Joomla on Puppy - is it possible?

[Tedwood]

I am trying to get a joomla site running from puppy as a localhost, either "standalone" or preferably as a web server.

I have gotten as far as installing Xampp and have a database all running fine, I then got as far as installing Jommla up to the point where it says you need the ftp layer for linux based systems. You don't need ftp for windows so I have not had to create an ftp account on a local system before.

So that's what I think I need to do before I can finish installing joomla.

I see Pure FTPd server in my menu, and gFTP client also, I installed Monkey 0.9.2 Web server and it is working alright. With all these wonderful looking thing it seems to me this should be possible, but I haven't a clue what I need to do to get it working - either for private development usage, or ultimately as a web server.

Anyone out there with a brain the size a planet that can help me please

[Tedwood]

Just to say I have managed to get Puppy set up running a joomla site on Xampp without too much trouble, but I have not been able to access it via ftp yet.

I would like to build a site that I can be viewed by colleagues, but it is not as simple as plain file sharing, as Joomla is dependent on the MySQL database server running on Xampp.

I think it is probably possible alright, but I only had Puppy a couple of weeks now and I know hardly anything about ftp.

I am doing all this on a full installation BTW

I will be most grateful for any suggestions

[paulh177]

well any old ftp server will do, so pure-ftpd should be as good as any.
the ftp account is builtin to puppy these days i think
You'll probably need to run it from a command line to set decent options rather than rely on what's in the puppy menu. google pureftpd for more help on that
from what i've just seen the joomla documenation seems clear, about how to set it all up.
but I have to say I'd be a bit wary of running puppy and xampp as an internet-facing public system. Not secure or robust enough. for a home-based system it'll be fine of course.
the chances are no-one else has done it yet so waiting for an answer here could leave you hanging out to dry.
why not just pile in and try a few things? then come back and give everyone the good news (or ask for more specific help)

[raffy]

growler has been releasing server sfs for Puppy (just put in /mnt/home - where your save file is located), rename to your version, like lamp_412.sfs, and reboot.

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=28106

Pet package - see here:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=242811#242811

Download from:
ftp.servage.net
user: puppy
pwd:puppylinux

Look for sfs_modules and pet_packages. I recommend the lamp_400.sfs, which you have to rename to lamp_412.sfs if you use it with puppy 4.12.

[Lobster]

You have PHP installed of course?
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 547#224547

[Tedwood]

Thanks guys,
yes php is installed with Xampp,

The distribution for Linux systems (tested for SuSE, RedHat, Mandrake and Debian) contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP & PEAR, Perl, ProFTPD, phpMyAdmin, OpenSSL, GD, Freetype2, libjpeg, libpng, gdbm, zlib, expat, Sablotron, libxml, Ming, Webalizer, pdf class, ncurses, mod_perl, FreeTDS, gettext, mcrypt, mhash, eAccelerator, SQLite and IMAP C-Client.

Joomla is installed and working too.


Apache is my server then isn't it - do I need anything else?

The missing part of the puzzle I think, is

a. How to "serve" Xampp, which is in my opt directory. This may be easy enough or not depending on the second part of the problem which is

b. I think my broadband modem (Smartax MT882) doesn't allow me to do this because when I enter my ip address I get a login box. I can proceed with a username and password but that only takes me to it's configuration settings page - of course I don't want to mess with any of those settings.

I am guessing that server settings would allow traffic through my modem somehow, based on the fact that I know sometimes Windows act as a server (Zonealarm tells me so) for certain things, but I am completely lost on how to actually make Puppy do so (or Windows for that matter) I was thinking that ftp was the way to go as I can give logins to trusted people, and maybe ftp is allowed past the modem???

Joomla requires Apache I believe, so Hiawatha, good as it may be, might not work, whereas Apache definitely does

am I making sense?

[Atle]

Hello Ted...

I finally are running Joomla 1.7 in Puppy 5.2.8.

So far it works nice, but I can yet not install Joomla plugins etc in a normal way. So I need to make my Joomla on one online server I got and then back it up and install it locally to get the various functions.

I might put up a ISO file for download soon.

Any specific Joomla functionality you look for?

[GustavoYz]

To serve your xampp's htdocs dir its needed to initialize the systems that you want (like php, mysql, apache, ssl and so on).
Maybe you'll find interesting this post: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... =847827099.

I've no problems with firewall in Puppy, even using the

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python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080

as a regulat http-files server.

[Atle]

You can see if this works for you. There are some limitations like Joomla not being able to install packages, but there is a workaround for it.

http://bayfiles.com/file/ZU3/KJcplW/Pup ... la_1_7.iso

[Atle]

Now with the latest LHMP from Growler(thanks man)

There is a need for someone that does some testing apart from what I do...

The download is open now and its here