Wow, all this is really new

juliebean2012 — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 02:03:01 +0000

Wow, all this is really new to me. I can only dream of one day understanding how to set up my own server. I always wondered if I made it secure enough if it would actually save me hosting costs in the long run. It will take me awhile to make it through all these steps and I haven't decided if I should use this software yet or another.

I believe the installer gives

pr0gr4mm3r — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:11:01 +0000

I believe the installer gives you the option to install a GUI or not, and cPanel requires that a GUI *not* be installed for security reasons.

Red Hat is very similar, but I would seek CentOS documentation first.

What's the main purpose for this server? I install Webmin on all servers that are dev or only my use. I only install cPanel on web servers that my customers will have to perform maintenance tasks on.

Here is a good article for a LAMP setup: http://library.linode.com/lamp-guides/centos-6