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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Mounting Remote Directories With SSHFS On Ubuntu 11.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 Mounting Remote Directories With SSHFS On Ubuntu 11.10 This tutorial explains how you can mount a directory from a remote server on the local server securely using SSHFS. SSHFS (Secure SHell FileSystem) is a filesystem that serves files/directories securely over SSH, and local users can use them just as if the were local files/directories. On the local computer, the remote share is mounted via FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace). I will use Ubuntu 11.10 for both the local and the remote server.
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Enabling Compiz On Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 6 Enabling Compiz On Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz on a Xubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8200 here). Xubuntu uses the Xfce desktop environment which is a fast and stable alternative for those that are not happy with Unity or Gnome 3. With Compiz you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.
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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Nginx [ISPConfig 3]
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: suse, control panels, ispconfig, web server, nginx •
Comments: 2 The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Nginx [ISPConfig 3] This tutorial shows how to prepare an OpenSUSE 12.1 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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Installing KVM Guests With virt-install On Ubuntu 11.10 Server
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: kvm, ubuntu, virtualization •
Comments: 2 Installing KVM Guests With virt-install On Ubuntu 11.10 Server Unlike virt-manager, virt-install is a command line tools that allows you to create KVM guests on a headless server. You may ask yourself: "But I can use vmbuilder to do this, why do I need virt-install?" The difference between virt-install and vmbuilder is that vmbuilder is for creating Ubuntu-based guests, whereas virt-install lets you install all kinds of operating systems (e.g. Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD) and distributions in a guest, just like virt-manager. This article shows how you can use it on an Ubuntu 11.10 KVM server.
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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3]
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, suse, control panels, ispconfig, web server •
Comments: 8 The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3] This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 12.1 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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How To Upgrade OpenSUSE 11.4 To 12.1 (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, suse •
Comments: 8 How To Upgrade OpenSUSE 11.4 To 12.1 (Desktop & Server) This guide shows how you can upgrade your OpenSUSE 11.4 desktop and server installations to OpenSUSE 12.1.
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Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 11.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: kvm, ubuntu, virtualization •
Comments: 1 Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 11.10 This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 11.10 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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How To Password-Protect Directories With mod_auth_mysql On Apache2 (Debian Squeeze)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, debian, security, web server •
Comments: 1 How To Password-Protect Directories With mod_auth_mysql On Apache2 (Debian Squeeze) This guide explains how to password-protect web directories (with users from a MySQL database) with mod_auth_mysql on Apache2 on a Debian Squeeze server. It is an alternative to the plain-text password files provided by mod_auth and allows you to use normal SQL syntax to create/modify delete users. You can also configure mod_auth_mysql to authenticate against an existing MySQL user table.
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Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On OpenSUSE 11.4
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: nginx, suse, web server •
Comments: 0 Serving CGI Scripts With Nginx On OpenSUSE 11.4 This tutorial shows how you can serve CGI scripts (Perl scripts) with nginx on OpenSUSE 11.4. 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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How To Upgrade From Fedora 15 To Fedora 16 (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 6 How To Upgrade From Fedora 15 To Fedora 16 (Desktop & Server) This article describes how you can upgrade your Fedora 15 system to Fedora 16. The upgrade procedure works for both desktop and server installations.
