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".

• Configuring Your LEMP System (Linux, nginx, MySQL, PHP-FPM) For Maximum Performance

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: mysql, nginx, php, web server • Comments: 12

  Configuring Your LEMP System (Linux, nginx, MySQL, PHP-FPM) For Maximum Performance If you are using nginx as your webserver, you are looking for a performance boost and better speed. nginx is fast by default, but you can optimize its performance and the performance of all parts (like PHP and MySQL) that work together with nginx. Here is a small, incomprehensive list of tips and tricks to configure your LEMP system (Linux, nginx, MySQL, PHP-FPM) for maximum performance. These tricks work for me, but your mileage may vary. Do not implement them all at once, but one by one and check what effect the modification has on your system's performance.

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• Using GeoIP With Nginx On Ubuntu 12.04

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

  Using GeoIP With Nginx On Ubuntu 12.04 This tutorial explains how to use the GeoIP module with nginx on Ubuntu 12.04 to find out where your visitors come from. The GeoIP module sets multiple variables like $geoip_country_name, $geoip_country_code, $geoip_city, etc. that you can use in your PHP scripts or directly in your nginx configuration, for example to serve content in different languages based on the user's country.

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• Managing Multiple MySQL Servers From One phpMyAdmin Installation (Using SSL Encryption)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: mysql, security, debian, ubuntu • Comments: 7

  Managing Multiple MySQL Servers From One phpMyAdmin Installation (Using SSL Encryption) This tutorial explains how you can manage multiple MySQL servers from one phpMyAdmin installation. For security reasons, communication between phpMyAdmin and any remote MySQL server is using SSL encryption (this is not necessary for a local MySQL server since communication between phpMyAdmin and MySQL is not leaving the server). phpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP, intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the World Wide Web. phpMyAdmin supports a wide range of operations with MySQL.

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• The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.2 x86_64 (nginx, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: suse, control panels, ispconfig, web server, nginx • Comments: 0

  The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.2 x86_64 (nginx, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) This tutorial shows how to prepare an OpenSUSE 12.2 64bit (x86_64) server with nginx for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. Since version 3.0.4, ISPConfig comes with full support for the nginx web server in addition to Apache, and this tutorial covers the setup of a server that uses nginx instead of Apache. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: nginx and Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.

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• Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On CentOS 6.3

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

  Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On CentOS 6.3 This tutorial shows how you can serve CGI scripts (Perl scripts) with nginx on CentOS 6.3. 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.

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• Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.2 (LAMP)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, mysql, php, suse, web server • Comments: 1

  Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.2 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.2 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

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• The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.2 x86_64 (Apache2, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, suse, control panels, ispconfig, web server • Comments: 7

  The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.2 x86_64 (Apache2, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 12.2 64bit (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP, CGI and SSI support, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH, TLS and virtual mail users, BIND DNS server, Pureftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, Mailman, etc. Since version 3.0.4, ISPConfig comes with full support for the nginx web server in addition to Apache; this tutorial covers the setup of a server that uses Apache, not nginx.

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• Installing mod_geoip for Apache2 On Ubuntu 12.04

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 2

  Installing mod_geoip for Apache2 On Ubuntu 12.04 This guide explains how to set up mod_geoip with Apache2 on an Ubuntu 12.04 system. mod_geoip looks up the IP address of the client end user. This allows you to redirect or block users based on their country. You can also use this technology for your OpenX (formerly known as OpenAds or phpAdsNew) ad server to allow geo targeting.

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• Creating Advanced MySQL-Based Virtual Hosts On Lighttpd (Ubuntu 12.04)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: lighttpd, mysql, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 0

  Creating Advanced MySQL-Based Virtual Hosts On Lighttpd (Ubuntu 12.04) This guide explains how you can create advanced virtual hosts on a lighttpd web server on Ubuntu 12.04 that are stored in a MySQL database. The method described here does not use the lighttpd mod_mysql_vhost module, and unlike mod_mysql_vhost (which allows you to store only the hostname and document root of a vhost in a database), this method allows to store individual configuration directives for each vhost in the MySQL database.

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• Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Squeeze

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

  Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Debian Squeeze This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a Debian Squeeze system. With mod_chroot, you can run Apache2 in a secure chroot environment and make your server less vulnerable to break-in attempts that try to exploit vulnerabilities in Apache2 or your installed web applications.

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