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Installing MyDNS & MyDNSConfig 3 On Fedora 10

Thu, 21 May 2009 18:20:31 +0200

Installing MyDNS & MyDNSConfig 3 On Fedora 10

In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS and MyDNSConfig 3 on Fedora 10. MyDNS is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. The advantage is that MyDNS simply reads the records from the database, and it does not have to be restarted/reloaded when DNS records change or zones are created/edited/deleted. A secondary nameserver can be easily set up by installing a second instance of MyDNS that accesses the same database or, to be more redundant, uses the MySQL master / slave replication features to replicate the data to the secondary nameserver. MyDNSConfig is an easy to use web-based interface to MyDNS. MyDNSConfig can create all types of DNS records that are available in MyDNS and adds features like user management and access privileges.

Learning Spam With SpamAssassin And All Of Your ISPConfig Clients [ISPConfig 2]

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:31:52 +0200

Learning Spam With SpamAssassin And All Of Your ISPConfig Clients [ISPConfig 2]

This is a quick way of learning spam from all of your ISPConfig clients by running a quick and simple command. Please note that this is for ISPConfig 2, not 3.

Installing MyDNS-NG & MyDNSConfig 3 On Debian Lenny

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:49:46 +0200

Installing MyDNS-NG & MyDNSConfig 3 On Debian Lenny

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 that are available in MyDNS and adds features like user management and access privileges.

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

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:40:09 +0100

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

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 server. This can be behind your nat router as long as you set up port forwarding. You will need to know the ip address you want to assign to the server, it's subnet mask, the default gateway and the ip for the dns server.

Installing Elgg On An ISPConfig 3 System

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:24:41 +0100

Installing Elgg On An ISPConfig 3 System

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.

KVM & OpenVZ Virtualization And Cloud Computing With Proxmox VE

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:50:26 +0100

KVM & OpenVZ Virtualization And Cloud Computing With Proxmox VE

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 and create/control virtual machines on remote hosts from the control panel. Proxmox VE also supports live migration of virtual machines from one host to the other. This guide shows how you can use Proxmox VE to control KVM and OpenVZ virtual machines and how to create a small computing cloud with it.

Managing OpenVZ With The Vtonf Control Panel On CentOS 5.2

Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:29:17 +0100

Managing OpenVZ With The Vtonf Control Panel On CentOS 5.2

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 and usage on a CentOS 5.2 server.

Installing Wordpress On A Server Running ISPconfig 2.x

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:14:27 +0100

Installing Wordpress On A Server Running ISPconfig 2.x

This tutorial describes how I install Wordpress which I have done this way on numerous different servers, including Windows and Linux setups. I absolutely agree that there are other ways to do this, but this is a tutorial on my way of doing it.

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

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:18:23 +0200

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

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.

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

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:53:50 +0200

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

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 after several days.

Forced Ads On ISPConfig With Debian Etch

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:36:33 +0200

Forced Ads On ISPConfig With Debian Etch

This howto forces ads on every single site that you have and cannot be deleted by users from the .htaccess - it does not even use .htaccess.

@Mail Webmail System On Your ISPConfig Server Within 10 Easy Steps

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:30:51 +0200

@Mail Webmail System On Your ISPConfig Server Within 10 Easy Steps

This guide explains how to set up the Open Source version of Atmail (Atmail Open) on your ISPConfig server.

How To Reduce Log File Disk Usage With ISPConfig Or LAMP

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:06:39 +0200

How To Reduce Log File Disk Usage With ISPConfig Or LAMP

Slowly I was seeing my disk usage increasing, I knew it was log files that were getting bigger and bigger. I found out that Apache log files were the worst, there was around 1GB of space used in 3 months.

How To Upgrade An Ubuntu 7.10 Server ("The Perfect Setup" + ISPConfig) To Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:54:30 +0200

How To Upgrade An Ubuntu 7.10 Server ("The Perfect Setup" + ISPConfig) To Ubuntu 8.04 LTS

This article explains how you can upgrade an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) server to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron). I'm using an Ubuntu 7.10 server, set up according to The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10) and with ISPConfig installed, with web sites, email and ftp accounts, databases, DNS records, etc., and upgrade it to Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.

ISPConfig 2.x - First Steps (Creating Web Sites, Email Addresses, Etc.)

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:34:25 +0200

ISPConfig 2.x - First Steps (Creating Web Sites, Email Addresses, Etc.)

This document describes the first steps after an ISPConfig 2.x installation. It should allow new ISPConfig users to get their first web sites, email addresses, FTP accounts etc. up and running in a few minutes.