Setting up centOS VPS with XAMPP series – overview

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2014-09-24 · Articles, Hosting, Linux

In this series we are going to cover:
**Please note this is a series in progress. Currently we are just outlining what we will cover and documenting anything we find. We will remove this message when the series is complete.

  1. Getting, setting up, and configuring a low cost VPS with CloudAtCost.com
  2. Connecting to your VPS using bitvise tunnelier – using SSH keys (more secure then username passwords)
  3. (SIDE QUEST) Series on setting up SSH tunnels using your VPS static IP and bandwidth.
  4. (SIDE QUEST) Series on setting up HTTP proxy using bitvise for “secure connections” on public wifi.
  5. Installing XAMPP for centOS
  6. Basic lockdown security for XAMPP
  7. Configuring XAMPP for multiple “hosts” or “vhosts” or multiple domains… however you want to phrase it.
  8. Enabling PHP CLI for XAMPP on centOS
    Shell
    sudo 

echo 'pathmunge /opt/lampp/bin' > /etc/profile.d/custompath.sh 

chmod +x /etc/profile.d/custompath.sh 

. /etc/profile
  9. Configuring ProFTPD for FTPS access.