Partition Recommendations

[chrisl@]

Hello,

Wondering if anyone has partition recommendations for a Fedora install. Really what I am looking for is where the bulk of the data for plesk will be. What is the directory structure for user content webroot, db, etc so I can make this the largest partition. I have not done a plesk install before so looking for suggestions.

-chrisl

 

[ShadowMan@]

Originally posted by chrisl
What is the directory structure for user content webroot, db, etc so I can make this the largest partition.

With Plesk 7.5.3 and earlier it defaults to using

/home/httpd/vhosts/domain.tld...

With 7.5.4 on fresh OS (newer distros) it defaults to

/var/www/vhosts/domain.tld...

Upgrades to 7.5.4 usually will be the /home/httpd/vhosts/....

 

[chrisl@]

thanks that is what I needed, this is a totally fresh install.

 

[dahamsta]

Didn't know that. Was there a particular reason for changing do we know?

 

[ShadowMan@]

There was a heated post some weeks ago about this issue. It comes down to Plesk adhering to FHS = Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

Regardless, you can change the vhost path in /etc/psa/psa.conf:

# Virtual hosts directory
HTTPD_VHOSTS_D /home/httpd/vhosts

for new OS installs if you don't want to have it in /var/www/vhosts.

For more on this topic, see pages 4,5, 6 at

http://forum.plesk.com/showthread.p...perpage=15&highlight=file system&pagenumber=4

As to recommendations for partitions:

I and many people just do:

/boot
/
/swap
/tmp (optional)

where '/' is the largest amount possible, /boot is the smallest for the distro needs

/tmp being separate is always in debate, making it no exec is one thing, but not really a strong protection for the server. Kernel hardening and other methods/configs will do you much better.