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• The Perfect Media Server - Ubuntu 11.10 [Sabnzbd+/Sickbeard/Couch Potato/Headphones/Serviio]

  Author: codemonkey76 • Tags: ubuntu • Comments: 14

  The Perfect Media Server - Ubuntu 11.10 [Sabnzbd+/Sickbeard/Couch Potato/Headphones/Serviio] This tutorial shows how to install Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) and all the programs needed for the perfect media server to download all your media and stream it to your PS3. This setup includes Sabnzbd+ (an Open Source Binary Newsreader written in Python), Sickbeard (a PVR for newsgroup users), Couch Potato (an automatic NZB and torrent downloader), Headphones (automatic music downloader for SABnzbd), and Serviio (a free media server).

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• Centralized RSYSLOG Server Monitoring

  Author: SamTzu • Tags: debian, monitoring • Comments: 29

  Centralized RSYSLOG Server Monitoring This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install RSYSLOG server on Debian 6 (Squeeze) and how to send syslog data to it from multiple client servers. We will also show how to install an Apache webserver and a MySQL database server to gather the syslog data and how to install LogAnalyzer to easily browse the collected data with a web-browser.

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• AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Sendmail Mail Server

  Author: dervis • Tags: antivirus, email, freebsd, linux, security • Comments: 0

  AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Sendmail Mail Server This document describes how to deploy AVG Antivirus for Linux/FreeBSD to the Sendmail mail server. It is usable for AVG version 8.5, 10 and 2012.

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• Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Fedora 16

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: fedora, nginx, web server • Comments: 0

  Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On Fedora 16 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. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a Fedora 16 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.

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• Installing A Web, Email & MySQL Database Cluster On Debian 6.0 With ISPConfig 3

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: control panels, debian, email, ispconfig, mysql, web server • Comments: 46

  Installing A Web, Email & MySQL Database Cluster On Debian 6.0 With ISPConfig 3 This tutorial describes the installation of a clustered web, email, database and DNS server to be used for redundancy, high availability and load balancing on Debian 6 with the ISPConfig 3 control panel. MySQL Master/Master replication will be used to replicate the MySQL client databases between the servers and Unison will be used to Sync the /var/www (websites) and /var/vmail (email account data) folders.

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• Installing OpenVZ + Management Of VMs Through ISPConfig 3 (Debian 6.0)

  Author: till • Tags: virtualization, debian, control panels, openvz, ispconfig • Comments: 13

  Installing OpenVZ + Management Of VMs Through ISPConfig 3 (Debian 6.0) This tutorial describes the installation of an OpenVZ host server to manage virtual machines from within the ISPConfig 3 hosting control panel. OpenVZ is a lightweight virtualization technology for Linux servers, similar to jails on *BSD systems. ISPConfig 3 contains a module to manage OpenVZ virtual machines on the local server and on remote servers that run ISPConfig.

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• Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.10

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: lighttpd, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 0

  Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.10 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an Ubuntu 11.10 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

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• Changing Apache Server Name To Whatever You Want With mod_security On Debian 6

  Author: rayanfarmad • Tags: apache, security, debian, web server • Comments: 9

  Changing Apache Server Name To Whatever You Want With mod_security On Debian 6 In this tutorial I want to focus on how to change the Apache server name to whatever you want, so you can give your own name or sentence to Apache server headers that are sent to whois programs or websites, for example you can type "YTS","GWS" or "Microsoft-IIS/7.0" to misguide the hacker to guess which Linux OS or which version of Apache you are using.

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• Installing An Oracle-Ready CentOS 6.2 Server

  Author: eduardo.lago.aguiar • Tags: centos • Comments: 0

  Installing An Oracle-Ready CentOS 6.2 Server This is a tutorial for installing an Oracle-ready Linux box with CentOS 6.2, it covers the steps involved on the preparation of an Oracle-ready server for the further installation of Oracle Database Server/Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite on a multi-role server deployment.

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• Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On Ubuntu 11.10

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: apache, php, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 0

  Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On Ubuntu 11.10 This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an Ubuntu 11.10 server with PHP5 (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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