[SLL] Blog Server

[Eric Kahklen]

There will only be one instance of the app installed and this will be a 
dedicated machine.  The owner wants to keep things as simple as possible 
so that other techs can keep things up to date so that is why we want to 
use the Debian package management.  I just want to make sure that 
linking my name based virtual host to the /usr/share/blogsoftware isn't 
a security issue.  If we do end up building the app from source, I'd 
probably keep them under /var/www.

Thanks,
Eric

John Locke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Eric Kahklen wrote:
>   
>> I am trying to setup a blog server on Debian Etch.  Apt easily
>> installs the blog software but does not configure apache.  My first
>> instinct is to setup a named based virtual host pointing to the blog
>> software location (/usr/share/blogsoftware), but I thought I should
>> check and see if there was a better/more secure way.
>>
>>     
> I avoid installing web applications using package management. Perhaps
> that's because we pretty much always run a whole bunch of instances of
> the same software.
>
> You can configure Apache any way you want. A name virtual host is a fine
> way to do it. We keep all web applications under /var/www. We don't back
> up /usr as often as /var...
>
> Cheers,
> John Locke
> http://www.freelock.com
>
>
>   

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Eric Kahklen
Lynnwood, WA
206-595-2934