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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:23:45 +0200

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Fedora 13 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:46:52 +0200

Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13

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 13 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 13 GNOME Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8100)

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:15:31 +0200

Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 13 GNOME Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8100)

This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on a Fedora 13 GNOME desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8100 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. I will use the free nouveau driver in this tutorial instead of the proprietary NVIDIA driver. nouveau is an accelerated Open Source driver for NVIDIA cards that comes with experimental 3D support on Fedora 13 - on my test system 3D support was working without any problems.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Fedora 13 x86_64)

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:55:59 +0200

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Fedora 13 x86_64)

This document describes how to install a mail server based on Postfix that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses.

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13 (LAMP)

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:54:11 +0200

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13 (LAMP)

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Fedora 13 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Fedora 12

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:02:34 +0200

Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Fedora 12

This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on a Fedora 12 system. PowerDNS is a high-performance, authoritative-only nameserver - in the setup described here it will read the DNS records from a MySQL database (similar to MyDNS), although other backends such as PostgreSQL are supported as well. Poweradmin is a web-based control panel for PowerDNS.

Virtualization With KVM On A Fedora 13 Server

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:10:21 +0200

Virtualization With KVM On A Fedora 13 Server

This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a Fedora 13 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.

Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Fedora 12

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:10:37 +0200

Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Fedora 12

This tutorial describes how to scan emails for image spam with FuzzyOCR on a Fedora 12 server. FuzzyOCR is a plugin for SpamAssassin which is aimed at unsolicited bulk mail containing images as the main content carrier. Using different methods, it analyzes the content and properties of images to distinguish between normal mails (ham) and spam mails. FuzzyOCR tries to keep the system load low by scanning only mails that have not already been categorized as spam by SpamAssassin, thus avoiding unnecessary work.

The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 13 i686 (GNOME)

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:42:42 +0200

The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 13 i686 (GNOME)

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 13 desktop (GNOME) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

How To Install Ailurus 10.05 On Fedora

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:28:47 +0200

How To Install Ailurus 10.05 On Fedora

Ailurus is a small GPL application which helps install some nice software, clean yum cache, backup yum, etc. Currently Ailurus is available for Fedora 11, 12 and 13. This simple tutorial will explain how to install Ailurus, and how to solve the problems.

The Perfect Server - Fedora 13 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3]

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:18:16 +0200

The Perfect Server - Fedora 13 x86_64 [ISPConfig 3]

This tutorial shows how to prepare a Fedora 13 server (x86_64) 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 nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.

The Perfect Server - Fedora 13 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

Sun, 30 May 2010 23:24:49 +0200

The Perfect Server - Fedora 13 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 13 server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP5/Ruby/Python, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 64-bit version of Fedora 13, but should apply to the 32-bit version with very little modifications as well. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box).

How To Upgrade From Fedora 12 To Fedora 13 (Desktop & Server)

Fri, 28 May 2010 11:54:40 +0200

How To Upgrade From Fedora 12 To Fedora 13 (Desktop & Server)

This article describes how you can upgrade your Fedora 12 system to Fedora 13. The upgrade procedure works for both desktop and server installations.

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 12

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:50:17 +0200

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 12

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 12 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Fedora 12

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:50:12 +0200

Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Fedora 12

This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a Fedora 12 system. With mod_chroot, you can run Apache2 in a secure chroot environment and make your server less vulnerable to break-in attempts that try to exploit vulnerabilities in Apache2 or your installed web applications.