[HowtoForge] Newsletter 11/24/2011

HowtoForge Newsletter 11/24/2011
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*** Version 1.3 of the ISPConfig 3 Manual ***
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The next update of the ISPConfig 3 Manual is available in PDF format (version 1.3 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.4; Date: 10/25/2011).

Version 1.3 for ISPConfig >= 3.0.4 (Date: 10/25/2011)
Author: Falko Timme
333 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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* The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3]
* The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.1 (GNOME)
* How To Upgrade OpenSUSE 11.4 To 12.1 (Desktop & Server)
* Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 11.10
* Running Mailman On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.04/11.10
* Stronghenge Application Firewall

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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 12.1 x86_64 With Apache2 [ISPConfig 3]
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This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 12.1 64bit (x86_64) server that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable) with PHP, CGI and SSI support, Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH, TLS and virtual mail users, BIND DNS server, Pureftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, Mailman, etc. 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.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-opensuse-12.1-x86_64-with-apache2-ispconfig-3

The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.1 (GNOME)
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This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 12.1 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.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-opensuse-12.1-gnome

How To Upgrade OpenSUSE 11.4 To 12.1 (Desktop & Server)
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This guide shows how you can upgrade your OpenSUSE 11.4 desktop and server installations to OpenSUSE 12.1.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-upgrade-opensuse-11.4-to-12.1-desktop-and-server

Virtualization With KVM On Ubuntu 11.10
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This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on an Ubuntu 11.10 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-11.10

Running Mailman On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.04/11.10
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The Mailman package from the Debian/Ubuntu repositories comes with a configuration for Apache, but not for nginx. This tutorial shows how you can use the Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.04/11.10 Mailman package in an nginx vhost. Nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/running-mailman-on-nginx-lemp-on-debian-squeeze-ubuntu-11.04-11.10

Stronghenge Application Firewall
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Stronghenge is an Out-of-Band Application Firewall that can inspect both HTTP and HTTPS traffic for attacks against your web applications. Since Stronghenge's detection engine is based off of the most widely deployed IDS/IPS technology worldwide, Snort, it's easy to start using. Additionally, since it's an Out- of-Band solution it requires little to no modification to your existing network. With Snort's powerful regular expression support, you can implement a positive or negative security model. With it's standalone decryption engine for RSA algorithms and custom Snort additions, it can be deployed as a single or multiple appliance configuration where one device can do decryption where the other can do detection and blocking. However, this tutorial will just cover how to deploy as a single appliance configuration.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/stronghenge-application-firewall

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