Articles by Falko Timme

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".

  • Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Fedora 10

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

    Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Fedora 10 This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on a Fedora 10 system. PowerDNS is a high-performance, authoritative-only nameserver - in the setup described here it will read the DNS records from a MySQL database (similar to MyDNS), although other backends such as PostgreSQL are supported as well. Poweradmin is a web-based control panel for PowerDNS.

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  • Installing MyDNS-NG & MyDNSConfig 3 On Debian Lenny

    mydnsconfig Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , , • Comments: 3

    Installing MyDNS-NG & MyDNSConfig 3 On Debian Lenny In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS-NG and MyDNSConfig 3 on Debian Lenny. MyDNS-NG is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. MyDNSConfig is an easy to use web-based interface to MyDNS-NG. MyDNSConfig can create all types of DNS records that are available in MyDNS and adds features like user management and access privileges.

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  • Installing MyDNS & MyDNSConfig 3 On Fedora 10

    fedora Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , , • Comments: 1

    Installing MyDNS & MyDNSConfig 3 On Fedora 10 In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS and MyDNSConfig 3 on Fedora 10. MyDNS is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. The advantage is that MyDNS simply reads the records from the database, and it does not have to be restarted/reloaded when DNS records change or zones are created/edited/deleted. A secondary nameserver can be easily set up by installing a second instance of MyDNS that accesses the same database or, to be more redundant, uses the MySQL master / slave replication features to replicate the data to the secondary nameserver. MyDNSConfig is an easy to use web-based interface to MyDNS. MyDNSConfig can create all types of DNS records that are available in MyDNS and adds features like user management and access privileges.

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  • Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Ubuntu 9.10

    ubuntu Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , • Comments: 0

    Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Ubuntu 9.10 This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on an Ubuntu 9.10 system. PowerDNS is a high-performance, authoritative-only nameserver - in the setup described here it will read the DNS records from a MySQL database (similar to MyDNS), although other backends such as PostgreSQL are supported as well. Poweradmin is a web-based control panel for PowerDNS.

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  • How To Enable Networking In Xen Guests On Hetzner's New EQ Servers (Debian Lenny)

    xen Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , • Comments: 5

    How To Enable Networking In Xen Guests On Hetzner's New EQ Servers (Debian Lenny) This tutorial shows how you can enable networking in Xen guests (domU) on Hetzner's new EQ servers. With the new EQ servers, you can get up to three additional IPs that are in the same subnet as the server's main IP. The problem is that these additional IPs are bound to the MAC address of the host system (dom0) - Hetzner's routers will dump IP packets if they come from an unknown MAC address. This means we cannot use Xen's bridged mode, but must switch to Xen's routed mode where the host system (dom0) acts as the gateway for the guests.

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  • How To Enable Networking In Xen Guests On Hetzner's DS Servers (Debian Etch)

    debian Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , • Comments: 4

    How To Enable Networking In Xen Guests On Hetzner's DS Servers (Debian Etch) This tutorial shows how you can enable networking in Xen guests (domU) on Hetzner's DS servers. With the DS servers, you can get a subnet of eight additional IPs (or more) - usually that subnet is different from the subnet that the server's main IP is from. The problem is that these additional IPs are bound to the MAC address of the host system (dom0) - Hetzner's routers will dump IP packets if they come from an unknown MAC address. This means we cannot use Xen's bridged mode, but must switch to Xen's routed mode where the host system (dom0) acts as the gateway for the guests.

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  • Paravirtualization With Xen On CentOS 5.4 (x86_64)

    xen Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , • Comments: 1

    Paravirtualization With Xen On CentOS 5.4 (x86_64) This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 3.0.3) on a CentOS 5.4 (x86_64) system. Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called "virtual machines" or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0). Using Xen you can separate your applications into different virtual machines that are totally independent from each other (e.g. a virtual machine for a mail server, a virtual machine for a high-traffic web site, another virtual machine that serves your customers' web sites, a virtual machine for DNS, etc.), but still use the same hardware. This saves money, and what is even more important, it's more secure. If the virtual machine of your DNS server gets hacked, it has no effect on your other virtual machines. Plus, you can move virtual machines from one Xen server to the next one.

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  • How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop

    ubuntu Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , , • Comments: 9

    How To Install VMware Server 1.0.x On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 1.0.x (1.0.10 at the time of this writing) on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop system. This is for those who prefer VMware Server 1.0.x over VMware Server 2.

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  • Installing VirtualBox 3.1 On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop

    ubuntu Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , , • Comments: 8

    Installing VirtualBox 3.1 On An Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can install Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.1 on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop. With VirtualBox you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux and Windows under a host operating system.

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  • Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 9.10

    ubuntu Author: Falko Timme • Tags: , , • Comments: 7

    Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 9.10 This guide explans how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 9.10 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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