Reliable Penguin

Here's a step-by-step to setup a RackSpace Cloud Server with CentOS for PHPList (http://phplist.com):

1. Install PHP, PHP IMAP module, PHP MySQL module, MySQL Server and FTP server:

   > yum install php
   > yum install php-imap
   > yum install php-mysql
   > yum install mysql-server
   > yum install vsftpd
   

   Apache and a number of other related packages are installed automatically as dependencies.

2. Set Apache, MySQL and FTP service to start on boot:

   > /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 httpd on
   > /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 mysqld on
   > /sbin/chkconfig --level 345 vsftpd on
   

3. Start Apache, MySQL and FTP:

   > /sbin/service httpd start
   > /sbin/service mysqld start
   > /sbin/service vsftpd start
   

4. Set MySQL root password:

   > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'somepass'
   > /usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root -h ENS password 'somepass'
   

5. Download PHPList distribution:

   > mkdir /root/archive
   > cd /root/archive
   > wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/phplist/phplist/2.10.10/phplist-2.10.10.tgz?use_mirror=voxel
   

6. Unpack and install

   > tar -xvzf phplist-2.10.10.tgz
   > rsync -avz phplist-2.10.10/public_html/lists \
         /var/www/html/
   

7. Add FTP user and set file ownership:

   > /usr/sbin/useradd -d /var/www/ webmaster
   > passwd webmaster
   > chown --recursive webmaster.webmaster /var/www/html/
   

8. Create database:

   > echo "CREATE DATABASE lists" | mysql --password=somepass -u root
   > echo "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lists.* TO 'lists_web'@'localhost' 
         identified by 'yyyyyy';" | \
         mysql --password=somepass -u root
   > echo "FLUSH PRIVILEGES" | \
         mysql --password=somepass -u root
   

9. Configure firewall:

   > system-config-securitylevel-tui
   

   From the security level menus, set SELinux to disabled, then customize and allow incoming WWW and FTP.

10. Setup PHPList config file:

    > vi /var/www/html/lists/config/config.php
    

    In the editor, set database parameters.

11. In your web browser go to:

    http://your.domain.com/lists/admin/
    

    You'll be prompted to initialize the database. Follow the installation screens to complete the install process.

The basic install is now complete. The PHPList admin screens are located at:

http://your.domain.com/lists/admin