I am going through the process of switching from a Linux server (CentOS to be exact) running DirectAdmin as the control panel to a FreeBSD server with no control panel for management. Since I do not have to build within the constraints of some other company’s control panel, I thought I would install the best of breed servers and applications.
The main components that I require to be installed are:
PostgreSQL
Lighttpd
Ruby On Rails
Subversion
Postfix
Dovecot
Dspam
I will most likely do some more tweaking but at the moment that is the standard I wish to build against. I know for a fact that I will do some more “tweaking” such as setting up DNS RBLS, SPF, and maybe even Yahoo Domain Keys along with some good old postfix filtering for spam (can you tell I hate spam).
The fist thing that I will get to (hopefully in the next post) will be setting up FreeBSD 6 and getting it ready to install applications onto.
Rails Server Setup:
Part 1: New Server Setup
Part 2: Setup FreeBSD 6.x
Part 3: FreeBSD Usability
Part 4: Setup FreeBSD To Use Blowfish
Part 5: Install and Setup PostgreSQL
Part 6: Install Lighttpd on FreeBSD
Part 7: Install MySQL 5.x on FreeBSD
Part 8: Install Ruby On Rails with FreeBSD