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Create And Restore Partition Images With PartimageCreate And Restore Partition Images With Partimage
Backups are usually made in one of two ways - either file-based
which means that single files are backed up, often via synchronization
and on an external disk, or image-based which means that a whole
partition is stuffed into an image file that can be restored on the
partition, containing everything there was on it. This tutorial covers
image-based backups using Partimage from a live desktop environment.
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How To Configure Apache To Use Radius For Two-Factor Authentication On Ubuntu 12.04How To Configure Apache To Use Radius For Two-Factor Authentication On Ubuntu 12.04
This document describes how to add WiKID two-factor authentication to Apache 2.2.22 using mod_auth_radius on Ubuntu 12.04. It is also recommended that you consider using mutual https authentication for web applications that are worthy of two-factor authentication. Strong mutual authentication means that the targeted website is authenticated to the user in some cryptographically secure manner, thwarting most man-in-the-middle attacks. The use of cryptography is key. While some sites use an image in an attempt to validate a server, it should be noted that any man-in-the-middle could simply replay such an image.
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Running OXID eShop Community Edition (Version 4.5.9) On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10Running OXID eShop Community Edition (Version 4.5.9) On Nginx (LEMP) on Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10
This tutorial shows how you can install and run OXID eShop Community Edition (version 4.5.9) on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP).
OXID eShop is a feature-rich ecommerce platform; I will use the
Community Edition here which is licensed under an open source certified license
(GPL v3.0). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than
Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.
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Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS 3.0.x On Debian Squeeze
Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS 3.0.x On Debian Squeeze
This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Debian Squeeze. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS
here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was
a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several
peta-bytes. It aggregates various storage bricks over Infiniband RDMA or
TCP/IP interconnect into one large parallel network file system.
Storage bricks can be made of any commodity hardware such as x86_64
servers with SATA-II RAID and Infiniband HBA.
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The Perfect Desktop - Xubuntu 12.04The Perfect Desktop - Xubuntu 12.04
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Xubuntu 12.04
desktop 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.
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How To Manage Your Servers With Rex - Best PracticeHow To Manage Your Servers With Rex - Best Practice
(R)?ex is a server orchestration and configuration management tool.
With (R)?ex you can manage all your boxes from a central point through
the complete process of configuration management and software
deployment. In this guide I will show you with the help of a
project how to use (R)?ex to configure your servers and how to deploy
software.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (LAMP)Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (LAMP)
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.
This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Debian Squeeze
How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Debian Squeeze
mylvmbackup
is a Perl script for quickly creating MySQL backups. It uses LVM's
snapshot feature to do so. To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a
read lock on all tables and flushes all server caches to disk, creates a
snapshot of the volume containing the MySQL data directory, and unlocks
the tables again. This article shows how to use it on a Debian Squeeze
server.
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Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL And SquirrelMail (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS)
This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server 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, so that Courier
can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses. The resulting Postfix server is capable of SMTP-AUTH and TLS and quota. Passwords are stored in encrypted
form in the database. In addition to that, this
tutorial covers the installation of Amavisd, SpamAssassin and ClamAV. I will also show how to install SquirrelMail as a webmail interface.
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Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10)
Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10)
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 Debian
Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10 to encrypt your data.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)
This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise
Pangolin) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) 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 or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or
Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd,
SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers nginx (instead of
Apache), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier).
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How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Ubuntu 11.10How To Set Up Apache2 With mod_fcgid And PHP5 On Ubuntu 11.10
This tutorial describes how you can install Apache2 with mod_fcgid
and PHP5 on Ubuntu 11.10. mod_fcgid is a compatible alternative to the
older mod_fastcgi.
It lets you execute PHP scripts with the permissions of their owners
instead of the Apache user.
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Proxmox VE 2.x With Software Raid
Proxmox VE 2.x With Software Raid
Proxmox Virtual Environment
is an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running
Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines. Proxmox does not officially
support software raid but I have found software raid to be very stable
and in some cases have had better luck with it than hardware raid.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) desktop 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.
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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Squeeze
How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Squeeze
This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for
virus scanning on a Debian Squeeze system. In the end, whenever a file
gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it
if it is malware.
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