Managing Dedicated Server
I hope this is the correct place to ask this question.
I'm primarily a PHP/MySQL Developer and in the past have only ever worked on shared servers.
I've recently become involved in a new website which runs dedicated servers (Two of them). One being a webserver and the second being a database server. In my new role not only will i be required to manage the database and website, i'm going to have to monitor the servers as well and be able to deal with any situations that may arise (DoS Attacks, Runaway Cron jobs etc). I've look around the interweb looking for FAQ's, tutorials, articles about running a dedicated server but they all seem to be geared towards those with an already indepth understanding of the servers and systems.
They're linux boxes (OpenBSD I think). And i'll be accessing via SSH/Telnet.
I've got some SSH experience having logged in to MySQL and run commands from there. Also restarting a MySQL server and creating back ups. I understand how to move about the directory structure and i can probaly edit files using pico.
One job i'd like to be able to do is to set up FTP access for the database server as currently we dont have access via this method. How would i go about doing this?
Are there any books you reccomend purchasing which will give me a greater understanding of the server needs and processes to help me acheive my goal?
Many Thanks...
Myriad
