Centmin

Centmin is a bash script developed for use on CentOS 5. It is designed to provide a fully functional NMP plus DNS stack - using minimal resources.

How to use:

1) Download the script from:

London, UK (via Linode): wget http://www.centmin.com/download.php New York, US (via 6sync): wget http://www.centmin.com/download.php?m=ny Los Angeles, US (via PhotonVPS): wget http://www.centmin.com/download.php?m=la 

2) Extract the archive:

tar xzf centmin-latest.tar.gz

3) Follow the instructions in the included readme.txt

Features:

• Updates any pre-installed software (via Yum)
• Secures /tmp (and /var/tmp) directories
• Installs development tools needed for compilation of Nginx and NSD
• Sets server to use your local timezone
• Installs Nginx, MySQL, PHP 5.3.6 (with FPM)
• Installs NSD (DNS Server - a low-memory alternative to BIND)
• Installs NTP (Other than on OpenVZ VPS)
• Installs Sendmail (enables PHP to use the mail function)
• Optional: Installs Alternative PHP Cache, XCache, Memcached, Siege, MariaDB,
• ConfigServer Firewall

What is new in this release:

• UPDATE: nginx updated to version 1.0.6
• UPDATE: google-perftools updated to version 1.8.2
• UPDATE: OpenSSL updated to version 1.0.0e
• UPDATE: Libevent updated to version 2.0.13
• UPDATE: Memcached updated to version 1.4.7
• UPDATE: PHP updated to version 5.3.8
• UPDATE: Python updated to version 2.7.2
• FEATURE: Added nginx to logrotate.
• BUGFIX: MariaDB installation fixes.
• BUGFIX: Updated outdated URLs.
• UPDATE: php configuration updated to include many more useful features (mcrypt, IMAP, pcre regex, PDO, GD2 features etc.)
• UPDATE: Many configuration changes (thanks to eva2000).

What is new in version 1.2.1:

• Various Bugfixes (the majority of them thanks to eva2000).
• FEATURE: Added memcached (this was excluded from the previous version due to last minute issues).
• FEATURE: Added xcache admin directory to /usr/local/nginx/html/myxcacheadmin/ you need to read config/xcache/xcache_admin_setup_instructions.txt for xcache admin user/pass changes procedure
• FEATURE: Added config/htpasswdgen/htpasswd.py python based htpasswd encoding generator to create passwords for systems without Apache. Original author of htpasswd.py, Eli Carter http://trac.edgewall.org/browser/trunk/contrib/htpasswd.py. To encode a password for htpasswd protection run command: python /usr/local/nginx/conf/htpasswd.py -b /usr/local/nginx/conf/htpasswd yourusername yourpassword. Or if you have htpasswd from apache, set password up with command: htpasswd -s /usr/local/nginx/conf/htpasswd yourusername
• UPDATE: Added --tries=3 flag to all wget downloads in case of any errors while downloading.
• FEATURE: Added option to install/update Python.
• EXTRAS: Added nginx-vhost command Example usage: nginx-vhost domain.com (sets up new virtual host for domain.com). See readme.txt for further details.
• EXTRAS: Added nginx-update command, this used to be an extras script, now converted to a command for simplicity.
• UPDATE: Updated MySQL Community default server & MariaDB MySQL my.cnf settings.
• UPDATE: Fixed various broken download URLs.
• UPDATE: Fixed nginx-update.sh script various version definitions were missing.
• UPDATE: readme.txt updated & corrected to reflect recent changes.
• UPDATE: command_shortcuts.txt updated to reflect changes.

What is new in version 1.2.0:

• PHP now compiled from source instead of installed via external repository.
• Various other libraries, modules and applications now compiled from source.
• Development Tools list updated.
• UPDATE: nginx updated to version 1.0.4, nginx configuration tweaked, various nginx addons installed by default.
• UPDATE: Both Nginx and PHP compiled with OpenSSL 1.0.0d support instead of OpenSSL 0.9.8e.
• FEATURE: Added IPv6 support installation option for nginx.
• FEATURES: Added Siege, Sproxy, MariaDB, XCache, ConfigServer Firewall, PCRE, Script shortcuts.
• EXTRAS: Nginx update script updated.
• The majority of services are now started at the end of the script to allow additonal memory usage during compilation.
• Readme updated.
• Minor bugfixes, various new script checks.

What is new in version 1.1.0:

• CentOS 5.6 Compatibility update.
• UPDATE: NSD updated to version 3.2.8.
• UPDATE: PHP updated to version 5.3.6.
• REMOVED: Unneeded IUS modification.
• BUGFIX: CentOS repos now installed as intended.

What is new in version 1.0.8:

• BUGFIX: Nginx update script is no longer deleted after use.
• UPDATE: Switched default interpreter to /bin/sh from /bin/bash.
• Script now removes files it downloads after use.

What is new in version 1.0.7:

• UPDATE: Nginx default version updated to 0.8.52.
• FEATURE: Added Nginx update script to extra folder.

What is new in version 1.0.6:

• UPDATE: Nginx default version set to 0.8.51, to reflect the 0.8.x branch change to stable status.
• FEATURE: Added option to install APC (Alternative PHP Cache)