Articles by Till Brehm
About Till Brehm
Over 20 years of experience as a software developer and Linux system administrator. Till Brehm is the founder and lead developer of the ISPConfig hosting control panel software (since 2000) and he founded HowtoForge in 2005 as a place to share Linux knowledge with other Linux enthusiasts.
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How to Install a CentOS 7.3 Minimal Server
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: centos, linux, server •
Comments: 6 This document describes the basic installation of a CentOS 7.3 server in detail with many screenshots. The purpose of this guide is to provide a minimal setup that can be used as basis for all kind of CentOS server setups.
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How to Install Gitlab on Debian 8 (Jessie)
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: debian, linux, nginx, programming, server •
Comments: 1 Gitlab is a web-based management and collaboration software for GIT servers similar to GitHub. It contains features like issue tracking, file browser, change tracking and a project wiki. In this tutorial, I will install Gitlab CE on a Debian 8 server behind a Nginx proxy. The Nginx proxy improves scalability and security of the system.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) with Apache, PHP, MySQL, PureFTPD, BIND, Postfix, Dovecot and ISPConfig 3.1
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: apache, bind, control panels, dns, email, ftp, ispconfig, linux, mysql, php, postfix, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 33 This tutorial shows how to install an Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3.1, and how to install ISPConfig. ISPConfig 3 is a web hosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers the installation of Apache (instead of nginx), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier).
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How to install a Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Minimal Server
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: linux, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 This tutorial shows the installation of a Ubuntu 16.10 minimal server in detail with many screenshots. The purpose of the guide is to show the basic installation of Ubuntu 16.10 that can be used as basis for our other Ubuntu tutorials here at howtoforge like our perfect server guides.
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How to Password-Protect Directories with mod_authn_dbd and MySQL on Apache (Debian 8)
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: apache, debian, security, web server •
Comments: 5 This guide explains how to password-protect web directories (with users from a MySQL database) with mod_authn_dbd on Apache2 on a Debian 8 (Jessie) 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.
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How to install WebDAV with Lighttpd on Debian 8 (Jessie)
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: debian, lighttpd, storage, web server •
Comments: 2 This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Lighttpd on a Debian 8 (Jessie) server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allows users to directly edit files on theLighttpdd server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.
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The Perfect Server CentOS 7.2 with Apache, Postfix, Dovecot, Pure-FTPD, BIND and ISPConfig 3.1
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: antivirus, apache, bind, centos, control panels, dns, email, ftp, ispconfig, linux, mysql, php, postfix, web server •
Comments: 48 This tutorial shows how to install ISPConfig 3.1 on a CentOS 7.2 (64Bit) server. ISPConfig 3 is a web hosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, Mailman, and many more.
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How to install nginx as a Reverse Proxy for Apache on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: apache, nginx, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 6 This tutorial shows how you can set up nginx as a reverse proxy in front of an Apache 2.4 web server on Ubuntu 16.04. nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.
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How to use GeoIP with Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: nginx, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 7 This tutorial explains how to use the GeoIP module with nginx on Ubuntu 16.04 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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Maintaining remote web sites with sitecopy on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: linux, server, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 5 sitecopy is a tool for copying locally stored web sites to a remote web server (using FTP or WebDAV). It helps you to keep the remote site synchronized with your local copy by uploading modified local files and deleting remote files that have been deleted on the local computer. This tutorial shows how you can manage your remote web site from your local Ubuntu 16.04 desktop with sitecopy.
