To set up a VPS from the default minimal Debian Etch template (you can find it in  /vz/template/cache/), run:

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl create 157 –ostemplate debian-5.0-i386-minimal –config vps.basic

The 157 must be a uniqe ID – each virtual machine must have its own unique ID.

To start vm  at boot, run

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl set 157 –onboot yes –save

To set a hostname and IP address for the vm, run:

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl set 157 –hostname debian.server.com –save

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl set 157 –ipadd 192.168.0.157 –save

 

Next we set the number of sockets to 120 and assign a few nameservers to the vm:

[root@melbourne ~]#  vzctl set 157 –numothersock 120 –save

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl set 157 –nameserver 4.2.2.2 –nameserver 4.2.2.3 –save

(Instead of using the vzctl set commands, you can as well directly edit the vm’s configuration file which is stored in the /etc/vz/conf directory. If the ID of the vm is 157, then the configuration file is /etc/vz/conf/157.conf.)

To start the vm, run

[root@melbourne ~]#  vzctl start 157

To set a root password for the vm, execute

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl exec 157 passwd

You can now either connect to the vm via SSH (e.g. with PuTTY), or you enter it as follows:

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl enter 157

To leave the vm’s console, type

[root@melbourne ~]# exit

To stop a vm, run

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl stop 157

To restart a vm, run

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl restart 157

To delete a vm from the hard drive (it must be stopped before you can do this), run

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl destroy 157

To get a list of your vms and their statuses, run

[root@melbourne ~]# vzlist -a

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Debian Lenny

Installing PHP5

In order to install PHP5 from debian packages we need to enter following in the source list of  /etc/apt/sources.list file

[root@melbourne ~]# vzctl enter 157

root@debian:~#  pico  /etc/apt/sources.list

deb     http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all

deb-src http://packages.dotdeb.org stable all

Now save your file and run the following command to take new changes effect

root@debian:~# apt-get update

root@debian:~# apt-get install PHP5

This will install PHP5 in debian

If you want to install any other supported packages you need to install using the following command

root@debian:~# apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 libapache2-mod-perl2 php5 php5-cli php5-common php5-curl php5-dev php5-domxml php5-gd php5-imap php5-ldap php5-mcal php5-mhash php5-mysql php5-odbc php5-pear php5-xslt

Also we can use aptitude command to install these packages in Debian server.

We must restart Apache afterwards:

root@debian:~# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Testing PHP5 / Getting Details About Your PHP5 Installation

Now create a small PHP file (info.php) in that directory and call it in a browser. The file will display the details about  PHP installation, such as the installed PHP version.

root@debian:~# pico /var/www/info.php

<?php

phpinfo();

?>

Installing Mysql

This will install Mysql in Debian server

root@debian:~# aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client

New password for the MySQL “root” user: yourpassword

Repeat password for the MySQL “root” user: yourpassword

You will be asked to provide a password for the MySQL root user – this password is valid for the user root@localhost , so we don’t have to specify a MySQL root password manually later on

Installation of  PHPBB.

Download PHPBB

Unzip and copy it to in /var/www/phpBB3

root@debian:/var/www# wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpbb/files/phpBB%203/phpBB%203.0.5/phpBB-3.0.5.zip/download

root@debian:/var/www# unzip phpBB-3.0.5.zip

Open the link in browser

http://192.168.0.157/phpBB3/install/install_main.php

Proceed with the instructions provided.

In Database setting give the information which we used in creating the database as shown below.

root@debian:~# mysql -u root -p

Enter password:

Welcome to the MySQL monitor.  Commands end with ; or \g.

Your MySQL connection id is 230

Server version: 5.0.51a-24+lenny2 (Debian)

Type ‘help;’ or ‘\h’ for help. Type ‘\c’ to clear the buffer.

mysql>create database vinetforum;

mysql> GRANT ALL ON *.* TO ‘vinetblogs’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘yourpassword’;

mysql> flush privileges;

mysql> \q

Database name      : vinetforum

Database username:  vinetblogs

Password               :   yourpassword

Give the above info in the config.php.

Once the installation is finished we can access the forum from http://192.168.0.157

If you require help, contact SupportPRO Server Admin