[BlueOnyx:08819] Re: WordPress Research

Thu Oct 13 08:44:20 -05 2011

Thanks but no thanks...

Five minute quickies on how to install on the wordpress website - the
application is just a blog and publishing tool - with no references to the
510* series are probably a great way to bring a server down..they are like
the 'roll your own here is how to do it to install 5106R on a real Sun
Cobalt Raq 550, Raq4r or a Raq3...'.. ie they might have worked 12 months
ago before the Centos 5.x upgrade releases but they certainly dont work
now.. theres probably someone out there spruking about how to install PHP5
on a Mips based Raq2 !!!

I run mission critical servers on 5107R - as Compass Networks called it, the
cutting edge.. 

So my gear is feeding to 30+ regional offices and nearly 1,000 staff.. to do
this, I utilize both Compass Networks and Solarspeed packages. And the
complete range of packages from Compass and the AV/SPAM solution from
Solarspeed on a 5107R platform..if we analogy a server to a spacecraft, with
these packages they are fully operational battle stations rather than the
Wright brothers biplane that has been catapulted somehow.

Updates are delivered when they are released - and I get email notifications
from my servers to say they are available. The newlinq option for Compass
Networks alerted me to the release of 3.2.1 when they released the update,
which was a while back...  thats what one gets for paying for support from
the .pkg suppliers.

Im going to soapbox as Stephanie did - its a good investment, and value for
money for anyone who values their time. I could have taken the long road
with 5107R, with a plain load and then manually integrated this, that and
the other into it - spamassassin, mailscanner, clamav... but I purely dont
have the time so would rather trust it with well supported pkg providers
like Michael and Greg..

-----Original Message-----
From: blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it
[mailto:blueonyx-bounces at mail.blueonyx.it] On Behalf Of Mike's List
Sent: Thursday, 13 October 2011 4:09 PM
To: BlueOnyx General Mailing List
Subject: [BlueOnyx:08814] Re: WordPress Research

Thank you all for your inputs.  The Compass module is nice but really
outdated.  I read up on WordPress and it is now 3.2.1 and you should
also update your WP regularly as newer version updates security and
bugs, etc.  (per recommendation)

Anyhow, there's a 5-minute how to install WP at wordpress.org site and
it's true, it's that quick.  Anyone else integrate WP w/their
authentication system? i.e. accounts for the site with e-mail which uses
/etc/shadow?

Mike

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011, Jeffrey Pellin wrote:

>
> Yeah, the Compass Wordpress webapp is only 5 bucks - what a bargain! And
> you can use it on as many sites as you like on that server.
>
> Regards
>
> Jeffrey
>
> On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:04:23 -0400, "Stephanie Sullivan" <ses at aviaweb.com>
> wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Mike's List [mailto:mikelist at leawood.com]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:37 AM
>>> To: blueonyx at mail.blueonyx.it
>>> Subject: [BlueOnyx:08792] WordPress Research
>>>
>>> Hi Group,
>>>
>>> I'm looking to stand up a WordPress site and gathering some
>>> information
>>> before deploying.  I searched the group's e-mail archive and saw
>>> quite a
>>> few posts regarding WP.  I like to get some feedback if you're using
>>> WP.
>>>
>>> - Overall, do you find it more simpler doing WP install on BX or
>>> prerfer
>>>    a vanilla box with CentOS/SL and manually adding packages as
>>> needed.
>>>
>>> - Any tweaking needs to be done with BX to get WP functioning
>>> normally?
>>>    I saw a post or two regarding ReWrite rule for htttpd to get WP
>>>    working?
>>>
>>> - Did you get authentication integrated with the system's user e-mail
>>>    account and user's quota disk space or separate authentication
>>> scheme
>>>    for each?
>>>
>>> All inputs are welcome, thank you.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> I've setup several wordpress blogs and migrated several others from other
>> platforms including BQ onto BX 5106 (Centos 5 based blue onyx). I have
> the
>> compass php package installed. V5.3.
>>
>> What I do is setup the site with a suPHP and a web site owner. I create a
>> MySQL database for wordpress if there is none available. I untar the
>> wordpress sources into the site's web folder or the sub-directory where
> the
>> blog will be located.
>> Then change the owner/group to match the site's ownership. Finally I go
>> through the web based setup. Viola. A wordpress blog.
>>
>> Compass also makes a web app installer. I probably should be using that,
>> but
>> I'm a curmudgeon.
>>
>> A little soapbox:
>> Whomever you may buy an add-on from, whether it's to upgrade php, add
>> spamassassin, mailscanner, or clamav, or whatever I consider it a good
>> investment. These add-ons are well supported and good value for anyone
> who
>> values their time at all.
>> Back off the box...
>>
>> 	-Stephanie
>>
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