Debian - The Perfect Server Setup

[micko_escalade]

Hi all,

phpMyAdmin on my server was attacked with this exploit
http://www.google.com/support/forum/...e288d60f&hl=en
and there's so many tables that were filled with code to the point of no repair.
I was running FC8 and today I decided to make a switch to Debian. I'm hoping its good decision because I was debating between FC14 and CentOS? Mostly I'm worried about dependencies when installing something.

I would like to install ISPConfig 3 and make whole server more secure so this or something else does not happen again.

Right now I'm in process of backing up all my files to a attached USB drive in data center and after that I was gonna start "The Perfect Server Setup".

Can someone please provide me with link to most current ISO so that people at the data center can burn on DVD/CD and I can start install process with help howto on this site.

Also, does "The Perfect Server - Debian Lenny" for ISPConfig 3 exist?

Thanks in advance!

[falko]

Originally Posted by micko_escalade

Can someone please provide me with link to most current ISO so that people at the data center can burn on DVD/CD and I can start install process with help howto on this site.

http://debian.org/CD/netinst/#netinst-stable

Originally Posted by micko_escalade

Also, does "The Perfect Server - Debian Lenny" for ISPConfig 3 exist?

Yes:
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...nny-ispconfig3
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...ot-ispconfig-3

[micko_escalade]

Thanks Falko!

I thought my thread will go into archives for no replies
Wow, CD image is so small. Hopefully I won't run into any problems during the install.

I know you're supporter of Debian but can you tell me when comes to dependencies is Debian "better" then CentOS?

Like I said I was using FC8 for a while and had troubles with dependencies when installing various packages.

[falko]

Originally Posted by micko_escalade

Wow, CD image is so small. Hopefully I won't run into any problems during the install.

I always use the netinstall image and never had any problems.

Originally Posted by micko_escalade

I know you're supporter of Debian but can you tell me when comes to dependencies is Debian "better" then CentOS?

Yes.

[micko_escalade]

Originally Posted by falko

I always use the netinstall image and never had any problems.


Yes.

Thanks!
..

[micko_escalade]

I installed VM virtualbox and downloaded above net install .iso
I'm trying to test it first before I start messing with it on a real server.
Couple of questions:

1. What's the difference between BIND+Dovecot and MyDNS+Courier? which one is better?
2. In step 6 http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...ispconfig-3-p3 it talks about setting up a static ip but my server has only public ip, how do I set that up?

Thanks!

[falko]

Originally Posted by micko_escalade

1. What's the difference between BIND+Dovecot and MyDNS+Courier? which one is better?

Both work equally good; personally, I'd go for BIND + Courier, but that's just my preference.

Originally Posted by micko_escalade

2. In step 6 http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...ispconfig-3-p3 it talks about setting up a static ip but my server has only public ip, how do I set that up?

If the VM is in a LAN, you can use an unused local IP. If it's not in a LAN, and you just have one public IP which in in use already by the host, then you need to get another public IP.

[micko_escalade]

Thanks!
I will go with Bind+Dovecot setup.
I've contacted my host and they provided me with Gateway IP and other info so Debian basic install went fine.

Now under #7 on this setup guide http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-se...ispconfig-3-p3
it says to add

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free

but in my current /etc/apt/sources.list
I have this

# 
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.7 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20101128-01:05]/ lenny main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.7 _Lenny_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20101128-01:05]/ lenny main

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main

Only difference is that setup guide has contrib non-free
do I just add another line on the buttom?

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free

[till]

do I just add another line on the buttom?

No. The volatile repository lines are ok. Just proceed with the next step in the tutorial.

[falko]

You can simply add contrib non-free at the end of your existing volatile.debian.org lines.