Systems unable to restart after installing ISPConfig

did tutorial on centos5.1. all ok great clarity and straightfwd.
afterthat did the ispconfig install.
all ok, up to login ispconfig & changed pwd & checked IPlist for eth0:0
the
root...# /home/...spamassion
line does nothing, cursor just continues to blink. Ctrl+C, closed terminal, reopen terminal and retried, still d same. did nothing else except Logout of ISPConfig (was in https://xxxx:81),

reboot the system
and only get a blue screen and a mouse.
not user login screen presented..

I had configured step 7&8 with encryption and I think the sys was waiting for a passphrase under the blue screen.
Any info on how to get-in to enter the passphrase or how to undo steps 7&8.
Also what's with the spamassasin ?

cheers

 

At BlueScreen (BS), after CTRL+F1, consiolr appeared.
last line of console shows "enable /etc/fstab swap ok" and does nothing else forever.
No see ispconfig login,nor system User login.

Also tried Interactive mode and answer Y 1by1. Blue screen appeared EVEN after N to ISPconfig. Also tried not responding to ISPconfig [y/n] the console disappears and a BS appreared instead of the usual system login.

HOWEVER, by chance, at ISPconfig[y/n], did several CTRL+C in desperation and User Login appeared. Was able to get in as root. Tried https://xxx:81 returns server not found. Was able to surf though. I guess some services near the ISPconfig, towards the end of starting up froze. How to proceed to diag ? what files needed and where to find ?

using 1 box 1 eth nic on ADSL @home with dynamic Public IP from ISP provider. With/without ISPConfig, already have Apache/Cemtos page at localhost. Will ISPConfig manage the IP change automatically. Intent to use free external DNS provider such as everydns or editdns, can ISPConfig manage this arrangement? do I remove BIND? Maybe should start another thread, but I need to know in principle if I will hit a wall after going thru this BS bump, so I can abadon this project and try another, maybe Virtualmin
cheers

 

It worked. thanks for precise instruction.

By the way, any advise on my second concern: repeated below for your conveinience:
using 1 box 1 eth nic on ADSL @home with dynamic Public IP from ISP provider. With/without ISPConfig, already have Apache/Cemtos page at localhost. Will ISPConfig manage the IP change automatically. Intent to use free external DNS provider such as everydns or editdns, can ISPConfig manage this arrangement? do I remove BIND? Maybe should start another thread, but I need to know in principle if I will hit a wall after going thru this BS bump, so I can abadon this project and try another, maybe Virtualmin
cheers

 

Is your server behind a router?
If you're using external DNS servers for your domains, then you don't need ISPConfig's DNS Manager.

 

Yes, my CentOS box is behind a router.
My domain registra needs 2 DNS/IP addresses.
I have only 1 ADSL connection with dynamic IP address.
Hence, I thought to deviate and go with external DNS providers.
However, had followed your CentOS Perfect LAMP and ISPConfig tutorials.
Will the setup work ?.

1. If not is there another Howto?
2. If no howtos at the moment, do I just simply remove CentOS bind-chroot from Desktop>Application>Add/Remove Software>servers>DNS name server ?
3. Once bind is removed, do I need to patch conf files for apache,postfix etc..?
4. Once I fixed up the ext DNS records A,MX etc, do I still enter DNS IP into ISPConfig?

5. by the way, why my system failed to start properly with SSL certification and only worked after deactivating. Have U guys figured that one out yet ?

appreciate till's and your help

 

I've had a good experience with using EveryDNS http://www.everydns.net/ They are a free DNS manager and they let you mange up to 20 domains if i remember right.

Register with them, and point your namservers for your domain registrar to ns1.everydns.net, ns2.everydns.net, ns3.everydns.net, and ns4.everydns.net

Then configure your domains from the EveryDNS panel (eg A-records, NS, and MX for your mail).

Finally install their client so that your nameserver always point to your current IP.

No need to use ISPconfigs DNS manager in this case.

Cheers.

 

Many thanks for your valuable guidance (Falko, Till & Aqua)
OK, have not started to configure DNS in ISPConfig, Managememt>Server.setting>.dns. Dont intent to.
.
1. had registered a domain "example.com.sg" with local registra.
2. given registra ns1.us.editdns.net & ns2.us.editdns.net for registra to point to.
3. set up ns1 with AXFR and ns2 as backup.. Populated A & MX records.
4. dig any www.example.com.sg got appropriate answers. Same for mail.
5. http://localhost returns the ISPConsig default index.html
6. https://localhost:81 returns the ISPConfig login page.
7. Router/Gateway Public/Internet IP is still unchanged (although it is Dhcp from ISP) have not got script to work on Auto dyn IP update yet.
8. Router/Gateway port forwarding for Web/SMTP/FTP/HTTPS enabled for Centos LAMP server with IP w.x.y.z. (although dhcp, the same IP is allocated/fixed. Server network eth0 is dhcp.
9. Problem is browser status shows connecting to www.example.com.sg for a long time without showing the expected html.
10. rpm -q chroot returns bind-chroot-9.3.3-10.el5
11. /var/named/chroot/var/named has the standard named.root (13 root NS) and a named.local (with localhost entry only).

Please advise whats I am missing ?
cheers

 

Have you tried this from within your LAN, or also from the outside? Some routers don't support loopbacks, that's why it might not work from within your LAN.

You can use this web site: http://www.intodns.com/ to check your DNS settings.

 

1. was doing it from the CentOS root behind the router. Will try from external and will know soon. I placed a test index.html file at /var/www/html, Will I be able to hit this page from WAN?

2. Did the DNS test, report attached. seems good. Only 1 red, i.e. no MX record. 2 yellows, something about a third nameserver not included in parent server and a 86400 Refresh time NOK. Whats your expert take on this report.

3. Notice that Postfix reports failure to shutdonw every time I rebooted it, any concerns, is it because I have not created any mail accounts?

Loosing a little steam already (a tired smiley with 2 sweat drops here would be quite appropriate) and to thinl that I have not add client/site and play with ISPConfig yet... more unchartered waters to navigate and push on.

cheers

 

Should work. You should also ask your ISP if they block port 80.

Your name servers are n1.us.editdns.net and ns2.us.editdns.net, so you should use ns1.us.editdns.net in the SOA, not ns0.us.editdns.net!
Use a value of 604800 for Expire.

That'S normal on Fedora/RHEL/CentOS systems and nothing to worry about.

 

From an external browser, was hitting the /var/www/sharedip/index.html
instead of the /var/www/html/index.html. Will check with my router supplier.
Thanks, didnt realised it was reachable externally.

Dankschen
Auf Wiedersehen for this thread/

 

What's in Vhosts_ispconfig.conf, and what's the output of

Code:

ifconfig

?

 

/etc/httpd/conf/vhost/vhost_ispconfig.conf attached.
Q1. Added & dedelete some clients earlier and discovered the docroot "web13" is incremental, even when all clients were deleted n bin cleared, shouldn't it be reset?.

Output of [.....]# ifconfig attached.
Q2. is Virbr0 with IP 192.168.122.1, added by ISPConfig ? I did not set this.

/etchosts also attached

Appreciate the help to discovering Linux/CentOS n ISPConfig

 

Does example.com.sg point to 14x.xxx.xxx.10?
Did you disable SELinux?
Are there any warnings in /home/admispconfig/ispconfig/ispconfig.log?

 

Yes, contents of /etc/hosts:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
14x.xxx.xxx.10 s1.rexample.com.sg s1
14x.xxx.xxx.10 mail.example.com.sg mail
::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6

yes, since begining of CentOS setup.

Yes, some errors and warnings. see file attached

By the way, If i change the static IP of of my server in hosts, will ISPConfig automatically change all siteto the new one.


Thanks

 

I don't see example.com.sg in there, only mail.example.com.sg... that's a difference. Anyway, you can check if it's pointing to the right IP address by running

Code:

dig example.com.sg

No, you'd have to add the new IP under Management > Server > Settings and then change the IP address of all web sites.

Can you run

Code:

maildirmake /var/www/web13/user/web13_BBB/Maildir

on the command line? What's the output?

 

Followed the Install tutorial, and added s1.example.com.sg with private IP 14x.xxx.xxx.10 to /etc/hosts. Should I add example.com.sg with the same IP? now very

Output of dig example.com.sg

Code:

[[email protected] ~]# dig example.com.sg
; <<>> DiG 9.3.3rc2 <<>> example.com.com.sg
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 3549
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;example.com.sg.            IN      A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
example.com.sg.     167     IN      A       12x.xxx.xxx.xxx
;; Query time: 37 msec
;; SERVER: 14x.xxx.xxx.1#53(14x.xxx.xxx.1)
;; WHEN: Thu May  1 02:15:05 2008
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 52
[[email protected] ~]#

Output of maildirmake /var....

Code:

bash: maildirmake: command not found

Anyway /var/www/web13/user/web13_BBB/maildir exists and there are several folders and files in it. same for /var.../web13_AAA/maildir


Thanks for the change IP tip.