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".

• The Perfect Server - Fedora 10

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, ispconfig • Comments: 18

  The Perfect Server - Fedora 10 This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 10 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.

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• The Perfect Server - Fedora 11 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, ispconfig • Comments: 5

  The Perfect Server - Fedora 11 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2] This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 11 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 11, 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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• The Perfect Server - Fedora 12 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, ispconfig • Comments: 2

  The Perfect Server - Fedora 12 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2] This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 12 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 12, 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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• The Perfect Server - Fedora 13 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, ispconfig • Comments: 0

  The Perfect Server - Fedora 13 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2] This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 13 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 13, 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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• The Perfect Setup - Debian Woody (3.0)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, ispconfig • Comments: 7

  The Perfect Setup - Debian Woody (3.0) This is a detailed description about the steps to be taken to setup a Debian based server (Debian Woody alias Debian 3.0) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.).

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• The Perfect Setup - Debian Sarge (3.1)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, ispconfig • Comments: 78

  The Perfect Setup - Debian Sarge (3.1) This is a detailed description about the steps to be taken to setup a Debian based server (Debian Sarge alias Debian 3.1) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/POP3s/IMAP/IMAPs, Quota, Firewall, etc.).

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• The Perfect Setup - Debian Etch (Debian 4.0)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, ispconfig • Comments: 32

  The Perfect Setup - Debian Etch (Debian 4.0) This tutorial shows how to set up a Debian Etch (Debian 4.0) based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version of Debian Etch, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well.

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• The Perfect Server - Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) [ISPConfig 2]

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: debian, ispconfig • Comments: 25

  The Perfect Server - Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) [ISPConfig 2] This tutorial shows how to set up a Debian Lenny (Debian 5.0) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig 2 (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box).

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• The Perfect Setup - CentOS 4.3 (64-bit)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: centos, ispconfig • Comments: 9

  The Perfect Setup - CentOS 4.3 (64-bit) This is a detailed description how to set up a CentOS 4.3 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters (web server (SSL-capable), mail server (with SMTP-AUTH and TLS!), DNS server, FTP server, MySQL server, POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc.). This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of CentOS 4.3, but should apply to the 32-bit version with very little modifications as well.

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• The Perfect Setup - CentOS 5.0 (32-bit)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: centos, ispconfig • Comments: 8

  The Perfect Setup - CentOS 5.0 (32-bit) This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.0 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), 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 32-bit version of CentOS 5.0, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well.

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