OpenSolaris™ Bible

Chapter 23. Deploying a Web Stack on OpenSolaris

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Apache HTTP Server

• PHP

• MySQL

• WordPress

• Sun Java System Web Server

• PostgreSQL

• Apache Tomcat

• Apache Roller

• GlassFish Application Server

It almost goes without saying that contemporary computer use revolves around the World Wide Web. From games, social networking, and blogs to news and e-commerce, web-based services are indispensable. Each of those services, from your friend's personal blog to your favorite online vendor, is running on one or more servers called a web server. If you are considering deploying a web server, whether you're starting a personal web page or blog or setting up a multimillion-dollar e-commerce site, the OpenSolaris operating system is a great choice to run it. OpenSolaris is also an excellent platform for developing web-based applications. This chapter describes how to deploy a web stack on OpenSolaris; Chapter 24 covers developing on OpenSolaris.

The Web Stack on OpenSolaris

The traditional web stack consists of a web server frontend and a database backend, connected with a scripting language. One of the most popular combinations of these three components, the Apache HTTP server, the MySQL database, and the PHP scripting language, are together referred to by their acronym: the AMP stack.

Note

Although the Apache HTTP Server is not the only application from Apache, it is often called just "Apache." This book follows that usage.

Because the AMP stack is so popular, many platforms are optimized for that configuration, ...