In this article, I’m going to be outlining the steps to install and configure a complete web server on a base install of CentOS 6. (Which should be compatible with Scientific Linux 6 as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6)
I personally don’t prefer to install package groups relating to “LAMP” or similar during initial installation because I’m simply too lazy to review each and every package that is included in those groups, and what the dependencies are. By installing the required packages using yum, this allows you to install just the software you’re looking for, without worrying about dependencies. This software stack is time tested; we’ll install on CentOS’s latest release, and test a few popular applications while we’re at it!
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