Build a Dynamic Web Serving Platform with FreeBSD

FreeBSD and its ports collection let you build a secure solution for hosting dynamic Web pages—without any out-of-pocket expense. Follow this step-by-step guide to installing and testing an open source solution based on Apache-modSSL, MySQL, and PHP. You'll serve dynamic Web pages quickly, reliably, securely, and efficiently from your own cost-free platform. 


by Gregory L. Magnusson
October 16, 2003  
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ooking for a secure solution for hosting dynamic Web pages but don't have much money to implement it? Use FreeBSD and its ports collection to install Apache-modSSL, MySQL, and PHP. This open source solution will have you serving dynamic Web pages quickly, reliably, securely, and efficiently—without any out-of-pocket expense. All you need are the following:
  1. Root control of a FreeBSD box
  2. A FreeBSD box connected to the Internet
  3. An installed ports collection
  4. An updated ports collection via CVsup

Although this solution may sound like a lot of work, compiling each application from source is actually painless with the FreeBSD ports system. This tutorial offers a simple paint-by-numbers guide to this server installation, which any developer, from the curious newbie to the seasoned Linux or Windows veteran, can use. As an added bonus, because FreeBSD can run on a 486 PC with just 16MB of RAM, it also enables you to turn an old computer into a PHP testing environment.


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