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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 11.10 [ISPConfig 3]

Version 1.0
Author: Falko Timme
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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) 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 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:

If you've selected an uncommon combination of language and location (like English as the language and Germany as the location, as in my case), the installer might tell you that there is no locale defined for this combination; in this case you have to select the locale manually. I select en_US.UTF-8 here:

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: Anonymous

From "man hostname":

 /etc/hostname This file should only contain the hostname and not the full FQDN.

 /etc/hostname This file should only contain the hostname and not the full FQDN.

 

 you mislead people when you say to use:
 echo server1.example.com > /etc/hostname

By: Anonymous

When accusing someone of 'misleading' people, explain why the hostname must not contain the full FQDN.

By: Anonymous

It's not prohibited, just "not recommended".

Usually, you should not question such a "recommendation", some background services might rely on this.

 Just my 2 cts

By: norby

After a long winding road, finally something that actually works!!!!

So many HowTo's and none, except this one, worked for me.

Thanks folks!!!!!

I tried to install this one on a Ubuntu 12.04LTS 64 Bit, wich absolutely didn't work for me.

A big THANK YOU to all that are involved

Cheers

By: Robert

Shouldn't there be six filter files, one for sasl as well?  I get an error when I try to restart fail2ban only when sasl enabled=yes.  I can enable all others and restart, but sasl enabled must = no.

Thanks for all your help!