Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Mandriva 2008.0
Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed
for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can
install Lighttpd on a Mandriva 2008.0 server with PHP5 support (through
FastCGI) and MySQL support.
Fedora 8 Server Setup: LAMP, Email, DNS, FTP, ISPConfig (a.k.a. The Perfect Server)
This is a detailed description about how to set up a Fedora 8
server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web
server (SSL-capable), 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 32-bit version of
Fedora 8, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little
modifications as well.
Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
This document describes how to install a PureFTPd 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 and
upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will be
stored encrypted as MD5 strings in the database.
How To Make Desktop Applications Start Automatically After Login (GNOME)
You probably know this: you power on your machine, and immediately
after you’ve logged in you manually start your two or three favourite
applications. Why not have the system start these applications for you
automatically? This short guide shows how to accomplish this under
GNOME.
The Perfect Desktop – gOS 1.0.1
This tutorial shows how you can set up a gOS 1.0.1
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. gOS is a
lightweight Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu 7.10, that comes with
Google Apps and some other Web 2.0 applications; it uses the
Enlightenment 17 window manager instead of GNOME or KDE.
Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer (With Failover and Session Support) With HAProxy/Heartbeat On Debian Etch
This article explains how to set up a two-node load balancer in an active/passive configuration with HAProxy
and heartbeat on Debian Etch. The load balancer sits between the user
and two (or more) backend Apache web servers that hold the same
content. Not only does the load balancer distribute the requests to the
two backend Apache servers, it also checks the health of the backend
servers. If one of them is down, all requests will automatically be
redirected to the remaining backend server. In addition to that, the
two load balancer nodes monitor each other using heartbeat, and if the
master fails, the slave becomes the master, which means the users will
not notice any disruption of the service. HAProxy is session-aware,
which means you can use it with any web application that makes use of
sessions (such as forums, shopping carts, etc.).
Creating Virtual Machines In VMware Server From ISO Files Without Burning CDs/DVDs
This article explains how you can create virtual machines in VMware
Server from .iso files without burning the .iso file to a CD or DVD.
This way you can save lots of blank CDs/DVDs.
How To Upgrade Your Desktop From Mandriva 2007.1 To Mandriva 2008.0
This guide shows how you can upgrade your desktop from Mandriva 2007.1 to Mandriva 2008.0.
Installing Xen On An Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Server From The Ubuntu Repositories
This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen on an Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (Ubuntu 7.10)
server system (i386). You can find all the software used here in the
Ubuntu repositories, so no external files or compilation are needed.
Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer (With Failover and Session Support) With Pound/Keepalived On Debian Etch
This article explains how to set up a two-node load balancer in an active/passive configuration with Pound
and keepalived on Debian Etch. The load balancer sits between the user
and two (or more) backend Apache web servers that hold the same
content. Not only does the load balancer distribute the requests to the
two backend Apache servers, it also checks the health of the backend
servers. If one of them is down, all requests will automatically be
redirected to the remaining backend server. In addition to that, the
two load balancer nodes monitor each other using keepalived, and if the
master fails, the slave becomes the master, which means the users will
not notice any disruption of the service. Pound is session-aware, which
means you can use it with any web application that makes use of
sessions (such as forums, shopping carts, etc.).