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 Desktop - Fedora 15 i686 (GNOME)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 11 The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 15 i686 (GNOME) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 15 desktop (GNOME) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: lighttpd, mysql, php, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 2 Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an Ubuntu 11.04 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Debian Squeeze Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, samba, storage •
Comments: 1 Debian Squeeze Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Debian Squeeze 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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Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 11.04)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, email, postfix, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 11.04) This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota. Passwords are stored in encrypted form in the database. In addition to that, this tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV so that emails will be scanned for spam and viruses. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface so that users can read and send emails and change their passwords.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.6 (LAMP)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, centos, mysql, php, web server •
Comments: 6 Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.6 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a CentOS 5.6 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running LVM System (Incl. GRUB2 Configuration) (Debian Squeeze)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, high-availability, storage •
Comments: 6 How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running LVM System (Incl. GRUB2 Configuration) (Debian Squeeze) This guide explains how to set up software RAID1 on an already running LVM system (Debian Squeeze). The GRUB2 bootloader will be configured in such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the hard drives fails (no matter which one).
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How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running System (Incl. GRUB2 Configuration) (Debian Squeeze)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, high-availability, storage •
Comments: 18 How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running System (Incl. GRUB2 Configuration) (Debian Squeeze) This guide explains how to set up software RAID1 on an already running Debian Squeeze system. The GRUB2 bootloader will be configured in such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the hard drives fails (no matter which one).
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How To Set Up MySQL Database Replication With SSL Encryption On Debian Squeeze
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, high-availability, mysql •
Comments: 1 How To Set Up MySQL Database Replication With SSL Encryption On Debian Squeeze This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL using an SSL connection for encryption (to make it impossible for hackers to sniff out passwords and data transferred between the master and slave). MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates to the database on the master server are immediately replicated to the database on the slave server so that both databases are in sync. This is not a backup policy because an accidentally issued DELETE command will also be carried out on the slave; but replication can help protect against hardware failures though.
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The Perfect Server - Fedora 15 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora, control panels, ispconfig •
Comments: 2 The Perfect Server - Fedora 15 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2] This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 15 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP5/Ruby/Python, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of Fedora 15, but should apply to the 32-bit version with very little modifications as well. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box).
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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.0 On A Headless Debian Squeeze Server
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: virtualization, debian, virtualbox •
Comments: 2 VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.0 On A Headless Debian Squeeze Server This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.0 on a headless Debian Squeeze server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.
