What software is installed on my Linux dedicated server?
The contents of your dedicated Linux server depends on what kind of Linux distribution you are using. Below is an overview of the packages deployed with your server, prior to optional control panel installation.
Dedicated servers with Parallels Plesk Panel installed will have different configurations. For more information, see the SWSOFT Plesk datasheet at http://www.parallels.com/r/pdfs/Datasheets/plesk.pdf.
Dedicated servers with cPanel installed will have different configurations. For more information, see the cPanel datasheet at http://www.cpanel.net/products/cpwhm/cpanel11/cpanel11-ds.pdf.
All servers are deployed with yum and any vendor supplied package may be added to your system by typing:
where packagename is the name of the package you would like to install.
The Linux rpm command can be used to list the packages that exist on your Linux dedicated server. Its syntax is the following:
| Fedora 14 Software | ||
| Operating System | Linux Fedora 14 | |
| OS Kernel | Linux kernel 2.6.35.13-91 | |
| Remote Access Services | OpenSSH 5.5p1 | |
| Email Services | Sendmail 8.14.4 | |
| Development Languages/Environments | GCC (C, C++, Objc, GCJ) 4.5.1 Perl 5.12.3 PHP 5.3.6 | |
| Database and Directory Services | MySQL 5.1.56 | |
| DNS Services | BIND 9.7.3 | |
| Web Servers and Components | Apache 2.2.17 Mod_ssl 2.2.17 Mod_perl 2.0.4 Mod_python 3.3.1 | |
| CentOS 5 | ||
| Operating System | Linux CentOS 5.8 | |
| OS Kernel | Linux kernel 2.6 | |
| Remote Access Services | OpenSSH 4.3p2 | |
| Email Services | Sendmail 8.13.8 | |
| Development Languages/Environments | GCC (C, C++, Objc, GCJ) 4.11 Perl 5.8.8 PHP 5.1.6 | |
| Database and Directory Services | MySQL 5.0.22 | |
| DNS Services | BIND 9.3.3 | |
| Web Servers and Components | Apache 2.0 Mod_ssl 2.2.3 Mod_perl 2.0.2cmd Mod_python 3.1 | |
CentOS 6 | ||
| Operating System | Linux CentOS 6 | |
| OS Kernel | Linux kernel 2.6.32 | |
| Remote Access Services | OpenSSH 5.3p1 | |
| Email Services | Sendmail 8.14.4 | |
| Development Languages/Environments | GCC 4.4.6 Perl 5.10.1 PHP 5.3.3 | |
| Database and Directory Services | MySQL 5.1.61 | |
| DNS Services | BIND 9.7.3 | |
| Web Servers and Components | Apache 2.2.15 Mod_ssl 2.2.15 Mod_perl 2.0.4 Mod_python not installed (3.3.1 available from EPEL) | |
Servers with Simple Control Panel Sites with Simple Control Panel installed will have different configurations. Below is a list of the default configuration: | ||
| Apache 2.0 | ||
| PHP 4.3(FC2 / RHEL4 / CentOS4) / 5.0 (FC4) | ||
| MySQL 3.23 (FC2) / 4.1 (FC4 / RHEL4 / CentOS4) | ||
| PostgreSQL 7.4 (FC2 / RHEL4 / CentOS4) / 8.0 (FC4) | ||
| phpMyAdmin 2.9 | ||
| phpPgAdmin 4.0 | ||
| Tomcat 5.5 | ||
| SpamAssassin 3.0 | ||
| SquirrelMail 1.4 | ||
| Webalizer 2.0 | ||
NOTE: For information about which PHP libraries are installed on your Dedicated Server see Which PHP libraries are installed by default on my Dedicated Server.
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