Run Your Own Unix Web Server (part 2 of 3)

Whee! Thank you! A quick question though:

In the Apache 2.x section, --enable-speling

Is that supposed to be speling or is it actually spelling?

"--enable-speling" is correct.

That's high-brow humor from team Apache!

It's best to 'make clean' before leaving the particular ports dir... who wants to keep the cruft...

more time on hardining wouldn't hurt either...

Is there a good reason for not building MySQL, Apache or PHP from ports?

> Is there a good reason for not building > MySQL, Apache or PHP from ports?

The same reason that my car has an automatic transmission, but automatic climate control, wiper speed, and running headlights.

Tasks that support the system, but are not vital to its main purpose, are handled entirely by the system. On the web server, I use ports to install shells, security features, ftp clients, and languages. On the car, I let it handle how much heat is needed to keep a constant 68* or how fast the wipers should go to maintain visibility.

Tasks that are key to the system's primary purpose are handled by me. On the car, that means a manual transmission. On the server, I install the web apps from source.

It's not that important, though. Any customization that you do via a source install can probably be done via the ports. I just think certain things, like source installs or DJs scratching vinyl instead of CDs, should stay old school.

After I issue and run this command:

# as web: cd ~/src/mysql* ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql --without-debug --with-extra-charsets=none --enable-local-infile --enable-assembler

I am not immediately brought back to the command prompt until I hit ENTER a second time. Is this correct? Then when I enter 'make' I recieve a 'no target' error. Am I missing something? FreeBSD 6.1. Thx.

@Joeindarain

Those are two commands and should be on multiple lines:

(1) cd ~/src/mysql*

(2) ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mysql \ --without-debug \ --with-extra-charsets=none \ --enable-local-infile \ --enable-assembler

The \ character signifies a multi-line command. It would be the same as removing the "\" and putting all 5 lines on a single line.

I get the same error as Joeindarain when I run make. Which is no target to make.....

Using /usr/ports gives same advantages as compiling from source. It will also make upgrade easier... I'm wonder why You didn't choose that way...

Yes, building from ports is the way to go for any bsd - updates are much quicker. As of today (16th July 2006) the stable ports are in -

/usr/ports/databases/mysql50-server/ /usr/ports/www/apache22/ /usr/ports/lang/php5/

Ensure your ports are up to date before building using portsnap. This is achieved as follows for freebsd 5.5 6.0 6.1 - ensure you are logged in as root for minimal fuss.

portsnap fetch portsnap extract portsnap update

You need build portsnap yourself from /usr/ports/sysutils/portsnap/ if you are using a pre 5.5 build. Just go there and do 'make clean install' - you will get a friendly message if you are running 5.5 6.0 or 6.1 telling you you don't need to build it.

Then for mysql, apache, and php use the following command in the directories given at the beginning of this post.

make clean install

If you get any config dialogs then respond as required - time to 'read the fine manual.'

Has anyone figured out the issues posted: by Joeindarain on May 15, 2006 / 9:42am -and- by T J on May 15, 2006 / 11:03pm

I understand the 2 commands and the use of \ for multiple lines...but even when I run these commands correctly, it still get the same error when I run "make".

Interesting (to me) that after running the ./configure command, I get a screen welcoming me to MySQL..."PLEASE REMEMBER TO...You can start the MySQL daemon...%Starting mysqld daemon with databases..."

Why is it starting if I haven't even run make or install yet?

I'm noob (obviously), so these questions may be obvious...so please don't kill me.

Thanks

i am trying to follow the steps, but got stuck here. my os install doesn't have the directory /etc/ports. How do i go about getting this directory created???? to continue the tutorial. or where does this dictory get created?? thanks,

Rob:

It's /usr/ports (not /etc/ports).

I couldn't find anything in this tutorial that references /etc/ports (which would be incorrect) it you spotted something, let me know.

ok, so for some reason teh port collection didn't install during step 1 so i had to go back and install it.(yeah i was a bit tired and mispelled the directory, but thank you for your responce).

you said that by this step one should have ssh support. i can access the server from another computer with puttty using user account 'web' using keyboard-interaction authentication but i can't access the server with ssh secure shell. i been looking around everywhere but can't find what is wrong. Do you have any ideas? here is the sshd_config file.... http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dc9w935b_0gcdg9v

Thanks for your time

Rod: What do mean about being able to access with putty but not ssh secure shell?

Do you want to set up a trust relation without login/password authentication?

Dave, I mean that I can login to my server from another computer with putty using ssh protocol. So i type in the ip address of my server and then the username and click connect. Putty connects fine. I just can't figure out what I am doing wrong with ssh. I try the same thing, but it never connects. It says 'Authenticaion faile. Most likey the password you supplied was incorrect. THe user name might also be wrong, or hte acoount might be disabled. Please check your password and try again .... '. So i know that my sshd daemons is starting up at boot time. If you have any tutorials on to get this working properly that would be great. I been googling for about 5 hours but can't seem to find my problem.

The username 'web' created in step 1 should be able to login to the server from a remote computer righ on the same lant, without tweaking too many things right?

I hope that clarifies things a bit.

Right - if you followed the instructions in Part 1, you will be able to log in as web.

I'm pretty sure that Putty uses SSH by default. So all the following should be possible: - use putty, log in as web - on another unix or linux server, you should be able to type: ssh web@[your-ip] - it will ask you the password and you can log in - on the local server you should be able to type: ssh web@localhost

Do any of these NOT work? If it's a computer outside your network, your router or firewall may be blocking it.

All the things you mentioned worked. But my problem is that I I want to use the program SSH Secure Shell to login. And that is where I get the Authentication error mentioned before. I want to use the programs built in File Transfer Client. How can it be possible that I can connect with Putty and not SSH Secure Shell since both program do the same thing? Anywho, I really appreciate your responses. Rigo

Ahhh... I didn't know there was an actual program called 'SSH Secure Shell'.

Is it a Windows app? I'm guessing that it uses SSH1. I believe FreeBSD only uses SSH2 now (though you can change this in the sshd_config).

Why not just use Putty?

SSH Secure Shell actually has this nifty File Transfer Client that I would like to use retriever files and put files in the server from windows comps.

Dave, Almost there. I have arrived at the same problem that Joeindarain on May 15, 2006 / 9:42am -and- by T J on May 15, 2006 / 11:03pm -and- by _J on August 18, 2006 / 5:51pm

It seems that the mysql download for freebsd comes preconfigured so we can't really follow your steps for mysql? _J describes precisely what happens. How can we resolve this so we can follow your steps? Thanks

@rod:

Don't download the pre-compiled MySQL binary. Download the source tar.gz. It's at the very bottom of the MySQL page: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.0.html#downloads

Currently, it's labeled "Compressed GNU TAR archive (tar.gz)"

Again, you want the SOURCE files for all these applications NOT FreeBSD-specific binaries.

i got the following error at the configuering stage of PHP 'configure:error: Cannot find libmysqlclient_r under /usr/local/mysql. Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore!'

How do I go about fixing this?

Nevermind, figured it out. Needed to add anothe --enable statement to configuration of mysql.

So how did you go about fixing the MySql client is not bundled anymore? I'm getting the same error and don't know what to do.

i got the following error when i want to install wget.

=>attempting to fetch from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/freebsd/ports/distfiles/. fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/freebsd/ports/distfiles/wget-1.10.2.tar.gz: No address record =>couldn't fetch it - please try to retrieve this =>port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/ and try again. *** Error code 1

anyone got a solution for this problem???

# as web: cd ~/src/php*

./configure --with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs \ --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql \ --enable-calendar \ --enable-trans-sid \ --with-curl=/usr/local \ --with-sybase=/usr/local/freetds \ --enable-ftp \ --with-mcrypt \ --with-pspell \ --with-xdiff

make

Sorry for the mistake didnt realize you had a word count. Basically I have made it up to the make php part but it craps out telling me /mysql : file not found. it seems as though when php is trying to make it cannot find the mysql files. The inititing line in question is the

--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql

What would happen if I leave out this line and make the file?

I'm also getting the same error when I configure PHP: "Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore!"

What do I need to change when installing MySQL/PHP to avoid this?

To fix the "Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore!" problem, I had to add the --enable-thread-safe-client directive to the configure command for mysql.. this tells it to make the libmysql*****_r libraries, which are needed by php.. at least, it worked for me.. ymmv.

Thanks for the exellent tutorial, it helped ginormously.

Why use wget? fetch come with FreeBSD and it's easier. ;)