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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Configuring fail2ban With SquirrelMail On Debian Lenny 5.0/ISPConfig 3

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Email, Security

In this article I will show how to prevent brute force attacks with
Fail2ban against your SquirrelMail Web login using the Squirrel Logger
plugin.
Read more at HowtoForge

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How To Configure SquirrelMail To Allow Users To Change Their Email Passwords On An ISPConfig 3 Server

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Email

This guide explains how you can configure your SquirrelMail webmail
application on an ISPConfig 3 server so that email users can change
their passwords themselves directly in SquirrelMail.
Read more at HowtoForge

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Installing MyDNS-NG & MyDNSConfig 3 On Debian Lenny

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Debian, Networking

In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS-NG and MyDNSConfig 3 on Debian Lenny. MyDNS-NG
is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of
configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. MyDNSConfig is an easy to use web-based interface to MyDNS-NG.
MyDNSConfig can create all types of DNS records [...]

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Using Webmin Securely

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Security

Webmin a browser based program that you can use to manage a Linux server, from a remote location. It is an excellent tool for those who are making the transition from a GUI based system to the Linux command line. However, if you are going to use Webmin take a few [...]

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Set Up Ubuntu Server With EHCP (LAMP, DNS, FTP, Mail)

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Server, Ubuntu

This tutorial will help you setup a web server to host multiple domains. We will use EHCP,
a free control panel, to manage the server. The tutorial should be easy
to follow even for beginners and you’ll probably need about an hour to
have your server up & running. You will need a unique static ip
address for your [...]

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The Perfect Server – Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) [ISPConfig 2]

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Debian, Server, Webserver

This tutorial shows how to set up a Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) server
that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server
(SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS
server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota,
Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably,
and if you [...]

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Installing Elgg On An ISPConfig 3 System

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Software

Elgg is an
open-source web application written in PHP that allows you to run a
social-networking site. This tutorial shows how you can install it on a
server running ISPconfig 3.
Read more at HowtoForge

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KVM & OpenVZ Virtualization And Cloud Computing With Proxmox VE

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Virtualization

Proxmox VE (virtual environment)
is a distribution based on Debian Etch (x86_64); it provides an
OpenSource virtualization platform for running virtual machines (OpenVZ
and KVM) and comes with a powerful, web-based control panel (it
includes a web-based graphical console that you can use to connect to
the virtual machines). With Proxmox VE, you can even create a cluster
of virtualization hosts [...]

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How To Manage Unix & Linux Systems Using Webmin

Posted by suvi under Control Panels

Webmin is a web-based system for Unix, Linux, OpenSolaris, and recently added Windows based Operating Systems that allow you to take full control of your server through a popular control panel and web-interface. What Webmin does is it allows you to simplify the managing course of action with a Unix and/or Linux system. You can [...]

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Managing OpenVZ With The Vtonf Control Panel On CentOS 5.2

Posted by suvi under CentOS, Control Panels, Virtualization

Vtonf is a free
web-based control panel (released under the GPL license) for managing
virtual private servers (VPS) based on OpenVZ. It makes it very easy to
create and manage OpenVZ VMs even for people with little technical
knowledge. Right now, Vtonf is available only for RedHat, Fedora, and
CentOS (support for Debian is planned), therefore I describe its installation [...]

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Ubuntu Server:Install GUI and Webmin in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Guide

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Server, Ubuntu, Webserver

We have already discussed how to install ubuntu 8.10 LAMP server .If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using the 2 options
1) Install desktop Environment
2) Install Webmin
1) Install desktop Environment
First you nee to make sure you have enabled Universe and multiverse [...]

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ISPConfig 2.x: How To Add A “Move to SPAM”-Option To Your ISPConfig Installation

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Email, Linux

This document describes the steps needed to add a third spam filter
strategy to your ISPConfig 2.x installation. It will allow you and your
users to select, wether they want to drop spam, allow spam or move it
to the corresponding IMAP junk mail folder.
Read more at HowtoForge

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Webmin: can a graphical front end for system administration replace the command line?

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Server, Software

This article will tell you how to install and use Webmin, a web user interface mainly used for administering servers. If you are not a sysadmin, don’t run away: Webmin can also be used on a single desktop too. You may struggle to remember all the command line operations to manage, say, run levels or [...]

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Automatic Cleaning Of Trash And/Or Junk Folders With ISPConfig (With Roundcube + Tmpreaper (Tmpwatch))

Posted by suvi under Control Panels, Debian, Email, Webserver

This short mini-howto will help you set up automatic cleaning
of Trash- and Junkfolders. Most (web)mail clients (can) automatically
create these. A lot of people don’t clean there maildirectories causing
Junk and Trash folders to grow massively in size and with ISPConfig
(not yet) being able to set good maildirectory size limits the
alternative is to have these folders cleaned [...]

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