Best Practices - Production Server Setup??

What are the best practices to setup a Linux Production Server?

Do you need to install the GCC compiler? If you don't install it, then how
does the production environment keep up with the latest patches?

How are these issues handled in the production environment?

Thank you in advance for any pointers or information.

BT

In comp.os.linux.misc Ben Theil <noname@nowhere.net> wrote:
> What are the best practices to setup a Linux Production Server?

> Do you need to install the GCC compiler? If you don't install it, then how

Depends on the system, if you want to run some db like oracle, you will
need a compiler to even install it. If you don't need it, don't install
it, the fewer packages you have, the less you need to update.

> does the production environment keep up with the latest patches?

You don't build packages on every system, you use one/two development
system where you build own and test vendor packages before upgrading
them on production systems.

Good luck

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Ben Theil wrote:

> Thank you in advance for any pointers or information

.... might be a good idea to sign up for entry-level, then
advanced level system administration courses
..
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