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Submitted by falko (Contact Author) (Forums) on Thu, 2013-03-14 18:33. :: CentOS | ISPConfig | Web Server | Apache | Control Panels

The Perfect Server - CentOS 6.4 x86_64 (Apache2, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)

Version 1.0 Author: Falko Timme <ft [at] falkotimme [dot] com> Follow me on Twitter Last edited 03/14/2013 This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 6.4 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: Apache 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 Apache, not nginx. Please note that this setup does not work for ISPConfig 2! It is valid for ISPConfig 3 only! I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

ISPConfig 3 Manual In order to learn how to use ISPConfig 3, I strongly recommend to download the ISPConfig 3 Manual. On more than 300 pages, it covers the concept behind ISPConfig (admin, resellers, clients), explains how to install and update ISPConfig 3, includes a reference for all forms and form fields in ISPConfig together with examples of valid inputs, and provides tutorials for the most common tasks in ISPConfig 3. It also lines out how to make your server more secure and comes with a troubleshooting section at the end.

ISPConfig Monitor App For Android 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 (please note that the minimum installed ISPConfig 3 version with support for the ISPConfig Monitor App is 3.0.3.3!); 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.), and of course, as ISPConfig is multiserver-capable, you can check all servers that are controlled from your ISPConfig master server. For download and usage instructions, please visit http://www.ispconfig.org/ispconfig3/ispconfig-monitor-app-for-android/.

1 Requirements
To install such a system you will need the following:

Download the two CentOS 6.4 DVDs from a mirror next to you (the list of mirrors can be found here: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/6/isos/x86_64/). a fast Internet connection.

2 Preliminary Note
In this tutorial I use the hostname server1.example.com with the IP address 192.168.0.100 and the gateway 192.168.0.1. These settings might differ for you, so you have to replace them where appropriate.

3 Install The Base System

Boot from your first CentOS 6.4 DVD (DVD 1). Select Install or upgrade an existing system:

It can take a long time to test the installation media so we skip this test here:

The welcome screen of the CentOS installer appears. Click on Next:

Choose your language next:

Select your keyboard layout:

I assume that you use a locally attached hard drive, so you should select Basic Storage Devices here:

You might see the following warning - Error processing drive. If you see this click on the Re-initialize all button to proceed:

Fill in the hostname of the server (e.g. server1.example.com), then click on the Configure Network button:

Go to the Wired tab, select the network interface (probably eth0) and click on Edit...:

Mark the Connect automatically checkbox and go to the IPv4 Settings tab and select Manual in the Method drop-down menu. Fill in one, two, or three nameservers (separated by comma) in the DNS servers field (e.g. 8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4), then click on the Add button next to the Addresses area:

Now give your network card a static IP address and netmask (in this tutorial I'm using the IP address 192.168.0.100 and netmask 255.255.255.0 for demonstration purposes; if you are not sure about the right values, http://www.subnetmask.info might help you). Also fill in your gateway (e.g. 192.168.0.1) and click on the Apply... button:

The network configuration is now finished. Click on the Next button:

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It works and on Centos 6.5 Submitted by ShadoweElf (registered user) on Thu, 2014-03-06 20:40. I have installed this tutorial with Centos 6.5! One problem: You must uninstall eaccelerator... or delete file eaccelerator.ini from /etc/php.d becaouse it will not work with fasctgi (for Ispconfig)

few hours to discover the problem....

reply | view as pdf Serve ASP.NET websites with Mono Submitted by teraxit (registered user) on Fri, 2013-11-22 03:08. Hello, Here is the guide on how to make this setup to serve ASP.NET pages. Kind regards, Donatas reply | view as pdf BEWARE - THIS GUIDE AIN'T PERFECT Submitted by Brett (not registered) on Mon, 2013-07-08 10:23. I spent an afternoon following the guide to the letter, after trying previously, and ended up with a partially working server. Second time round, I realised the problem wasn't me. Once you get to the end, exhausted and excited... go back and read the comments to figure out issues with Dovecot setup, Postfix setup, Pro-FTP, SSL certificates to name a few. If you're here like I was (because you NEED a guide for this stuff) consider yourself warned. A sincere thanks to the Falko who put this guide together. Please work out the niggling bugs and it'll be worthy of the title 'Perfect Server'. Some of them are just a copy and paste from the comments into the guide so that they're not missed. reply | view as pdf Howtos | Mini-Howtos | Forums | News | Search | Contribute | Subscription Site Map/RSS Feeds | Advertise | Contact | Disclaimer | Imprint

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