LAMP Server

Original posted by: Admin on 26-02-2007

When building a new website or updating an old site its important to have a development area where you can do all your testing before the site goes live. Some people choose to do this on their webserver under a different folder or subdomain, others use a local machine make their updates.

I personally prefer to use a local machine as they don't require you to constantly upload file and refresh internet content which can be slow and painful.

Recently I built a home server using Ubuntu 6.10 which has worked great and saved me a lot of time and effort, considering it only took me an hour to full setup.

From windows I can access this machine, via an SSH client, or via my windows network drive. Its a great place to develop websites before they go live.



Install Ubuntu - LAMP Server

Create a root password



sudo passwd root

Update a config file so all updates can be downloaded, uncomment everything (# is a comment)



sudo nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list

Install Updates



sudo apt-get update

Install SSH Server



sudo apt-get install openssh-server

The machine can now be connected to via an SSH client.

If you are unsure of the servers IP address type ifconfig and it will be printed.

Now we'll install the next section.

Install Samba



sudo apt-get install samba

Stop Samba, we need to configure it.



sudo /etc/init.d/samba stop

Lets create a backup of the config file incase something goes wrong



sudo mv /ect/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf_backup

Clear out the config file



sudo touch /etc/samba/smb.conf

Open the config file



sudo nano -w /etc/samba/smb.conf

Copy and Paste this config file



[global]

    ; General server settings

    netbios name = YOUR_HOSTNAME

    server string =

    workgroup = YOUR_WORKGROUP

    announce version = 5.0

    socket options = TCP_NODELAY IPTOS_LOWDELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192



    passdb backend = tdbsam

    security = user

    null passwords = true

    username map = /etc/samba/smbusers

    name resolve order = hosts wins bcast



    wins support = yes



    printing = CUPS

    printcap name = CUPS



    syslog = 1

    syslog only = yes



; NOTE: If you need access to the user home directories uncomment the

; lines below and adjust the settings to your hearts content.

;[homes]

    ;valid users = %S

    ;create mode = 0600

    ;directory mode = 0755

    ;browseable = no

    ;read only = no

    ;veto files = /*.{*}/.*/mail/bin/



; NOTE: Only needed if you run samba as a primary domain controller.

; Not needed as this config doesn't cover that matter.

;[netlogon]

    ;path = /var/lib/samba/netlogon

    ;admin users = Administrator

    ;valid users = %U

    ;read only = no



; NOTE: Again - only needed if you're running a primary domain controller.

;[Profiles]

    ;path = /var/lib/samba/profiles

    ;valid users = %U

    ;create mode = 0600

    ;directory mode = 0700

    ;writeable = yes

    ;browseable = no



; NOTE: Inside this place you may build a printer driver repository for

; Windows - I'll cover this topic in another HOWTO.

[print$]

    path = /var/lib/samba/printers

    browseable = yes

    guest ok = yes

    read only = yes

    write list = root

    create mask = 0664

    directory mask = 0775



[printers]

    path = /tmp

    printable = yes

    guest ok = yes

    browseable = no



; Uncomment if you need to share your CD-/DVD-ROM Drive

;[DVD-ROM Drive]

    ;path = /media/cdrom

    ;browseable = yes

    ;read only = yes

    ;guest ok = yes



[MyFiles]

    path = /var/www

    browseable = yes

    read only = no

    guest ok = no

    create mask = 0644

    directory mask = 0755

    force user = YOUR_USERNAME

    force group = YOUR_USERGROUP

You will need to update a few things, such as your username and usergroup.

Now we want to make the default sharing drive the same as the apache www directory so we can store our web file on the machine.



sudo chmod 0777 /var/www

Start Samba



sudo /etc/init.d/samba start

Lets create a username and password for the samba account so that it can be used correctly



sudo smbpasswd -L -a choose_a_username

sudo smbpasswd -L -e choose_a_password

Your machine is now ready to be used as a LAMP server... But is your windows machine ready to access it?

We need to enable 'Wins Support'.



Click: Start > Control Panel > Network Connections



Find your default network connection, right click it and choose properties.



Select: TCP/IP

Click: Properties

Click: Advanced

Click: WINS

Click: Add

Type the IP Address of your Ubuntu LAMP sever

Click: Add

Select: Use NetBIOS over TCP/IP

Click: Ok (x3)

Reset Windows

Your windows is now setup to access your lamp server, you can choose to acccess it via network connections, or a much easier way is via a network drive which you can setup in 'My Computer'



Click: Start

Right-Click: My Computer

Select: Map Network Drive

Type: 192.168.XXX.XXX/MyFiles (Ubuntu IP Address)

Click: Finish

You should now have a development Lamp sever which you can use to build all your new projects, or update existing ones!

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