Simple Linux based webserver, is it even possible?

asim18 · 23 Dec 2013 at 01:24

Struggling a bit here.

Right now I'm trying to get zpanelcp running on ubuntu server.

Followed all their instructions to the tee. Clean install of ubuntu, then "get" their package right from the terminal and install. However once installed there's nothing there?

I can ping all domain names and IPs perfectly fine. However pre-install I can ping the hostname from the LAN, but post-install it stops registering the hostname on the LAN.

If I install a bare ubuntu with LAMP I can access HTTP fine using any URI, whether it's local IP, remote IP, hostname or domainname, they all work.

Is there any Linux which installs LAMP, FTP and a light GUI that manages basic web server tasks such as FTP users?

By the way is there even any benefit for me to waste my time with Linux? I was under the impression there's less bloat and it's more efficient than Win2003, is this correct? I would rather be efficient as this isn't exactly enterprise grade equipment I'm working on, just a home project.

I know I can get a Win 2003 box fully up and running within 15-20 minutes - is there any real benefit for me to use 100-200 hours learning Linux CLI and another 200 hours fixing things which I haven't even broken?

Rroff · 23 Dec 2013 at 01:26

apt-get install httpd

j/k

asim18 · 23 Dec 2013 at 01:38

Yeah I actually tried that on a fresh install to see if the basics are set up right.

But LAMP is fine, it's when I install zpanel it just breaks everything.

LAMP first then zpanel = broken.

Zpanel on completely fresh ubuntu install = broken.

LAMP itself on fresh ubuntu = works perfectly.

Network/domain config seems to be fine because everything is resolving correctly (except LAN hostname) but when I try browsing to it to initialize zpanel it's as if nothing is being served.

Do I even need zpanel? I just want to be able to easily manage FTP users and be able to give each user their own root folder in the main WWW directory.

Frozennova · 23 Dec 2013 at 02:01

You could give webmin and virtualmin a try.

It's fairly light handles dns httpftpmysql php for multiple domains/users.

asim18 · 23 Dec 2013 at 02:47

Frozennova said:
You could give webmin and virtualmin a try.

It's fairly light handles dns httpftpmysql php for multiple domains/users.

Thanks for the suggestion mate, will try them tomorrow. Enough Linux malarkey for one day. First time ever playing with Linux = bound to get frustrated.

Rroff · 23 Dec 2013 at 02:52

Frozennova said:
You could give webmin and virtualmin a try.

It's fairly light handles dns httpftpmysql php for multiple domains/users.

Webmin was my go to for a lot of Linux stuff, even built custom control panels for game servers etc. One of the few reasons I used Linux over Windows for servers.

asim18 · 23 Dec 2013 at 03:08

Brilliant! Webmin installed in under a minute and already logged in to the web interface!

Thanks guys.