[HowtoForge] Newsletter 01/05/2012

HowtoForge Newsletter 01/05/2012
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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 - CentOS 6.1 x86_64 With nginx [ISPConfig 3]
* Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.1
* Installing iRedMail And Mailman On Debian Squeeze
* Configuring CAS On Ubuntu For Two-Factor Authentication With WiKID
* How To Monitor And Manage IPMI Management Console

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The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.1 x86_64 With nginx [ISPConfig 3]
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This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 6.1 x86_64 server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: nginx web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, Mailman, and many more. 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 nginx, not Apache.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-centos-6.1-x86_64-with-nginx-ispconfig-3

Installing Nginx With PHP5 (And PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.1
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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 an OpenSUSE 12.1 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-opensuse-12.1

Installing iRedMail And Mailman On Debian Squeeze
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I'm a big fan of iRedMail, which is basically a packaged version of Postfix and the other bits that make Postfix cool, like Spamassassin, greylisting and an LDAP or MySQL backend. One thing I wanted with iRedMail is Mailman, my favourite mailing list server. Integrating the two can be a mission though, so here's some instruction to save you from quite a bit of pain.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-iredmail-and-mailman-on-debian-squeeze

Configuring CAS On Ubuntu For Two-Factor Authentication With WiKID
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Single sign-on is a great technology. Requiring users to login to multiple applications is huge hassle, encourages password reuse and simple passwords. Security needs to focus on usability. If you can make a user's life better while increasing security, everybody wins. In this how-to we will set up the open-source CAS SSO product with the WiKID Strong Authentication Server for two-factor authentication for sessions and mutual https authentication for host authentication. Obviously using two-factor authentication for the login increases security because the user must have the factors to get access, in this case, knowledge of the PIN and possession of the private key embedded in the token. The CAS server is running on Ubuntu 11.04 Server and is using Radius to talk to the WiKID Strong Authentication Server Enterprise Edition.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/configuring-cas-on-ubuntu-for-two-factor-authentication-with-wikid

How To Monitor And Manage IPMI Management Console
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This guide provides an overview on how to monitor and manage IPMI Management Console with Verax NMS. The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a standardized computer system interface used by system administrators to manage a computer system and monitor its operation.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-monitor-and-manage-ipmi-management-console

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