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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 10.10 [ISPConfig 3]

Version 1.2
Author: Falko Timme
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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.

Please note that this setup does not work for ISPConfig 2! It is valid for ISPConfig 3 only!

I do not issue any guarantee that this tutorial will work for you!

 

1 Requirements

To install such a system you will need the following:

 

2 Preliminary Note

In this tutorial I use the hostname server1.example.com with the IP address 192.168.0.100 and the gateway 192.168.0.1. These settings might differ for you, so you have to replace them where appropriate.

 

3 The Base System

Insert your Ubuntu install CD into your system and boot from it. Select your language:

Then select Install Ubuntu Server:

Choose your language again (?):

Then select your location:

Choose a keyboard layout (you will be asked to press a few keys, and the installer will try to detect your keyboard layout based on the keys you pressed):

The installer checks the installation CD, your hardware, and configures the network with DHCP if there is a DHCP server in the network:

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By: bibe
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Hi, and thanks for the well-detailed tutorial.

Just one (trivial?) question: is aptitude installed in an Ubuntu 10.10 server default install [I found that there was no aptitude on a 10.10-rc desktop default install]. If so, before the first aptitude command you should enter an

apt-get install aptitude

Thanks again, and keep up the good work!

By: Anonymous
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apt(APTitude)-get you can´t install a package with itself.

By: vinyll
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yes, you can install aptitude.

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~(Oh gee... sure would have been nice to experience the professional web site "before" experiencing the "professional" tutorial...) 

By: Anonymous
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Google chrome and Safari use the same layout engine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebKit

By: Kevin
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When you are installing the sever from disc you can manual config the IP address and gateway plus add the nameservers.

If you are not sure how to do that just wait till it find the dhcp setting the yuse the tab button to go back.

Or just unplug the network cable and you will get the option screen come up