Server Guide Proposal (LAMP/Tomcat/Scripting Languages)

[Adam Sommer]

Hello,

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Marc Kaplan
<ubuntu-doc at technomensch.net>wrote:

> https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/index.html
>
> ***********
> LAMP Server
> ***********
> Currently, there is an outdated and very lengthy document regarding
> building a LAMP server:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP?action=show&redirect=LAMP
>
> This can be especially confusing when it addresses both PHP4 and PHP5
> versions.
>
> I recommend to the Server Guide team that we compare this information with
> the documents listed within the Server Guide and combine/tag for deletion
> accordingly.
>
> This also includes, but not limited to:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheHTTPserver
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HelpOnConfiguration/IntegratingWithApache
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnLinux
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HelpOnInstalling/ApacheOnLinuxFtp


You can find the development version of the Server Guide here:

  http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/index.html

The Apache section of the Server Guide is in need of some attention.  I'm
not entirely sure about the process for deleting wiki pages, so others can
probably comment with more information.


>
> ***********
> Tomcat5
> ***********
> I also recommend that we add this Tomcat article under the "Web Server"
> section.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheTomcat5
>


Actually Tomcat 6 has been moved to Main for Intrepid, and a section has
been written by Thierry Carrez.



>
> ***********
> Programming/Scripting Languages
> ***********
> Instead of having PHP5 under Webserver, perhaps set aside a separate
> section for Scripting Languages:
>
> PHP5 - Scripting Language
>
> Within this Programming section, we could then put the definitive
> documentation on installing the JDK/JRE, how to check which versions are
> installed, how to set the JAVA_HOME, etc.....
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JavaInstallation
>
> (I know it can be hard to keep up with current Java versions, but this
> would at least give us a basic foundation to work from)
>
> That, of course, would be connected to the Tomcat documentation.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------



It wouldn't be an entirely bad thing to have more information about
scripting languages, but those topics can quickly become quite in depth.
The overall goal of the Server Guide, to this point, has been to keep things
as simple as possible.  That being said some topics are discussed in greater
detail than others, due mostly to the experience and expertise of the
authors.



> Thoughts?  Comments?  Suggestions?
>
> I've never used Launchpad so I do not know whether this would be something
> added/assigned through there, and if so, how.<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc>
>


Thank you for submitting your ideas and bringing these topics to attention.
If you'd like to contribute to the Server Guide a quick howto can be found
here:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/KnowledgeBase#Documentor%20resources

There is also more in depth information on the Doc Team page:

  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation

The String Freeze for Intrepid is October 2nd, which doesn't leave that much
time for large amounts of new content.  But any patches, feedback, etc are
very welcome, and whatever doesn't make it into Intrepid will be in Jaunty.

Thanks again.

-- 
Party On,
Adam
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