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Wow server setup

yum install -y vim
vim /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Testing.repo

# CentOS-Testing:
# !!!! CAUTION !!!!
# This repository is a proving grounds for packages on their way to CentOSPlus and CentOS Extras.
# They may or may not replace core CentOS packages, and are not guaranteed to function properly.
# These packages build and install, but are waiting for feedback from testers as to
# functionality and stability. Packages in this repository will come and go during the
# development period, so it should not be left enabled or used on production systems without due
# consideration.
[c5-testing]
name=CentOS-5 Testing
baseurl=http://dev.centos.org/centos/$releasever/testing/$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://dev.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-testing
includepkgs=php*

Now for system prep

yum groupinstall -y "X Software Development"
yum groupinstall -y "Development Libraries"
yum groupinstall -y "Development Tools"
yum groupinstall -y "GNOME Software Development"
yum groupinstall -y "KDE Software Development"
yum groupinstall -y "Java Development"
yum groupinstall -y "Legacy Software Development"
wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.1-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
mkdir /usr/local/src/php
mkdir /usr/local/src/mysql

Now onto mysql

cd /usr/local/src/mysql
wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/MySQL-client-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm/from/http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/
wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/MySQL-debuginfo-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm/from/http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/
wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/MySQL-devel-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm/from/http://mysql.he.net/
wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/MySQL-embedded-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm/from/http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/
wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/MySQL-shared-compat-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm/from/http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/
wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/MySQL-server-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm/from/http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/
wget http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-5.1/MySQL-shared-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm/from/http://mysql.mirrors.hoobly.com/
rpm -i MySQL-client-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm
rpm -i MySQL-debuginfo-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm
rpm -i MySQL-devel-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm
rpm -i MySQL-embedded-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm
rpm -i MySQL-shared-compat-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm
rpm -i MySQL-server-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm
rpm -i MySQL-shared-5.1.50-1.glibc23.i386.rpm
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password j0erulzall
touch /root/.my.cnf && echo [client] >> /root/.my.cnf  &&  echo user="root" >> /root/.my.cnf && echo pass="j0erulzall" >> /root/.my.cnf
vim /etc/my.cnf

Now onto mysql configuration paste the following into your newly made my.cnf file.

[mysqld]
max_connections = 250
safe-show-database
skip-locking
key_buffer = 128M
max_allowed_packet = 1M
table_cache = 256
sort_buffer_size = 2M
read_buffer_size = 2M
read_rnd_buffer_size = 2M
myisam_sort_buffer_size = 64M
query_cache_size= 32M
max_heap_table_size = 48M
tmp_table_size = 48M
thread_cache_size = 8
wait_timeout = 30
interactive_timeout = 300

[mysqldump]
quick
max_allowed_packet = 16M

[mysql]
no-auto-rehash

[isamchk]
key_buffer = 96M
sort_buffer_size = 64M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M

[myisamchk]
key_buffer = 96M
sort_buffer_size = 64M
read_buffer = 2M
write_buffer = 2M

Now onto php

cd /usr/local/src/php
yum install -y httpd
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-bcmath-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-cli-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-common-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-dba-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-devel-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-gd-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-imap-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-ldap-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-mbstring-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-mysql-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-ncurses-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-odbc-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-pdo-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-pgsql-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-snmp-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-soap-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-xml-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
wget http://dev.centos.org/centos/5/testing/i386/RPMS/php-xmlrpc-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-common-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-cli-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-devel-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-pdo-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-mysql-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-gd-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-bcmath-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-dba-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-ldap-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-mbstring-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-xmlrpc-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-xml-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-soap-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-odbc-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-pgsql-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm
rpm -i php-imap-5.2.6-2.el5s2.i386.rpm

Wow essentials next

yum install -y gcc-g++ mercurial wget links zip unzip unrar
yum install -y openssl
yum install -y cmake
yum install -y screen
yum install -y php-mcrypt
yum update -y
/etc/init.d/httpd restart
/etc/init.d/mysql restart
chkconfig httpd on
chkconfig mysql on