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Apache is probably the number 1 web service hosting software ever created.  With that said I get a lot of people always asking how to install it or some variation of.  Here’s an easy tutorial on it using CentOS 5.4 Linux using a Rackspace Cloud Server…

1.    SSH into your Server

2.    Make sure you are root user.

3.    Update Yum with command : # yum update

4.    Download and install Apache with command : #  yum install httpd

5.    Set chkconfig run levels to ensure that apache starts up even if the system is rebooted with command : # chkconfig –levels 2345 httpd on

6.    Start Apache or httpd service with command : #  service httpd start.

7.    Flush your IP Tables and add port 22 for SSH (unless you changed it’s port) and also allow port 80 for apache/http connections.  I have also deleted the “RH-Firewall-1-INPUT” chain and set the default INPUT policy to “DROP”.

#  iptables -X RH-Firewall-1-INPUT

#  iptables -F

#  iptables -I INPUT -p tcp –dport 22 -j ACCEPT

#  iptables -I INPUT -p tcp –dport 80 -j ACCEPT

#  iptables -P INPUT DROP

#  service iptables save

8.  Congrats, you now have a basic apache install.

Notes : Apache’s configuration file is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and the default place to put all of your websites files are in /var/www/html/

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Ah, a long standing battle of which is better…although the main battle is between Ventrilo and TeamSpeak, Mumble is a good alternative to either of these.

With the recent release of Teamspeak 3, Ventrilo is having more and more competition to go up against.

There really are no online posts with hard-proof and real data about the bandwidth, cpu usage, memory usage, etc is for each one of these programs it is all linked more to personal preference.

If you have your own server boxes like we do you can run the free ventrilo server which is limited to 8 connections while Teamspeak has a limit I cannot remember what it was.  As far as I can remember, Mumble has no limit.

While some may worry about bandwidth used by these programs there is no real difference between them.  It all depends on what voice codec is used coupled with its bit rate and whether stereo or mono.

Like I said, it boils down to personal preference.  Ventrilo is certainly easier to install and maintain and use rather than Teamspeak but I consider ventrilo to be like apple.  Closed off to innovation and source.

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