Articles by Falko Timme
About Falko Timme
Falko Timme is an experienced Linux administrator and founder of Timme Hosting, a leading nginx business hosting company in Germany. He is one of the most active authors on HowtoForge since 2005 and one of the core developers of ISPConfig since 2000. He has also contributed to the O'Reilly book "Linux System Administration".
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 13.04 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: control panels, ispconfig, nginx, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 1 The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 13.04 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers nginx (instead of Apache), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier).
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Ubuntu 13.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: samba, storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 13.04 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.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 13.04 (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, control panels, ispconfig, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 11 The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 13.04 (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers Apache (instead of nginx), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier).
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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) To 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ubuntu, desktop •
Comments: 1 How To Upgrade Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) To 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) (Desktop & Server) The new Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 12.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 13.04.
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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 12.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, security, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 12.10 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 set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 12.10 server.
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Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.3
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, php, suse, web server •
Comments: 0 Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.3 This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 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.
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Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 12.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 This document describes how to install a Proftpd 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 with this setup. This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 12.10.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.3 (LAMP)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, mysql, php, suse, web server •
Comments: 4 Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.3 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 6.4 Server
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: virtualization, centos, kvm •
Comments: 11 Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 6.4 Server This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a CentOS 6.4 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V.
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.4
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, lighttpd, web server •
Comments: 0 Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.4 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 6.4 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.
