CentOS LEMP in the Rackspace Public Cloud

Some reasoning behind the choice of nginx & php-fpm for the current Rogue Trader Studios' project and our selection of Rackspace for it's hosting. Includes some BtM gameplay screen shots and a basic cloud feature analysis.
Please go to : https://gist.github.com/blgreenaway/6810654 for CentOS 6.4 install/setup instructions.

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1. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. Benjamin Greenaway @roguetraderst @blgreenaway www.roguetraderstudios.com PHP London October 2013 Thursday, 3 October 13
2. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. Benjamin Greenaway @roguetraderst @blgreenaway www.roguetraderstudios.com PHP London October 2013 Thursday, 3 October 13
3. BEAT THE MARKET - SCREEN SHOT TEASERS Thursday, 3 October 13
4. BEAT THE MARKET - SCREEN SHOT TEASERS Thursday, 3 October 13
5. BEAT THE MARKET - SCREEN SHOT TEASERS Thursday, 3 October 13
6. !! KICKSTARTER COMING SOON !! !! KICKSTARTER COMING SOON !! Thursday, 3 October 13
7. www.roguetraderstudios.com Thursday, 3 October 13
8. L.E.M.P is all about nginx - CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud The Cloud is for hosting Thursday, 3 October 13
9. L.E.M.P is all about nginx - CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud The Cloud is for hosting Linux - (E)nginx - MySQL - PHP Thursday, 3 October 13
10. L.E.M.P is all about nginx - CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud The Cloud is for hosting Linux - (E)nginx - MySQL - PHP Shared Virtual Dedicated / Private Dedicated Managed Co-located ‘other’ Thursday, 3 October 13
11. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud Where should we live in The Cloud? we want to create an application - needs root access - needs level of uptime reliability - needs level of performance In The Cloud doesn’t just mean on the Internet... Thursday, 3 October 13
12. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud The Cloud is a Hosting Product and can be... shared or private with root and managed on demand - low cost bundled with services, tools & other features Thursday, 3 October 13
13. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud So you make a choice of services and features at a particular price point. Thursday, 3 October 13
14. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud Features you’ll love: server commissioning made very easy - many new workflow options - upgrading / scaling options stress-free disaster recovery sheer amount of choice Thursday, 3 October 13
15. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud Features you might dislike: sheer amount of choice... - complex control panels - new terminology for many common tasks auto-billing - try not to spend too much too quickly Thursday, 3 October 13
16. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud So you make a choice of services and features at a particular price point. a purely subjective comparison of: Azure Amazon Google App Engine Rackspace Thursday, 3 October 13
17. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud So you make a choice of services and features at a particular price point. a purely subjective comparison of: Azure Microsoft really don’t like PHP Amazon Google App Engine Rackspace Thursday, 3 October 13
18. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud So you make a choice of services and features at a particular price point. a purely subjective comparison of: Azure Microsoft really don’t like PHP Amazon Learn the lingo & you might just love it - free tier Google App Engine Rackspace Thursday, 3 October 13
19. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud So you make a choice of services and features at a particular price point. a purely subjective comparison of: Azure Microsoft just don’t like PHP... Amazon Learn the lingo & you might just love it - free tier Google App Engine Similar to AmazonEB - PHP support still listed as “Experimental’ - likely better for PHP than Azure Rackspace Thursday, 3 October 13
20. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud So you make a choice of services and features at a particular price point. a purely subjective comparison of: Azure Microsoft just don’t like PHP... Amazon Learn the lingo & you might just love it - free tier Google App Engine Similar to AmazonEB - PHP support still listed as “Experimental’ - likely better for PHP than Azure Rackspace Regular hosting options and app-engine style hosting all with cloud scaling and on-demand options Thursday, 3 October 13
21. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud php-fpm PHP - SAPI / ISAPI module (Apache/IIS) PHP - CGI / FastCGI or Fast CGI Process Manager (php-fpm) - has been part of the official bundle since 5.3.3 why php-fpm - Thursday, 3 October 13
22. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud php-fpm PHP - SAPI / ISAPI module (Apache/IIS) PHP - CGI / FastCGI or Fast CGI Process Manager (php-fpm) - has been part of the official bundle since 5.3.3 why php-fpm - nginx Thursday, 3 October 13
23. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud nginx High Performance + Low Resource Use + Simple Config = efficient, affordable, sensible startup server solution - php-fpm extends that efficiency again over CGI and FastCGI - there is no SAPI / ISAPI module for nginx Thursday, 3 October 13
24. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud “Are you using nginx yet...? - you should be...!” - overheard at PHP London meetup - July Thursday, 3 October 13
25. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud Can’t tell you who is or isn’t, but I can suggest why they might not be... :’( “Are you using nginx yet...? - you should be...!” - overheard at PHP London meetup - July Thursday, 3 October 13
26. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud remi - RemiFedora - http://blog.famillecollet.com ... because they haven’t found this guy yet ;-) Thursday, 3 October 13
27. CentOS L.E.M.P. stacks in the Rackspace Public Cloud - with php-fpm. L.E.M.P in The Cloud to the demos Thursday, 3 October 13