By rkarajgi on

I am building a new Linux server as VPS within a XenServer 5.0 - only for hosting bunch of Drupal sites. I want to have a minimal Linux distribution that performs best for Drupal. I do not want any control panel. Ideally, ps -A should show minimal number of processes running (hopefully only few more than mysql, apache and php). I am considering using Gentoo 2008. Any ideas? Or experiences with Drupal on Gentoo as a VPS in XenServer 5.0?

Are there any known problems with Gentoo 2008 within XenServer for hosting Drupal production sites?

Thanks

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kbahey commented

We found that Ubuntu Server LTS is very stable and easy to work with if you can use the command line.

Read more here: Installing a dedicated server or a VPS with Ubuntu Server 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron) and Drupal 6.x

Also, other big sites are converting to it: Wikimedia standardizes on Ubuntu LTS

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scothiam commented

check this out, may be what you are after

http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances/drupal5
or
http://www.turnkeylinux.org/appliances/drupal6

I'm trying it out as I type this.

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LiveWire commented

@Scothiam - what was / is your opinion on Turnkey Drupal6?

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ratioswitch commented

__rajeev, did you end up moving forward with your "Gentoo-VPS on Xen for Drupal" project?

Scothiam, how did your Turnkey Drupal sandbox turn out? Would you recommend implementing it for anything other than sandbox Drupal work?

Thanks,
_rs

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rkarajgi commented

I was trying to have Drupal installed in a 256MB VPS in which I installed Gentoo VPS within XEN. I did not quite get the whole thing to work as expected and then abandoned the Gentoo path. I believe Gentoo requires minimal resources and is one of the fastest Linux distros. Hence, I tried to do that. If anyone else has been able to get this done, I would like to know. Thanks

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marcus0263 commented

Been running Gentoo with Linode for a couple of years ago, love it. I boot strapped Gentoo with a stage 1 install, it's lean and mean. There are also compiler optimizations for Xen, if you have problems finding them contact me and I'll send you my make.conf file.

So Gentoo works very nicely in a Xen VPS environment and very easy to maintain, love Portage ;)

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silverwing commented

if you want to go real basic, there always ArchLinux for the webserver. I believe Linode.com has this available as a distribution option. Personally, if I did the VPS thing, I'd probably stick with Ubuntu (for support).

~silverwing - on a shared host...