On 04/26/2016 03:27 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > Hey guys, > > I tend to work on small production environments for a large enterprise. > > Never more than 15 web servers for most sites. > > But most are only 3 to 5 web servers. Depends on the needs of the > client.I actually like to install Apache and PHP from source and by > hand. Although I know that's considered sacrilege in some shops. > > I do this because on RH flavored systems like CentOS the versions of > Apache, php and most other software are a little behind the curve in > terms of versions. > > And that's intentionally so! Because the versions that usually go into > the various repos are tested and vetted thoroughly before going into > the repos. > > I like to use the latest, stable versions of apache and php for my > clients without having to create a custom RPM every time a new version > comes out. > > So what I'd like to know is it better in your opinion to install from > repos than to install by source as a best practice? Is it always > better to use puppet, chef, ansible etc even if the environment is > small? I'm sure this is a matter preference, but I would like to know > what your preferences are. > > Thanks, > Tim > I don't have php 7 but I do have 5.6.20 (latest in 5.6 branch), Apache 2.4.20, etc. at https://librelamp.com/ The purpose of that repo is LAMP stack built against LibreSSL opposed to OpenSSL. I prefer LibreSSL over OpenSSL but I like CentOS so to use LibreSSL in CentOS I had to make that repo. I've been told the php 7 RPMs maintained by Remi work just fine with it if you really need php 7 (php 7 breaks some web apps I run so I stick to 5.6 branch) A lot of of the RPMs are tweaked rebuilds of Fedora source RPMs