SliceHost Setup
Putting AMP on the L
With the slice secured it was time to move on and make it do something useful. The main purpose of the slice was to act as a development server as well as hosting my own array of websites. I develop on a LAMP stack in work so this would be no different. After looking through the documentation some more I found what I was looking for.
I was surprised just how easy installing Apache and PHP using apt rather than building from source. There are obvious benefits to both, though, I understand that much. The only thing I had to get my head around was how Apache on Ubuntu uses the Debian sites layout but again there is excellent documentation. Once I understood the layout, the benefits became obvious. No longer would I be rooting through seemingly-endless config files looking for sections to add or comment out to change which virtual host were active.
Taking guidance on MySQL installation from a Ruby on Rails article, this was set up just as easily as Apache and PHP and my basic LAMP stack and test virtual host was set up. Thanks to the plentiful documentation the slice was up and running as a secure web hosting box in under an hour. What was I paying those other guys for all this time?!
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