Performance & Security Factors of Symbolic Links
- by Stoosh
I am thinking about rolling out a very stripped down version of release management for some PHP apps I have running.
Essentially the plan is to store each release in /home/release/1.x etc (exported from a tag in SVN) and then do a symlink to /live_folder and change the document root in the apache config.
I don't have a problem with setting all this up (I've actually got it working at the moment), however I'm a developer with just basic knowledge of the server admin side of things.
Is there anything I need to be aware of from a security or performance perspective when using this method of release management?
Thanks