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 HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials -
HowtoForge provides user-friendly Linux tutorials about almost every topic.
If you've written a Linux tutorial that you'd like to share, you can contribute it. If you'd like to discuss Linux-related problems, you can use our forum. If you have questions, please contact us by email: info [at] howtoforge [dot] com or use our contact form.
Converting A VMware Image To A Physical MachineConverting A VMware Image To A Physical Machine
This tutorial shows how to convert an existing CentOS VM to a
Physical machine. This tutorial covers the cloning of the VM to an
unpartitioned HDD and troubleshoot some of the possible errors that you
may have booting the OS on your new hardware. To illustrate this
procedure I will use VMware Workstation 7 as the handler to transfer the
VM installation to a physical HDD.
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Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD (Relinux)
Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD (Relinux)
This article is about how to create a DVD image of your machine with the exact same software included on
the disk. This can be done using a software called Relinux.
Relinux is a fork of the recently discontinued Remastersys.
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Simple Linux Auditing
Simple Linux Auditing
Basic Linux system auditing is a bit tricky and data collected and
information of that is out of place and readability is not that good.
Recently this lead me to put together a Open Source code project and
develop simple BASH scripts that do the job nicely. The code and tar ball can be downloaded from both google code or from
SourceForge's website and the project website has links to
documentation, help, installation and code.
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Dualbooting Windows 7 And Linux Mint 12Dualbooting Windows 7 And Linux Mint 12
Dualbooting means having installed two operating systems on one hard disk and being able to boot
from any of them. This tutorial will explain how to install Linux Mint
12 alongside Windows 7 - the procedure however should be the same for
all Ubuntu based distributions and only slightly different for every
other.
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AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Postfix Mail ServerAVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Postfix Mail Server
This document describes how to deploy AVG Antivirus for Linux/FreeBSD to a Postfix mail server.
It is usable for AVG version 8.5, 10 and 2012.
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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.1 On A Headless Ubuntu 11.10 ServerVBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.1 On A Headless Ubuntu 11.10 Server
This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.1
on a headless Ubuntu 11.10 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI
to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop
environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called
VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a
remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.
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RedHat Cluster Suite And Conga - Linux Clustering
RedHat Cluster Suite And Conga - Linux Clustering
This how to describes an easy step by step installation of the RedHat
Cluster Suite on three CentOS nodes and prepare them as nodes of a
cluster. You will also install the Management suite which is web based
and is known as Conga.
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The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.2 x86_64 With nginx [ISPConfig 3]The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.2 x86_64 With nginx [ISPConfig 3]
This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 6.2 x86_64 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: nginx web server, Postfix mail
server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV,
Mailman, and many more. Since version 3.0.4, ISPConfig comes with full
support for the nginx web server in addition to Apache; this tutorial
covers the setup of a server that uses nginx, not Apache.
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How To Set Up Multi-Master Replication Using Tungsten And MySQL-Proxy For MySQL High Availability On Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTSHow To Set Up Multi-Master Replication Using Tungsten And MySQL-Proxy For MySQL High Availability On Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
This tutorial is based on my experience setting up Tungsten Replicator and MySQL-Proxy for a client's production setup.
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Securing Your ISPConfig 3 Installation With A Free Class1 SSL Certificate From StartSSLSecuring Your ISPConfig 3 Installation With A Free Class1 SSL Certificate From StartSSL
This tutorial shows how you can use a free Class1 SSL Certificate from StartSSL
to secure your ISPConfig 3 installation and get rid of self-signed
certificate warnings. The guide covers using the SSL certificate for the
ISPConfig web interface (both Apache2 and nginx), Postfix (for TLS
connections), Courier and Dovecot (for POP3s and IMAPs), and PureFTPd
(for TLS/FTPES connections). If you've installed monit and use HTTPS for
its web interface, I will show you how to use the StartSSL certificate
for it as well. This guide assumes you use Debian or Ubuntu; the
principle is the same for other distributions supported by ISPConfig 3,
but paths might differ.
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Use Minitube To Watch Youtube Videos On Your Desktop (Linux Mint 11)
Use Minitube To Watch YouTube Videos On Your Desktop (Linux Mint 11)
This article is about how to watch YouTube videos on your desktop
with a tool called Minitube.
Minitube is a piece of software with a nice GUI that lets you enter
keywords into a searchbar just like on youtube.com to display a list
where you can choose your desired video from. It is then played
directly in the graphical interface without the need to install any
flash player for your browser or even open it.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 16 (LAMP)Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 16 (LAMP)
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.
This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a
Fedora 16 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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Installing An Oracle-Ready CentOS 6.2 ServerInstalling An Oracle-Ready CentOS 6.2 Server
This is a tutorial for installing an Oracle-ready Linux box with
CentOS 6.2, it covers the steps involved on the preparation of an
Oracle-ready server for the posterior installation of Oracle Database
Server/Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite on a multi-role server deployment.
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The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.2 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3]The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.2 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3]
This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 6.2 x86_64 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 nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV,
Mailman, and many more. Since version 3.0.4, ISPConfig comes with full
support for the nginx web server in addition to Apache; this tutorial
covers the setup of a server that uses Apache, not nginx.
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Ubuntu 11.10 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam BackendUbuntu 11.10 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on
Ubuntu 11.10 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.
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