by BuyCPanel.com; they're one of two authorized CPanel > resellers. You can get a license from them at a cost of $15 per month for > your "instance". Note it requires an external addressable IP# on which it > will run; you need to get that from Amazon. > > Do you really need CPanel? Why? (We manage lots of servers, lots of sites, > and we don't need it <smile>.) > > The only reason I could see for needing it would be if you want to do > commercial webhosting for others. Learning it will NOT teach you anything > about server administration. > > You can try a demo from the BuyCPanel.com website: > > http://www.buycpanel.com/screenshots.php > > Note I have nothing to do with these people or CPanel; I use a competitor > product: DirectAdmin and additionally I run the largest independent support > company for DirectAdmin. DirectAdmin does NOT have resellers, and I do NOT > make money if anyone buys DirectAdmin. > > If you need any information about webhosting with or without either of these > products please feel free to contact me offlist. > > Jeff > -- > Jeff Lasman > Post Office Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 > Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only > Phone +1 909 266-9209, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html"; > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
