[HowtoForge] Newsletter 08/18/2011

HowtoForge Newsletter 08/18/2011
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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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* Changing From Microsoft Windows To Linux Mint 11
* Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04
* Ubuntu 11.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
* Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.0
* Internet & LAN Over VPN Using OpenVPN – Linux Server – Windows/Linux Clients – Works For Gaming & Through Firewalls
* How To Take Screenshots Of Your Android Smartphone
* Introduction To The Ubuntu Unity Desktop
* Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 15 (LAMP)
* Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Squeeze
* How To Install Scientific Linux 6.1

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Changing From Microsoft Windows To Linux Mint 11
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This is a tutorial for people originally using the Windows Operating System who want to try out Linux Mint 11. It is supposed to show the differences and similarities between the two systems and depict Linux' functions with examples.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/changing-from-microsoft-windows-to-linux-mint-11

Installing Cherokee With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 11.04
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Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy to configure Web Server. It supports the widespread technologies nowadays: FastCGI, SCGI, PHP, CGI, TLS and SSL encrypted connections, virtual hosts, authentication, on the fly encoding, load balancing, Apache compatible log files, and much more. This tutorial shows how you can install Cherokee on an Ubuntu 11.04 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-cherokee-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-11.04

Ubuntu 11.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
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This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 11.04 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.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/ubuntu-11.04-samba-standalone-server-with-tdbsam-backend

Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.0
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Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on a CentOS 6.0 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-nginx-with-php5-and-php-fpm-and-mysql-support-on-centos-6.0

Internet & LAN Over VPN Using OpenVPN – Linux Server – Windows/Linux Clients – Works For Gaming & Through Firewalls
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The aim of this tutorial is to enable you to set up a little VPN that will let you do many things – but my primary goal when trying to get this to work was to allow me and my friend (who sits behind a firewalled network at University) to play the new games that would not work over Hamachi because they did not ship with LAN and required an always-on internet connection (DRM). His network also uses traffic shaping and blocks UDP packets, making online gaming impossible.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/internet-and-lan-over-vpn-using-openvpn-linux-server-windows-linux-clients-works-for-gaming-and-through-firewalls

How To Take Screenshots Of Your Android Smartphone
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Unfortunately it is not possible to directly take screenshots of an Android phone (e.g. by tapping on a button). This tutorial shows you how you can take screenshots of an Android smartphone with the help of a computer where the Android SDK is installed.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-take-screenshots-of-your-android-smartphone

Introduction To The Ubuntu Unity Desktop
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This tutorial is supposed to guide the reader through some new features of the Unity desktop, Ubuntu's new desktop environment used since Ubuntu 11.04. The prime subject will be the launcher, which is something like a side-dock, and how to configure it the way it fits your likings most.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/introduction-to-the-ubuntu-unity-desktop

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 15 (LAMP)
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LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Fedora 15 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-fedora-15-lamp

Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Debian Squeeze
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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 set up ProFTPd with TLS on a Debian Squeeze server.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/setting-up-proftpd-tls-on-debian-squeeze

How To Install Scientific Linux 6.1
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Scientific Linux 6.1 is a Linux release put together by Fermilab, CERN, and various other labs and universities around the world. Its primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common install base for the various experimenters. The base SL distribution is basically Enterprise Linux, recompiled from source. Their main goal for the base distribution are to have everything compatible with Enterprise, with only a few minor additions or changes. An example of of items that were added are Alpine, and OpenAFS. This tutorial shows the process of installing Scientific Linux 6.1 using the DVD based method.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-scientific-linux-6.1

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