Re: minimal RHEL4 webserver

[John Summerfied <debian herakles homelinux org>]

Franco Saliola wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I'd like to use RHEL4 exclusively as a webserver, so I don't need all
> X stuff, etc. During the installation, I was presented with a minimal
> installation option, but I figured that was too small. Instead I
> unchecked all package groups except for the webserver. It installled
> tons of stuff, including X which I deselected. Perhaps there is
> something in the webserver package group that requires X?
>
> I'm wondering whether there is a way to get a "minimal" RHEL4
> installation with httpd. And by minimal, I don't just mean a base
> system plus httpd. I'd like to have the auxillary apache modules plus
> the nice security services in RHEL4 (psacct, for instance).
>
> Thanks for your suggestions.
> Franco


I recently installed WBEL in a hurry (the only installable CD set to 
hand and alternatives were on the broken server). Like you, I didn't 
want X, but I did want other stuff such as mail. Here's the package list 
Anaconda produced:
packages
@ legacy-network-server
@ web-server
@ mail-server
@ dns-server
@ server-cfg
@ dialup
@ system-tools
@ network-server
@ sql-server
@ editors
@ admin-tools
@ smb-server
@ printing
kernel
grub
e2fsprogs

I've added stuff since then so I can't say how big it came out, but 
clearly there's room for cutting back on that.

Bear in mind in the ks file you can have an entry
-sendmail
to eliminate sendmail (but probably you should ensure exim or postfix 
goes in).


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John

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