I am setting up a new system and am wondering what I should use for the backend, and yes I am lazy and like to take the easy route
1. Windows 8 -> Oracle VirtualBox -> Centos -> Elgg
2. Windows 10 -> Same as above
3. Windows Server -> Oracle VirtualBox -> Centos - Elgg
The only reason I would like to do it this way so I can download extra mods and put them in a test vm before installing them in the real site and also I am looking for speed and have also read that Facebook is running CENTos :-)
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You must log in to post replies.Why would you use Windows...
I'm not sure if it makes a difference if you're using a VM, especially if you're just using it for testing at this point
The only reason I want to use windows is because of the extras it brings
I could run multiple elgg sites
I could incorperate Active Directory and othe features into Elgg
I can run other OS in the background like FaceBook does for Elgg
I can keep Mysql on a seperate drive as whell as my user data and photo and game data
If you can please tell me why this would be a bad idea?
Also I can run Adobe and Visual Studio on windows
If you'd like virtualization, just configure vagrant box for your needs, something like: https://github.com/Srokap/elgg_vagrant (debian75-x64, but still WIP so you'd need to adjust it to your needs). Should be easier to maintain your environment. Something to look at as well: https://puphpet.com/
I still use http://www.wampserver.com/en/ on my Windows 8.1, especially useful when having 3 versions of Apache and 4 of PHP and you want to switch easily between them. Still some manual adjusting is needed for it to switch smoothly.