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.

• The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) 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: 22

  This tutorial shows how to install an Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) 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 an Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Minimal Server

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0

  This tutorial shows the installation of an Ubuntu 17.04 minimal server in detail with many screenshots. The purpose of the guide is to show the basic installation of Ubuntu 17.04 that can be used as basis for our other Ubuntu tutorials here at howtoforge like our perfect server guides.

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• Using PHP-FPM with Apache on Ubuntu 16.04

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: apache, php, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 26

  This tutorial shows how to install an Apache webserver on an Ubuntu 16.04 server with PHP 7 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites.

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• The Perfect Server - Debian 8.4 Jessie (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3.1)

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: apache, control panels, debian, ispconfig, web server • Comments: 127

  This tutorial shows how to prepare a Debian Jessie server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3.1. The web hosting control panel ISPConfig 3 allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.

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• The Perfect Server - Debian 8.6 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3.1)

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: control panels, debian, ispconfig, nginx, web server • Comments: 59

  This tutorial shows how to prepare a Debian 8 (Jessie) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig, and how to install ISPConfig 3.1. 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 nginx (instead of Apache), BIND as DNS server, and Dovecot (instead of Courier).

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• How to install Apache, PHP 7.1 and MySQL on CentOS 7.3 (LAMP)

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: apache, centos, linux, mysql, php, server, web server • Comments: 23

  This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache webserver on a CentOS 7 server with PHP (mod_php with PHP 5.4, PHP 7.0, or PHP 7.1) and MySQL support. This setup is often referred to as LAMP which stands for Linux - Apache - MySQL - PHP.

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• How to install PHP 5.6 as additional PHP-FPM & FastCGI for ISPConfig 3.1 on Ubuntu 16.04

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: apache, control panels, debian, ispconfig, linux, nginx, php, web server • Comments: 51

  This tutorial shows how to build PHP 5.6 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus). Ubuntu 16.04 ships with PHP 7 by default but there are still many websites out there that don't support PHP 7. This tutorial will show you how to install PHP 5.6 as additional PHP version on Ubuntu 16.04 so that you can switch between both versions for each website individually in ISPConfig.

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• The Perfect Server CentOS 7.3 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: 30

  This tutorial shows how to install ISPConfig 3.1 on a CentOS 7.3 (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 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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