Converting a Mini to a Server, Part 3: MySQL and PHP

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

To summarize what has gone before, I now have headless, network access to a Mac X86 Mini, and have successfully installed Apache 2.0.55. The next step is to install MySQL, PHP, and WordPress; then copy The Cafes and elharo.com from the old server to the Mini.
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Converting a Mini to a Server, Part 2: Installing Apache

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

To summarize what has gone before, I now have headless, network access to the mini, gcc installed, and have found my preferred set of Apache config options. For future reference they are:

–prefix=/usr/httpd –enable-auth-anon –enable-auth-digest –enable-auth-dbm –enable-deflate –enable-expires –enable-headers –enable-mime-magic –enable-rewrite –enable-speling –enable-ssl –enable-unique-id –enable-usertrack –enable-vhost-alias –enable-include –enable-so

Now let’s configure:
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Double-crested Cormorants have Green Eyes

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

My new Audubon Equinox HP 10×42 binoculars arrived yesterday so I took them to Prospect Park to try them out. I’m not sure if it was the new binoculars or the light or the unusual closeness of the cormorant, but for the first time I can remember, I noticed that the Double-crested Cormorant has green eyes.

Green-eyed Double Crested Cormorant
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Converting the Mini to a Server: Preliminaries

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

The Mac Mini ships with both Apache, PHP, and MySQL preinstalled. However they’re relatively old versions, and I want something a little more up-to-date for this site. So the first step to migrating is to get the latest versions of those installed. Annoyingly, fink is not yet ready for Intel Macs; so that’s going to make everything quite a bit more complex.
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Intel Mini Arrives

Monday, March 6th, 2006

The single core Intel Mini I’m going to replace this server with has arrived. On the plus side it got here two days earlier than Apple predicted. That’s very nice, especially since otherwise I likely wouldn’t have had time to set it up before I leave for Software Development on Friday. What follows are a few random notes as I configure it.

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Banded Goose Identified

Monday, March 6th, 2006

I’ve received some more information about H7H6, the banded Canada Goose I first spotted in Prospect Park on January 29 and have since relocated twice.
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