The Perfect Server – CentOS 5.4 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Webserver

New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database.
This tutorial shows how to set up a bCentOS 5.4
server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and web
hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with
SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server,
Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for
the 64-bit version of [...]

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The Perfect Server – CentOS 4.8 Server i386 [ISPConfig 2]

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Control Panels, Webserver

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 4.8
server that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache
web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS,
BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP,
Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version
of CentOS 4.8, but should apply to [...]

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Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Email, Server

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a
full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. Since iRedMail 0.5,
it supports Debian 5.0.1 and Ubuntu 8.04 & Ubuntu 9.04 (both i386
and x86_64). iRedMail supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for
storing virtual domains and users. The OpenLDAP backend of iRedMail allows you to integrate [...]

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CentOS 5.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Samba, Server

This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on
CentOS 5.3 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol
as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone
server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user
has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol [...]

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How To Set Up Mass Virtualhosting With Apache2 + mod_rewrite + mod_userdir + mod_suexec On CentOS 5.3

Posted by suvi under Apache, CentOS

This howto shows one method of doing mass virtualhosting using
mod_rewrite to dynamically map a list of directories on your filesystem
to virtual hosts. Additionally, by rewriting the incoming URL to the
user’s home directory we can make use of suEXEC to have Apache execute
CGI scripts as the owner of the script.
Read more at HowtoForge

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How To Install Qmailtoaster (CentOS 5.3)

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Email

Qmailtoaster is a project that aims to make the installation of Qmail onto RPM based systems a snap. All
of the packages are distributed in source RPMs so building the packages
for your particular distro and architecture is as easy as running a
script or a simple command for each package. The [...]

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The Perfect Server – CentOS 5.3 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3]

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Server, Webserver

This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 5.3 x86_64 server for
the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3.
ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure
the following services through a web browser: Apache web server,
Postfix mail server, MySQL, MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin,
ClamAV, and many more.
Read more at HowtoForge

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How To Harden PHP5 With Suhosin On CentOS 5.3

Posted by suvi under CentOS, PHP, Security, Server

This tutorial shows how to harden PHP5 with Suhosin on a CentOS 5.3 server. From the Suhosin project page: “Suhosin
is an advanced protection system for PHP installations that was
designed to protect servers and users from known and unknown flaws in
PHP applications and the PHP core. Suhosin comes in two independent
parts, that can be used separately [...]

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The Perfect Server – CentOS 5.3 i386 [ISPConfig 2]

Posted by suvi under CentOS

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.3
server (i386) that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters:
Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and
TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot
POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the
32-bit version of CentOS 5.3, but should apply [...]

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Paravirtualization With Xen On CentOS 5.3 (x86_64)

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Virtualization

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 3.0.3) on a CentOS 5.3 (x86_64) system. Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called “virtual machines” or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0).
Using Xen you can separate your applications into different virtual
machines that are [...]

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Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (CentOS 5.3 x86_64)

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Email, Server

This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is
based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in
a MySQL database. I’ll also demonstrate the installation and
configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier
can authenticate against the same MySQL database used by Postfix.
Read more at HowtoForge

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How To Install Openbravo ERP On CentOS 5.2

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Software

This howto
describes how to set up Openbravo ERP (enterprise management system) on
CentOS 5.2 using PostgreSQL 8.3. Openbravo is an open source ERP
solution designed specifically for the SME (small to midsize firm).
Developed in a web based environment, it includes many robust
functionalities which are considered part of the extended ERP:
procurement and warehouse management, project and service management,
production [...]

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The Perfect Server – CentOS 5.3 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Server, Webserver

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.3
server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and web
hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with
SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server,
Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for
the 64-bit version of CentOS 5.3, but should apply [...]

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iRedMail: Build A Full-Featured Mail Server With LDAP, Postfix, RoundCube, Dovecot, ClamAV, DKIM, SPF On CentOS 5.x

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Email

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a
full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes on CentOS 5.x (it
supports both i386 and x86_64). Its object is to make a Linux mail
server installation and configuration simple and easy to use. iRedMail
supports both OpenLDAP and MySQL as backends for storing virtual
domains and users.This tutorial [...]

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Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 5.2 Server

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Virtualization

This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and
running virtual machines on a CentOS 5.2 server. I will show how to
create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use
a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU [...]

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