Remote Linux Web Sever

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Remote Linux Web Sever

Any good aps

aaronjf

11:11 pm on Mar 29, 2004 (gmt 0)

Anyone found any interesting applications for connecting to and messing with a Linux Web Sever (Besides the Terminal) from an OS X box?

timster

2:58 pm on Mar 30, 2004 (gmt 0)

There's VNC (Virtual Network Computing). I don't know much about it (yet) but they say it can let a Mac OS X client remote-control and Linux server.

[realvnc.com...] ("Official Home of VNC")
[redstonesoftware.com...] (A Mac OS X client)

Maybe the crew on the Linux board would know more about this, though.

bcolflesh

3:03 pm on Mar 30, 2004 (gmt 0)

What do you want to be able to do? Installing Webmin on the server should cover things most webmasters would need to do and more...

aaronjf

7:06 pm on Mar 31, 2004 (gmt 0)

I don't really have a specific need. I was just currios. Three weeks ago I moved everything to a dedicated server. So, I am just looking for toys really :-)

mistafeesh

9:16 am on Apr 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

I have a similar setup. I've installed webmin on the Linux box, and that allows me to fiddle with all sorts of stuff from the comfort of my Mac. It's nice.

I know you don't want to know about the terminal stuff ;) but...I use iTerm, which is a tabbed terminal, and its loads easier to keep things under control...I can have one tab open on the mac and another on the Linux box.

The biggest and bestest thing I did though is that I actually have all my web files on the Mac. I share with the Linux box using NFS (setup with NFS Manager which is on versiontracker) and on the Linux box mount the NFS share to the web-serving directory.

It was a bit of a phaff to set up, but well worth it.It means I can work locally on a file, and then see the changes instantly. I develop mostly using Dreamweaver MX, which didn't seem to like working off a fileshare. It's now a lot stabler. Also, I can change file permissions directly within OSX.

I also re-share the mount from the Linux box with my Windoze PC via SMB.

timster

12:32 pm on Apr 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

The biggest and bestest thing I did though is that I actually have all my web files on the Mac.

My approach is to set up my Mac's Web server to mimic the one on my Linux host -- basically making it a development server. That way I can work on local files (seeing the change instantly) and FTP them up once they're tested.

Actually, that's one of my favorite things about having a Mac.

mistafeesh

3:24 pm on Apr 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

don't you find that slows your computer down? I did...

aaronjf

11:25 pm on Apr 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

iTerm sounds need. So does the other tricks you mentioned.

I don't mind the terminal. I was just wandering what else was out there, in the way of Mac/Linux toys :-)

timster

5:07 pm on Apr 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

don't you find that slows your computer down? I did...

You're asking me about using my Mac as a Web server, right?

Actually, no, I don't notice a slowdown. When I'm not actually using the Web server or MySQL, they seem to use very few processor cycles, and I can play brand new video games without hickups. I've also stared at Activity monitor, and it doesn't seem like the Web stuff uses more than a percent or two of my CPU's time .

But I must confess, I bought my current Mac about a year ago in order to do Web development this way. If my job were using Photoshop on an older Mac, I'm sure I wouldn't want to "weigh down" my machine this way.