What do I need on my VPS?

[ceekeigh]

What do I need to install on my VPS to run a site on it?

 

[HostMyWarez]

you need some kind of control panel. cpanel or webmin are my suggestions. Thats if you have linux running on your vps. If you have windows then you need a wamp server.

 

[sniper]

go for kloxo its free..or Cpanel if you want to pay..

 

[ceekeigh]

Aside from those, I mean what other things do I need to install like PHP, etc.

 

[HostMyWarez]

Is it linux or windows?

 

[Lifetalk]

If you install Kloxo, everything gets installed along with it (PHP, MySQL, PMA, etc etc)
If you're going for Webmin (another free panel) you'll need to do some manual installations.

 

[vps9Ryan]

Just find a tutorial on how to install LAMP.

I suggest you install Webmin and then install LAMP manually.

Great together

regards,
Ryan

 

[eXXed]

This is should be working For Linux CentOS

yum install mysql mysql-server
chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
mysqladmin -u root password gr8tech2o4=8i2=4 
mysqladmin -h hostname.yourdomain.com -u root password yourpassword ==> be careful about changing 
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     yum install httpd
chkconfig --levels 235 httpd on
/etc/init.d/httpd start
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yum install php
yum install php-mysql
    /etc/init.d/httpd restart

That what i'v done to install my VPS and don't forget chown /srv/www/html/ to apache:apache so your uploaded files will work correctly

 

[ceekeigh]

What if I'll be using cPanel? How can I install the needed components?

 

[vpsReady]

cPanel install anything you need to run a site.

Install on fresh Centos:

cd /home
yum -y install wget perl screen
screen -S cpanel_install
wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest
sh latest