Archlinux as a Production Server

Basn · 2009-01-04 00:44:47

Why compile? don't you trust archlinux? of course if its something i miss i do an own package.

link2009 · 2009-01-06 04:34:09

I currently use Arch as a Web Server (Apache2), FTP Server (Pure-FTPD), SSH (OpenSSH) and for my MySQL Databases (MySQL-Community) along-side PHP for a web-driven development environment.

I'd like to expand it to multiple servers but that of course involves money but the advantage of Arch over other 'competitors' is that it's free (SLES / RHE).

I find Arch to be the most flexible Linux there is with all of its proprietary packaging schemes, compilating system (ABS) and overall package install system (Pacman). I use Arch on my Laptop, run it in a virtual machine and as a server (As stated above) in my basement. So far, the only problems I've had is Kernel Panics (Uh-oh, I hate these) and complete failures. BUT, this has taken me a few minutes to a few hours to dig deep into the system, understand it better and enforce security while I go through every possible troubleshooting solution to fix any errors that arise.

My usual uptime on the server was 30 days (I would usually Pacman -Syu after a month to get the latest updates).

But, if you know what you want, you just compile yourself whatever packages you need and...why update? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I really don't see a reason to Pacman -Syu all the time if there isn't a feature you're missing in a package or a security vulnerability isn't patched.

Basn,
building your own packages customizes your entire environment so it's more secure and easier to understand (if well-documented).

Basn · 2009-01-06 07:24:19

link2009 wrote:

Basn,
building your own packages customizes your entire environment so it's more secure and easier to understand (if well-documented).

Thats what i said, i do it if i need to.
If not needed why do it?

netVare · 2009-01-06 12:27:38

link2009 wrote:

I currently use Arch as a Web Server (Apache2), FTP Server (Pure-FTPD), SSH (OpenSSH) and for my MySQL Databases (MySQL-Community) along-side PHP for a web-driven development environment.

I recommend using vsftpd, it is more predictable and you can hardly find any problems with installing/configuring/using it.

stefanwilkens · 2009-03-09 16:02:28

I have a private arch linux server running:
LAMP, SSL, SSH, postfix, Samba, Cups (currently working on PostFix)

This is also ongoing:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Com … rver_Guide

Perhaps some more experienced here could take a look at the document, it is still verry much in its baby-stage.

Last edited by stefanwilkens (2009-03-09 16:02:44)

mintcat · 2011-01-15 15:05:47

Have been running Arch as a router on one box and as a webserver on another for two years. There were nagios, apache2, squid+squidGuard, openssh, postfix, dovecot, mrtg and vsftpd installed on the router and apache2, mysql, php5, moodle and phpMyAdmin on the webserver. Then I switched to Debian, still thinking about returning to arch.

defears · 2011-01-15 16:01:24

To me, production system=

1) Have an exact copy of your system in Virtualbox, and update there first to see obvious problems.
2) If all goes well, dd the real system to 2 diffrent drives.
3) Update ONLY when you have all day to fix something, just in case.
4)By the end of the day if something went wrong, dd the correct image back and take your time figuring everything out.
5) Repeat step 2 every weekend, or whenever there is low demand.

This goes for every OS, not just Arch. No system is perfect, but Arch is 99.9999999999% to me.

Leonid.I · 2011-01-15 17:01:43

I have an Arch laptop as a wireless AP (basically eth-to-wlan bridge + hostapd), and a file storage

nixpunk · 2011-01-15 21:21:16

I have happily been running Arch as a headless home (multimedia/file) server for 5+ years, running vsftpd, mpd, nfs, and rtorrent -- amongst other things. I would feel safe running it as a web/production server, for sure.

rwd · 2011-01-16 00:22:41

I wholly agree with #21 (hello 2008). I don't think many experienced sysadmins would recommend a rolling release for a mission critical production server.

ViruSzZ · 2011-01-16 00:42:09

I'm also running Arch as a production server. It has apache, mysql, php, proxy (polipo), ftp and a mail server running on it and everything is working just fine. I slightly agree with #21 that some mission critical production servers might be running on either RedHat or CentOS stuff but there is nothing wrong with Arch too.

Basically, If i need to choose between RedHat and Arch, I'll choose Arch for sure (that's just my opinion).

Take care

Inxsible · 2011-01-16 03:19:12

mintcat, please do not resurrect old threads. Let them die in peace.

Closing....

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