Just finished updating the About page. Figured I’d start trying to add some content here. So, a little about the setup at this point.
This is a WordPress site. At the time of this post, it exists only on my home LAN. That LAN consists of several computers. The one I’m composing this on is a WinXP Pro- this is the wife’s machine. It’s location in the house makes it convenient to jump on and use.
My computer is a Debian Linux/Testing machine located in the basement. I’ve got Apache running on it as well as a bunch of other server related software to make life simpler (and more interesting) computing wise. What else is the server doing? So glad you asked…
In addition to Apache/ WordPress, which you are currently using while reading this post, I’ve got Samba/ CUPS running, since we have a mixed computing environment here. Samba is configured as a PDC in this case. Further, the machine is running as a Dovecot IMAP server. It fetches mail for me and the wife using fetchmail– what else? Bogofilter is the spam filter of choice (tried SpamAssassin, wasn’t very effective for my email) along with ClamAV for virus scanning. Oh, let’s not forget about Exim as the MTA. I guess to round out the whole server theme, I’ve also installed mySQL and PHP, making this a full-on LAMP server. Now, aren’t you glad you asked about the server?
And to give credit where it’s due, it’s a testament to the open-source community and Google that I’ve been able to get all this stuff up and running- reliably no less. I wanted to link to the fellow who’s site had some extremely valuable posts regarding Apache and mySQL setup, unfortunately I can’t find him now.
So anyway- I already figure the site will evolve some, assuming I keep at it long enough. Like all of the above, I’m doing this to learn a little bit. That’s why I’m hosting this site on my LAN as opposed to going full-bore out on the web.
And with that, time to deal with the chil’ens…