Installing Apache HTTP Server with a quick-start config

The Problem How to install Apache HTTP Server with a good baseline configuration file starter. The Fix When I install a Apache HTTP Server for a client or myself, small or large I follow a “standard” configuration setup which is very easy to build on later. For the most part I use CentOS or Redhat [...]

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Using thin with rails (apache frontend)

prerequisites (running on redhat/centos 5) ruby 1.8.6+ (download, untar, configure, make, make install [reboot])rubygems (download, untar, ruby rubygems/setup.rb)rails (gem install rails)thin (gem install thin)apache 2.2 (installs apache to /usr/local/apache2 with mod_proxy/_balancer) download untar ./configure –enable-proxy –enable-proxy-balancer –enable-rewrite –enable-deflate –enable-headers make && make install Install the thin run script# thin install Installing the thin configuration file# [...]

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