Migrating to nginx, php 5.3, mysql 5.1, mandriva 2010… and more
Lots going on at the moment. I’m migrating most of mine and my clients websites to nginx from apache in preparation for moving everything to a new server.
First thoughts? Nginx is super fast, reasonably easy to configure (once you figure out the php issues) and saves a heap on memory. Downside? I’ve had the odd niggle with moving old sites across – especially since I’m moving to php 5.3 and MySQL 5.1 at the same time, otherwise all good.
The other major change is the look of this blog. The old K2 theme was becoming an issue to deal with (mainly because I didn’t update it enough) so I’ve now moved to this lovely theme: inove. I’ve also done a fresh wordpress install of 2.8.4 and added pretty links – so anyone linking to the old structure might have the odd issue, but otherwise should be painless. Oh yeah – any images on the older posts (pre Aug 2009) are gone.
Anyway here is a list of upgrades currently underway:
- php 5.2.x to 5.3.0
- mysql 5.0 to mysql-max 5.1
- apache 2.2/mod_php to nginx 0.8.10/php-fcgi
- athlon64 2ghz 1gb ram to athlon64 X2 2ghz 2gb ram
- mandriva 2008.x/2009.x to 2010.0 (Cooker)
- wordpress 2.x.x to 2.8.4
- mediawiki 1.x to 1.15.1
- bind 9 to powerdns 2.9.22
- and a few more that i’ve forgotten about