Now that we have a web server we need to install an SQL server. There are many choices out there; MySQL from Oracle, MariaDB is driven by the community or Microsoft SQL server. My personal preference is MariaDB. Let’s go and install that.
Since my original BFV post I give you some updates to this awesome game.
After BFV has been released, I give my opinion on the game in it's current state, one month after it's release.
In our quest to utilise a spare server, we look at installing an HTTP server, leveraging OpenLitespeed and it's awesome technology.
We've installed the Linux server and we need to secure the operating system a little more, keeping the baddies out.
Before we can install a HTTP and SQL server we need to get an operating system up and running. We'll take a look at configuring a Linux environment to have a great foundation going forward.
Do you have a server or old PC lying around? Do you want to add some great functionality to your server? We look at turning a spare server into a web and SQL server, allowing you to install what ever you need on your server.
We take a look at Litespeed, a proprietry HTTP server developed by Litespeed Technologies, looking at its performance against Apache.
