BetterPHP

I plan on making a Uploading website, out of boredom over the summer.

I will install nginx on Ubuntu 12.04 (precise)

I was wondering what other services you'd recommend I install.

I naturally will be using php 5 and mysql (although might change mysql for something abit better, unsure yet, but am looking at mongoDB. Not sure yet.

Any suggestions for:

Email servers
Control Panel (may not use, but I guess it will be useful)
Server Stat logging (such as connections, bandwidth usage, disk space usage etc)

and any other services you think I should use?

bowersbros wrote:Email servers

dovecot + postfix is a pretty standard set-up

bowersbros wrote:Control Panel (may not use, but I guess it will be useful)

Don't bother, they are too bloated. Learn to love the terminal.

bowersbros wrote:Server Stat logging (such as connections, bandwidth usage, disk space usage etc)

AWStats and the JAWStats frontend for webstats. Various command line tools for the other stuff. `vnstat` for bandwidth, `df` for dist use.

You decided to go with nginx! good choice (ahem)
also, i found out a way to log each vhost's (apache terms) bandwidth usage. take a look at custom log formats and the $bytes_sent variable

decided to use gmail as my email servers. Since their spam filters are miles better than anything else i've found online.

ANy other software you'd recommend?