[HowtoForge] Newsletter 05/12/2011

HowtoForge Newsletter 05/12/2011
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*** Version 1.2 of the ISPConfig 3 Manual ***
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The next update of the ISPConfig 3 Manual is available in PDF format (version 1.2 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.3.3; Date: 05/04/2011).

Version 1.2 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.3.3 (Date: 05/04/2011)
Author: Falko Timme
308 pages

The manual can be downloaded from these two links:

http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/ispconfig-3-manual/
http://www.howtoforge.com/download-the-ispconfig-3-manual

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ISPConfig Monitor App for Android Phones
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With the ISPConfig Monitor App, you can check your server status and find out if all services are running as expected. You can check TCP and UDP ports and ping your servers. In addition to that you can use this app to request details from servers that have ISPConfig installed; these details include everything you know from the Monitor module in the ISPConfig Control Panel (e.g. services, mail and system logs, mail queue, CPU and memory info, disk usage, quota, OS details, RKHunter log, etc.).

Download/Usage
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For download and usage instructions, please visit http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig-3/ispconfig-monitor-app-for-android/ .

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New HOWTOs:
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* Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 11.04
* Installing KVM Guests With virt-install On Ubuntu 11.04 Server
* The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (Ubuntu 11.04) [ISPConfig 2]
* How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On Fedora 14
* How To Set Up Centralized Security Policy Management Across Multiple Remote Proxy Servers With SafeSquid
* How To Upgrade DRBD Userland Version To 8.3.9 Under OpenSUSE 11.4

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Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 11.04
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This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 11.04 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.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-kvm-on-ubuntu-11.04

Installing KVM Guests With virt-install On Ubuntu 11.04 Server
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Unlike virt-manager, virt-install is a command line tool that allows you to create KVM guests on a headless server. You may ask yourself: "But I can use vmbuilder to do this, why do I need virt-install?" The difference between virt-install and vmbuilder is that vmbuilder is for creating Ubuntu-based guests, whereas virt-install lets you install all kinds of operating systems (e.g. Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD) and distributions in a guest, just like virt-manager. This article shows how you can use it on an Ubuntu 11.04 KVM server.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-kvm-guests-with-virt-install-on-ubuntu-11.04-server

The Perfect Server - Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (Ubuntu 11.04) [ISPConfig 2]
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This tutorial shows how to set up an Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (Ubuntu 11.04) 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, Courier POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig 2 (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box).

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-natty-narwhal-ubuntu-11.04-ispconfig-2

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On Fedora 14
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FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to accept TLS sessions on a Fedora 14 server.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-configure-pureftpd-to-accept-tls-sessions-on-fedora-14

How To Set Up Centralized Security Policy Management Across Multiple Remote Proxy Servers With SafeSquid
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Enterprises with multiple geographically distributed locations, face challenges in enforcing a universal Internet Access Policy across the enterprise. Usually, each location deploy their own preferred content filtering solution, and hence can not synchronize the Corporate Internet Access Policy (CIAP) globally. SafeSquid's Multi-Proxy or Master-Slave feature allows you to enforce your CIAP universally across the enterprise, irrespective of the geographical location of a remote office. Master-Slave configuration ensures that policies are enforced globally, and that any changes made to the policies on the Master SafeSquid server, get synchronized to all the Slave servers across the Enterprise, in real-time, thereby greatly reducing an Administrators management overheads.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-centralized-security-policy-management-across-multiple-remote-proxy-servers-with-safesquid

How To Upgrade DRBD Userland Version To 8.3.9 Under OpenSUSE 11.4
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This documentation shows you how to compile the drbd package 8.3.9 based on the OpenSUSE 11.4 kernel source tree (we do need to build the kernel source tree, but we do not need to recompile the kernel). It is for test purposes only, and it works for my working environment and I cannot guarantee that this works for you.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-drbd-userland-version-to-8.3.9-under-opensuse-11.4

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