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".

• Using mod_spdy With Apache2 On CentOS 6.3

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, centos, web server • Comments: 0

  Using mod_spdy With Apache2 On CentOS 6.3 SPDY (pronounced "SPeeDY") is a new networking protocol whose goal is to speed up the web. It is Google's alternative to the HTTP protocol and a candidate for HTTP/2.0. SPDY augments HTTP with several speed-related features such as stream multiplexing and header compression. To use SPDY, you need a web server and a browser (like Google Chrome and upcoming versions of Firefox) that both support SPDY. mod_spdy is an open-source Apache module that adds support for the SPDY protocol to the Apache HTTPD server. This tutorial explains how to use mod_spdy with Apache2 on CentOS 6.3.

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• How To Use Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, php, ubuntu, control panels, ispconfig, web server, nginx • Comments: 17

  How To Use Multiple PHP Versions (PHP-FPM & FastCGI) With ISPConfig 3 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) Since ISPConfig 3.0.5, it is possible to use multiple PHP versions on one server and select the optimal PHP version for a website. This feature works with PHP-FPM (starting with PHP 5.3) and FastCGI (all PHP 5.x versions). This tutorial shows how to build PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on an Ubuntu 12.04 server. These PHP versions can be used together with the default PHP (installed through apt) in ISPConfig.

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• Virtualization With KVM On A Scientific Linux 6.3 Server

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: kvm, linux, virtualization • Comments: 0

  Virtualization With KVM On A Scientific Linux 6.3 Server This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a Scientific Linux 6.3 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 Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Scientific Linux 6.3

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, mysql, nginx, php, web server • Comments: 2

  Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Scientific Linux 6.3 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 Scientific Linux 6.3 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.

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• Using mod_spdy With Apache2 On Scientific Linux 6.3

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, linux, web server • Comments: 1

  Using mod_spdy With Apache2 On Scientific Linux 6.3 SPDY (pronounced "SPeeDY") is a new networking protocol whose goal is to speed up the web. It is Google's alternative to the HTTP protocol and a candidate for HTTP/2.0. SPDY augments HTTP with several speed-related features such as stream multiplexing and header compression. To use SPDY, you need a web server and a browser (like Google Chrome and upcoming versions of Firefox) that both support SPDY. mod_spdy is an open-source Apache module that adds support for the SPDY protocol to the Apache HTTPD server. This tutorial explains how to use mod_spdy with Apache2 on Scientific Linux 6.3.

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• Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Scientific Linux 6.3 (LAMP)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, linux, mysql, php, web server • Comments: 0

  Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Scientific Linux 6.3 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Scientific Linux 6.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

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• How To Skip Certain Errors In MySQL Replication

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: mysql • Comments: 5

  MySQL replication is nice, however it can happen that it stops because of an error, and restoring a working replication can be hard - you need to set locks on the master to get a consistent MySQL dump, and during that time websites are not accessible. However there's a way to make the MySQL slave ignore certain errors using the slave-skip-errors directive.

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• The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.10 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: control panels, ispconfig, nginx, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 4

  The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.10 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) 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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• Setting Up An NFS Server And Client On Scientific Linux 6.3

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: linux, storage • Comments: 0

  This guide explains how to set up an NFS server and an NFS client on Scientific Linux 6.3. NFS stands for Network File System; through NFS, a client can access (read, write) a remote share on an NFS server as if it was on the local hard disk.

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• Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.2

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, php, suse, web server • Comments: 0

  Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.2 This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.2 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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