Minimal Testbed Server

lewis2008 · Post by **lewis2008** » 2. Oct 2008, 15:32

Hi,

I have been trying to find out what is the most minimal install command-line only to install the following (id ideally prefer as close to <200MB as possible)

servers (tomcat, mysql, apache2.2.x, lighttpd & apache1.x)
languages (perl, php4 & 5, python, ruby on rails with all extensions)
sed
grep
sh (for basic scripting for switching of versions of PHP)
bash
ffmpeg(the command line version)
zip
bzip
tar
Midnight commander
sendmail (for testing only but hey)
a really basic or common e-mail incoming server
ftp
ssh
dhcp
& init (obviously init so I can auto start servers)
also network drivers are essential but only the ones for virtualBox, KDE and GNOME are not an option as far as im concerned

Every time I try to build something the package installers just start adding unnesecarry features, It's annoying me soooo much right now I have currently looked at LFS(useless project) and a few projects to build linux kiosks(which are great for GUI install but useless for non GUI install)

I suppose it doesnt matter if I cannot get this as it is for testing but I was hoping to go all open-source this year and this is just proving a bit too much

Post by **TerryE** » 2. Oct 2008, 16:16

That's what Ubuntu JeOS is for. The install works out a bit larger than 200Mb -- nearer 400Mb min, but the VDI does compress down well for distribution. Another trick is to split out /var, /etc and /home onto a second drive. You can then mount root as an immutable drive and share it between multiple test configurations.

lewis2008 · Post by **lewis2008** » 2. Oct 2008, 22:03

Thanks but it's not exactly the configuration I'm looking for, it's okay though because I have made my own that do this before, thanks anyways though