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pinky285
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Posted: Thu, 2009-10-29 14:27
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easy one, can someone suggest a good zip program to install on w2k3 server with iis6 running gallery, any special instructions, (like put in root path, no spaces in path), i guess i could use winzip but don't think its gonna work with gallery2.3 any suggestions? I will most definitely be moving to a *nix based platform soon just because windows/iis/cgi/mysql/gallery are a pain to get working nicely and everything just runs better on *nix (esp. web hosting). |
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If you're going to be moving to *nix why bother with this headache?
http://codex.gallery2.org/Gallery2:Installation_on_Windows_Server_2003_and_IIS6#Zip.2FUnZip
I can't recall if I ever got the zip functionality working on Windows (apache) working when I was testing installs on Windows.
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Oh and according to another post I read, apparently with IIS7 and newer you may need to give the NETWORK SERVICE account read/exec permissions on c:\zip as well (if that's where you put the binaries)
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nice, guess i am moving and that sounds about right for w2k8, heard and dealt a little with the network service BS, scratch and burn baby, love vm's
thanks
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can you suggest an OS to use for web host vm? thinking redhat or suse? and what about particular combinations of php and mysql
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VM as in Virtual Machine or are you talking VPS (Virtual Private Server)?
If you have the hardware, any host OS that runs VMWare ESXi or Microsoft's Hyper-V (both free) should be fine:
https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php?p=free-esxi-go&lp=1
http://www.microsoft.com/hyper-v-server/en/us/default.aspx
It's the guest os (where the web server will run) that you really care about. Personally, I'd go with VMWare as you can install that on much more than MS Hyper-V.
As for the OS the web server runs on. I like and use Debian. My shared host uses FreeBSD.
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yes, virtual machine, and yes i am running a 2k8 w/ hyperv ml350 g5, its a nice box for virtualization, but anyway, my current web server is a w2k3 svr and i am going to switch to rhe5, i host my own stuff, so i will take a look at debian but if you can tell my why i should use debian vs. redhat, i may change my mind.
thanks for all your advice ande help
btw, what about php mysql or i remember there is a package that does all of them, i forgot the name, i think phpmyadmin?
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It's all just personal preference. Debian's entire system just seems to be more stable to me and I really like the apt-get system (well I use aptitude, but pretty much the same difference).
I think you're thinking of XAMPP, they make a package for Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl for Windows, Linux and Mac.
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Oh and I just remembered, we're talking about G2. If you grab that package, you'll need to grab an older version, 1.71 or 1.7.1 IIRC. G2 does not run on PHP 5.3, so you need one of their packages that still use 5.2.x.
Though, really, if you are using Debian, Ubuntu, RedHat, Centos (considered the stable Fedora), Fedora, Suse, etc. I'd just use what ever repository your distribution uses.
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cool, thanks, thats some really good info, exactly what i needed, but one last question, should i wait and use gallery2 or use gallery3 even tho its still beta? as long as it won't be difficult to upgrade to the final dist, and its compatible with rhel5 (since that is what i plan on using).
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It really depends on which features you're looking for. G3 does not have all of the features G2 currently has. It'll take some time for new modules to be written for G3. As long as you are running Apache 2.2 or newer, MySQL 5 or newer, Linux and PHP 5.2.3 or newer you can run G2 or G3.
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thanks, i will be donating, not for just the software, but also because of people like you, thanks again!
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so, after fiddling around with redhat ent 5.3 haven't tried 5.4 yet, but the integration components for hyperv work but i get vmbus errors post initrd load. then i decided to look at readme and gee golly wow, imagine that, redhat not supported on hyperv...no friggin way... well believe it or not, it is not supported and go figure the only linux os that is, is SUSE, so i guess i am going with hmmmmm, let me think, so many choices, eeny meeny miny moe, suse is the winner LOL
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ended up with a nice sles v10 sp2 (since it plays nice with hyper v, no activation, no updates but who cares) install with xampp 1.71 (since i need less than php 5.3) let you know how it turns out