[HowtoForge] Newsletter 10/18/2012

HowtoForge Newsletter 10/18/2012
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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 Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.2 (GNOME Desktop)
* How To Set Up An IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) On Fedora 17
* How To Use Glx-Dock/Cairo-Dock On Ubuntu 12.04
* Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Ubuntu 12.04 (Initiator And Target)
* How To Monitor Hard Drive Usage In Ubuntu Server Using The Visual Philesight CGI Script
* How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.2

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The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 12.2 (GNOME Desktop)
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This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 12.2 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-12.2-gnome-desktop




How To Set Up An IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) On Fedora 17
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Vuurmuur is a linux firewall manager. It takes a human readable rule syntax and turns it into the proper iptables commands. It supports logviewing, traffic shaping, connection killing and a lot of other features. Suricata is a relatively new network IDS/IPS. It's multithreaded for performance, supports IDS and IPS modes, can extract files from HTTP streams and has a lot of other features. Fedora 17 includes both Vuurmuur and Suricata in its repository. In this howto I'll describe how to get a functional IPS using only Fedora packages.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-an-ips-intrusion-prevention-system-on-fedora-17




How To Use Glx-Dock/Cairo-Dock On Ubuntu 12.04
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Glx-Dock/Cairo-Dock is an interactive dock (like the one you know from a Mac) that provides easy access to some of the files, folders, and applications on your computer, and more. You can use it with OpenGL (to use your graphics card) or without, and it is compatible with Compiz, but it can also run without a composite manager. It works under Unity, GNOME, KDE, and Xfce. This tutorial shows how to install and use Glx-Dock/Cairo-Dock on an Ubuntu 12.04 desktop (with Unity).

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-use-glx-dock-cairo-dock-on-ubuntu-12.04




Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Ubuntu 12.04 (Initiator And Target)
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This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running Ubuntu 12.04. AoE stands for "ATA over Ethernet" and is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows AoE initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) AoE target using normal ethernet cabling. "Remote" in this case means "inside the same LAN" because AoE is not routable outside a LAN (this is a major difference compared to iSCSI). To the AoE initiator, the remote storage looks like a normal, locally-attached hard drive.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/using-ata-over-ethernet-aoe-on-ubuntu-12.04-initiator-and-target




How To Monitor Hard Drive Usage In Ubuntu Server Using The Visual Philesight CGI Script
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This process will add a nice visual representation of the hardrive usage on your Ubuntu server which you can acces over your local network. It's based on "philesight" which is a nice clone of philelight.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-monitor-hard-drive-usage-in-ubuntu-server-using-the-visual-philesight-cgi-script




How To Set Up WebDAV With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.2
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This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with Apache2 on an OpenSUSE 12.2 server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the Apache server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. Of course, WebDAV can also be used to upload and download files.

You can find the document here:
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http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-webdav-with-apache2-on-opensuse-12.2


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