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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 12.10

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:12:12 +0200

Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 12.10

FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 12.10 server.

Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.3

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:11:52 +0200

Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.3

This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 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.

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 12.10

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:48:14 +0200

Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 12.10

This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with this setup. This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 12.10.

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.3 (LAMP)

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:21:49 +0200

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.3 (LAMP)

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

Install Piwigo Gallery On Nginx With Debian Wheezy

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:51:59 +0200

Install Piwigo Gallery On Nginx With Debian Wheezy

This tutorial shows how you can install and run a piwigo gallery site with nginx, configured for vhosts, on a Debian Wheezy system. Piwigo is a gallery-website with many plugins. In this sample we configure the vhost "gallery.domain.tld".

Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 6.4 Server

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:54:05 +0200

Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 6.4 Server

This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a CentOS 6.4 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V.

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.4

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:32:40 +0200

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.4

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 6.4 server with PHP5 support (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. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi.

Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (OpenSUSE 12.3)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:36:48 +0200

Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (OpenSUSE 12.3)

EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. It is a pass-through filesystem, not an encrypted block device, which means it is created on top of an existing filesystem. This tutorial shows how you can use EncFS on OpenSUSE 12.3 to encrypt your data.

Running ActiveCollab 3 On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:31:41 +0200

Running ActiveCollab 3 On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10

This tutorial shows how you can install and run activeCollab 3 on a Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu 12.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.

How To Run LinOTP On OpenSuSE 12.3 With PostgreSQL

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:06:37 +0200

How To Run LinOTP On OpenSuSE 12.3 With PostgreSQL

This tutorial describes the installation of LinOTP on OpenSUSE 12.3 using PostgreSQL as a token database. LinOTP is a two factor authentication solution with One Time Passwords. In the following Howto we are showing how to enable SSH authentication with LinOTP.

How To Upgrade OpenSUSE 12.2 To 12.3 (Desktop & Server)

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:36:58 +0200

How To Upgrade OpenSUSE 12.2 To 12.3 (Desktop & Server)

This guide shows how you can upgrade your OpenSUSE 12.2 desktop and server installations to OpenSUSE 12.3.

OpenSUSE 12.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 19:56:11 +0200

OpenSUSE 12.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend

This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on OpenSUSE 12.3 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.

Running PrestaShop 1.5.x On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:50:12 +0200

Running PrestaShop 1.5.x On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10

This tutorial shows how you can install and run a PrestaShop 1.5.x web site on a Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu 12.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.

Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 6.4

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:20:10 +0200

Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 6.4

In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 6.4 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.

Running Redaxo 4.4.x On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:11:53 +0200

Running Redaxo 4.4.x On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10

This tutorial shows how you can install and run a Redaxo 4.4.x web site on a Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu 12.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.