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Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On Fedora 18

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:06:08 +0100

Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On Fedora 18

This tutorial shows how you can serve CGI scripts (Perl scripts) with nginx on Fedora 18. While nginx itself does not serve CGI, there are several ways to work around this. I will outline two solutions: the first is to proxy requests for CGI scripts to Thttpd, a small web server that has CGI support, while the second solution uses a CGI wrapper to serve CGI scripts.

VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.2 On A Headless Fedora 18 Server

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:28:41 +0100

VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.2 On A Headless Fedora 18 Server

This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.2 on a headless Fedora 18 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Fedora 18

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:45:42 +0100

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Fedora 18

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Fedora 18 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi.

How To Install Cinnamon Desktop On Fedora 18

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:16:56 +0100

How To Install Cinnamon Desktop On Fedora 18

This tutorial shows how you can install Linux Mint's Cinnamon desktop on Fedora 18. Since it has now been included in the repositories this can now be done quite quickly. Fedora's default desktop at the moment is GNOME 3.

How To Integrate DropBox Into Thunar (Fedora 18/XFCE)

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:16 +0100

How To Integrate DropBox Into Thunar (Fedora 18/XFCE)

Thunar is the default file manager for XFCE desktops. While it is easy to integrate DropBox into Nautilus, the default file manager for GNOME, it is not so trivial for Thunar. This guide explains how to use DropBox with the Thunar file manager on a Fedora 18 XFCE desktop.

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 18

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:42:11 +0100

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 18

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 18 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 18 XFCE

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:00:32 +0100

The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 18 XFCE

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 18 desktop (with the XFCE desktop environment) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Fedora 18 x86_64)

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 19:36:35 +0100

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Fedora 18 x86_64)

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 Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota. Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On Fedora 18

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:19:31 +0100

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On Fedora 18

FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to accept TLS sessions on a Fedora 18 server.

Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Fedora 18

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:33:07 +0100

Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Fedora 18

This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.

Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (Fedora 18)

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:32:54 +0100

Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (Fedora 18)

EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. It is a pass-through filesystem, not an encrypted block device, which means it is created on top of an existing filesystem. This tutorial shows how you can use EncFS on Fedora 18 to encrypt your data.

Using PHP5-FPM With Apache 2.4 (+ mod_proxy_fcgi Module) On Fedora 18

Sun, 27 Jan 2013 18:39:13 +0100

Using PHP5-FPM With Apache 2.4 (+ mod_proxy_fcgi Module) On Fedora 18

This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache 2.4 webserver on a Fedora 18 server with PHP5 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. On Apache 2.4, we need Apache's mod_proxy_fcgi module to make it work.

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 18 (LAMP)

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:14:43 +0100

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 18 (LAMP)

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Fedora 18 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

Fedora 18 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:30:58 +0100

Fedora 18 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Fedora 18 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 and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Fedora 18

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:57:58 +0100

Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Fedora 18

Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a Fedora 18 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.