[HowtoForge] Newsletter 04/22/2010

HowtoForge Newsletter 04/22/2010
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New HOWTOs:
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* The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jeos 9.10
* Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Ubuntu 9.10
* Installing Speed Dreams 1.4.0 RC1 On Ubuntu 9.10
* Creating Encrypted FTP Backups With duplicity And ftplicity On Debian Lenny
* How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny
* Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0
* Distributed Replicated Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0
* Backing Up With rsync And Managing Previous Versions/History

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The Perfect SpamSnake - Ubuntu Jeos 9.10
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This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Jeos based server as a spamfilter in Gateway mode. In the end, you will have a SpamSnake Gateway which will relay clean emails to your MTA. You will also be able to view your incoming queue, train your SpamSnake and carry out a few more advanced operations via MailWatch.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-spamsnake-ubuntu-jeos-9.10

Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Ubuntu 9.10
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This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on an Ubuntu 9.10 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.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-powerdns-with-mysql-backend-and-poweradmin-on-ubuntu-9.10

Installing Speed Dreams 1.4.0 RC1 On Ubuntu 9.10
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Speed Dreams is is a free, 3d cross-platform, open source motorsport simulation and racing game, released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This guide shows how to install it on an Ubuntu 9.10 desktop.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-speed-dreams-1.4.0-rc1-on-ubuntu-9.10

Creating Encrypted FTP Backups With duplicity And ftplicity On Debian Lenny
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When you rent a dedicated server nowadays, almost all providers give you FTP backup space for your server on one of the provider's backup systems. This tutorial shows how you can use duplicity and ftplicity to create encrypted (so that nobody with access to the backup server can read sensitive data in your backups) backups on the provider's remote backup server over FTP. ftplicity is a duplicity wrapper script that allows us to use duplicity without interaction (i.e., you do not have to type in any passwords).

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-encrypted-ftp-backups-with-duplicity-and-ftplicity-on-debian-lenny

How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny
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This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Debian Lenny system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-integrate-clamav-into-pureftpd-for-virus-scanning-on-debian-lenny

Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0
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This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Mandriva 2010.0. 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.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/creating-an-nfs-like-standalone-storage-server-with-glusterfs-on-mandriva-2010.0

Distributed Replicated Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On Mandriva 2010.0
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This tutorial shows how to combine four single storage servers (running Mandriva 2010.0) to a distributed replicated storage with GlusterFS. Nodes 1 and 2 (replication1) as well as 3 and 4 (replication2) will mirror each other, and replication1 and replication2 will be combined to one larger storage server (distribution). Basically, this is RAID10 over network. If you lose one server from replication1 and one from replication2, the distributed volume continues to work. The client system (Mandriva 2010.0 as well) 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.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/distributed-replicated-storage-across-four-storage-nodes-with-glusterfs-on-mandriva-2010.0

Backing Up With rsync And Managing Previous Versions/History
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This howto describes a method doing backups with rsync. This is done before, but this howto is also about managing previous versions, by copying to be changed and deleted items first to a history/version tree.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/backing-up-with-rsync-and-managing-previous-versions-history

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