Installing a Basic LAMP Stack on CentOS 7

NashBrydges

@scottalanmiller None, this was my first try with setting up CentOS in hyper-v. I've tried reinstalling a number of times but nothing worked. Tried minimal install and even tried web server install from the DVD ISO but still nothing.

I'm going to try to reinstall but use the standard network adapter instead of the legacy one and see where that gets me. Suppose if that doesn't work I can setup XenServer on a spare R210II I've got sitting around.

scottalanmiller

You have or have not tried the non-legacy adapter yet?

NashBrydges

@scottalanmiller I haven't yet. About to give it a try. Stuck to legacy since that was what I was reading everywhere.

scottalanmiller

@NashBrydges said in Installing a Basic LAMP Stack on CentOS 7:

@scottalanmiller I haven't yet. About to give it a try. Stuck to legacy since that was what I was reading everywhere.

Where is everywhere? Technet says to not use legacy.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/hyper-v/supported-centos-and-red-hat-enterprise-linux-virtual-machines-on-hyper-v

Legacy is a fallback driver that you never want to use, it's low performance and high overhead. If you needed that for CentOS, it would make Hyper-V a silly, non-production ready platform. But Hyper-V is a good, solid performer.

scottalanmiller

Here are some general best practices for CentOS on Hyper-V:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/hyper-v/best-practices-for-running-linux-on-hyper-v

NashBrydges

@scottalanmiller Perhaps my google-fu wasn't as strong as I thought.

scottalanmiller

@NashBrydges said in Installing a Basic LAMP Stack on CentOS 7:

@scottalanmiller Perhaps my google-fu wasn't as strong as I thought.

LOL

NashBrydges

@scottalanmiller Thanks for your help Scott. Looks like using the standard network adapter did the trick. Update is working.

scottalanmiller

Glad that that worked.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Installing a Basic LAMP Stack on CentOS 7:

@NashBrydges said in Installing a Basic LAMP Stack on CentOS 7:

@scottalanmiller I haven't yet. About to give it a try. Stuck to legacy since that was what I was reading everywhere.

Where is everywhere? Technet says to not use legacy.

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/compute/hyper-v/supported-centos-and-red-hat-enterprise-linux-virtual-machines-on-hyper-v

Legacy is a fallback driver that you never want to use, it's low performance and high overhead. If you needed that for CentOS, it would make Hyper-V a silly, non-production ready platform. But Hyper-V is a good, solid performer.

Not only that, but I install all of my CentOS 7 VM's as Generation 2 when on Hyper-V they work perfectly with default settings for everything except secure boot. Uncheck secure boot. Everything else is 100% default settings.