On 2025-09-23 11:39, Arun Khan wrote:
On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Some of us run Virtualbox and/or Proxmox. I have both installed.
I've
realized there is another option. That is creating a virtual LAMP
server.
All three are for different use cases IMO.
I agree.
Looks like you want to run a bunch of websites running different
applications, 24x7 within your SOHO network
I want to create a development environment that mimics what I might get
out in the wild.
In your shoes, I would go with Proxmox. Define a template (OS image)
with PHP-FM baked in. And use it for deploying VMs for different
application websites.
Thanks for your wisdom. I will research this.
LXC is also an option if you want to go the container route. Proxmox
supports both VMs and LXC containers. There are several YouTube vlogs
on how to go about it.
Not so sure I need something that fancy. Again, thank you!!
Before the advent of SaaS proliferation, I used to deploy such
application "appliances" for small businesses.
Each appliance had a single application. When things went south with
an application, I didn't have to bring down the entire infra stack.
For the backend database (MySQL), I used a single MySQL server, for
all the web applications; mainly because of backing up application
data.
Yes, it could potentially be a single point of failure but you weigh
the pros/cons and decide for your use case.
With regular and good backups one can mitigate the risk.
Thank you for your feedback!!
Keith
In the old days I used old hardware to create a LAMP web server
locally
using CentOS, and Samba. Samba allowed me to edit in real time or
remotely. CentOS made it easy to create virtual hosts.
I hope you are using Samba on your internal LAN only. Even so, please
be aware that it could be susceptible to lateral attacks by malware
from other devices in your local LAN.
Things have changed. It is not as easy as it used to be. I am now
using Ubuntu and to configure an Apache virtual host requires
PHP-FPM.
The config is a pain.
Unless you are doing high volume activity on your "local" websites,
you can continue with the old fashioned PHP setup.
Or you can spend the time to create an OS image (VM) or a LXC
container with PHP-FPM and replicate that for your web sites.
Yesterday I started to work with ChatGPT to develop a LAMP server
with a
control panel. I'm going to guess it will be a 2 or 3 day project.
I'm using an old i5/4cores/4threads/16G RAM, and a 1T SSD. This
will be
for development and testing. There is no need for a mail server or
DNS.
I will use the hosts files as DNS.
Don't see any problem with the above if you are deploying everything
in one machine via Virtual Host.
But with VMs/Containers - beware you will have to maintain a "gold"
file somewhere and deploy it to all the instances when you make any
change.
I suggest you deploy a small instance for DNS and DHCP services with
'dnsmasq'; it is well documented and not too hard to set up.
That way you control the networking parameters from a central place.
It's not too hard.
To test outbound SMTP mail, there are several SMTP relay services with
a free tier.
But you need to have an external DNS server. Your Domain Registrar
probably does DNS for free. Just check them out.
When I have complete the config, I will make a YouTube video and I
will
also make a blog post.
Awesome, Good luck and please share the links
Any thoughts are much appreciated.
You are welcome.
Hope this helps.
--
Arun Khan
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list: [email protected]
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
