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The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5.1 And FreeBSD 9

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:59:56 +0100

The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5.1 And FreeBSD 9

Here is the guide on installing Firebird 2.5.1 from FreeBSD 9 Ports and creating your first test database; also we show you how to install Flamerobin GUI (administration tool) and the PHP driver for it. This was tested on fresh FreeBSD 9 on a kvm-linux virtual machine.

AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Postfix Mail Server

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:52:20 +0100

AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Postfix Mail Server

This document describes how to deploy AVG Antivirus for Linux/FreeBSD to a Postfix mail server. It is usable for AVG version 8.5, 10 and 2012.

How To Use pfSense To Load Balance Your Web Servers

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:16:50 +0100

How To Use pfSense To Load Balance Your Web Servers

In this HowTo I will show you how to configure pfSense 2.0 as a load balancer for your web servers. This HowTo assumes that you already have a pfSense box and at least 2 Apache servers installed and running on your network, and that you have some pfSense knowledge.

How To Configure A pfSense 2.0 Cluster Using CARP

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:21:11 +0200

How To Configure A pfSense 2.0 Cluster Using CARP

In this HowTo I will show you how to configure a pfSense 2.0 Cluster using CARP Failover. pfSense is quite a advanced (open-source) firewall being used everywhere from homes to enterprise level networks, I have been playing around with pfsense now for the last 3 months and to be honest I am not looking back, it is packed full of features and can be deployed easily within minutes depending on your requirements.

How To Install VMware Tools On pfsense (FreeBSD)

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:26:09 +0200

How To Install VMware Tools On pfsense (FreeBSD)

This tutorial shows how to install VMware Tools onto pfsense v1.2.3 which is operated by the FreeBSD OS. It took me days to figure out how to do it, especially with lack of a complete guide in the Internet.

The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5 And FreeBSD 8.1

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:06:12 +0100

The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5 And FreeBSD 8.1

Here is the guide on installing Firebird 2.5 from FreeBSD 8.1 Ports and creating your first test database; also we show you how to install Flamerobin GUI (administration tool) and the PHP driver for it. This was tested on fresh FreeBSD 8.1 on a virtual machine.

Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd On FreeBSD

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:16:44 +0100

Virtual Mail And FTP Hosting With iRedMail And Pure-FTPd On FreeBSD

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. Since version 0.6, it supports FreeBSD 7.2 and 8.0 (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 all kinds of applications. This guide shows you how to integrate pure-ftpd into the iRedMail ldap backend on FreeBSD 7.2, passwords will be stored in ldap and you can change the password through webmail.

iRedMail 0.7.0: Full-Featured Mail Server With OpenLDAP/Postfix/Dovecot/Amavisd/ClamAV/SpamAssassin/iRedAdmin On FreeBSD 7.x 8.x

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:56:02 +0100

iRedMail 0.6: Full-Featured Mail Server With OpenLDAP/Postfix/Dovecot/Amavisd/ClamAV/SpamAssassin/RoundCube/iRedAdmin On FreeBSD

iRedMail is a shell script that lets you quickly deploy a full-featured mail solution in less than 2 minutes. Since version 0.6, it supports FreeBSD 7.2 and 8.0 (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 shows how to use the OpenLDAP backend; it uses FreeBSD 7.2, but the steps for 8.0 are the same.

Creating A Jail With VNC Server On FreeBSD

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:58:08 +0100

Creating A Jail With VNC Server On FreeBSD

This article explains how you can run a VNC server from within a jail on FreeBSD.

Installing MySQL And phpMyAdmin On FreeNAS

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:07:53 +0200

Installing MySQL And phpMyAdmin On FreeNAS

This howto was written when I needed to run some php based web applications and the only system around was FreeNAS. Although many people are using php and MySQL on a FreeNAS box successfully I couldn't find any simple tutorial for the purpose, so I wrote one in case anyone needs it.

VNStat On FreeBSD 7 With A PHP GUI

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:04:37 +0200

VNStat On FreeBSD 7 With A PHP GUI

I installed VNStat and the PHP GUI to be able to view basic information regarding incoming and outgoing traffic per interface. I am using FreeBSD 7 with PHP4, as I had problems setting the GUI up with PHP5.

Installing A FreeBSD 7.0 DNS Server With BIND

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:21:40 +0200

Installing A FreeBSD 7.0 DNS Server With BIND

This tutorial shows how to set up a FreeBSD based server that offers DNS services. This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of FreeBSD, but should apply to the 32-bit version.

Step By Step: Install Wordpress Multiuser (WPMU) On FreeBSD 7

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:06:43 +0200

Step By Step: Install Wordpress Multiuser (WPMU) On FreeBSD 7

Wordpress is one of my favourite blog engines because it's easy and supports many plugins. Wordpress also available in multi-user mode which means a single Wordpress installation will cover many users with their own subdomain. This howto will show the steps taken to install Wordpress wpmu on a server running FreeBSD 7 stable.

Set Up PC-BSD v1.4 beta

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:22:34 +0200

Set Up PC-BSD v1.4 beta

This document describes how to set up PC-BSD v1.4 beta. PC-BSD is released under the BSD license.

Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And PostgreSQL

Mon, 07 May 2007 19:00:37 +0200

Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And PostgreSQL

This document describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses virtual users from a PostgreSQL database instead of real system users. I couldn't find any tutorial like that on the internet, so when that configuration finally worked for me, I decided to publish it. The documentation is based on FreeBSD 6.2 which I was recently forced to use (I usually use Debian). Nevertheless the document should be suitable for almost any Linux distribution as well (may require very small amendments).