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Script For Automatically Setting Up A Perfect Server On OpenSUSE 11.4 And Installing ISPConfig 3

, and in the end it also installs ISPConfig 3.

Please note: do not execute this script on an already working server, because this script may overwrite configuration files and break the running system. It is only meant to be used on a fresh installation of OpenSUSE 11.4.

If you are installing on OpenSUSE 11.2 or OpenSUSE 11.3, please be sure to use another version of this script (also available on www.howtoforge.com).

There are few things missing from the tutorial, as I have found it. I have made a script, based on the tutorial, that prepares a system, and which contains several steps that, if not done, leave the system unfinished in some way.

Notable additions:

fail2ban configurationSuSEfirewall2 enabled
Pure-ftpd configuration change (allow renames, change passive ports and permissions) Postfix certificate generation Apache SSL certificate generation, and switching ISPConfig to HTTPSFix of NameVirtualHost apache config with OpenSUSE (important for Apache to recognize multiple domains from ISPConfig) Setup of rdiff-backup with cron Fixed dovecot configuration to enable SSL and support courier-compatibilityFixed pam_mysql to work on 64-bit systemsFixed amavis to find clamd socketInstalled eAcceleratorFixed apache custom errors pathInstall and configure awstatsConfigure apache and awstats to use mod_logio for correct bandwidth measurement

The script is imperfect in the fact that it requires manual entries twice - when mysql_secure_install is run, and when ispconfig_update_svn is run. (I use svn, because ISPConfig latest SVN looks much nicer, but one can type stable as well - on production systems, you should use stable!)

Do

zypper update

and

reboot

before running this script.

Also better change host name (file HOSTNAME) manually with yast2 before running this script, so that OpenSUSE will put a proper name into Postfix configuration.

This script requires two manual actions:

First - when mysql_secure_install is run.
Second - for ISPConfig3 update, if SVN update is chosen, one may need to say 'y' to enable SSL, while for all other options - one can choose a default value by just pressing ENTER.

You should change the following variables in the script before you run it:

THIS_PLATFORM: Either x86_64 or i586.

MYSQLROOTPASS: Please change MYSQLROOTPASS, and be sure to enter it verbatim during the installation of mysql_secure_install.

MY_HOSTNAME, MY_DOMAIN: Change this to your server name. By default it's configured to server1.mydomain.com. If your web site hosts a complete domain, such as domain.com, still leave something for MY_HOSTNAME. server1 or host is a good name.

ISPCONFIG_TAR_GZ: Make sure that ISPCONFIG_TAR_GZ holds the latest available ISPConfig 3 version. Beware, that automatic piping to answer all the questions is set up to work with ISPConfig 3.0.3.3, and you may need to change that part of the script, if ISPConfig is of a later version.

Save the script on your server (e.g. /root/opensuse_ispconfig3.sh):

vi /root/opensuse_ispconfig3.sh

#!/bin/sh

# OpenSUSE 11.4 Perfect Server ISPConfig script by George Yohng (georgesc#oss3d.com)
# Script Version 2.1

# Do zypper update and reboot before running this script

# Also better change host name manually with yast2 before running this script.

# This script requires two manual actions.

# First - when mysql_secure_install is running. One should type a new mysql password, the same as here
# Second - for ISPConfig3 update. One should type 'svn' when the update type is asked
# For both of scripts, all other options are default, one can just press ENTER.


# Also, please change MYSQLROOTPASS below, and be sure to enter it verbatim
# during the installation of mysql_secure_install.

# Important: When setting an MX entry, point it to mail.yourdomain.com rather than
# just to yourdomain.com, and create a CNAME entry for mail. Otherwise it doesn't
# seem to work somehow.

# Platform is x86_64 or i586

THIS_PLATFORM

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How To Set Up A Postgresql 9.0 Hot Standby Streaming Replication Server With Repmgr On OpenSUSE 11.4

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In this tutorial I will run 2 OpenSUSE 11.4 32-bit bare bone servers under VMware Workstation, both servers were built from OpenSUSE 11.4 network installation iso, which you can download from http://www.opensuse.org.

pgmaster: 192.168.5.187 (master database server)
pgslave: 192.168.5.188 (slave database server, or standby)
And modify /etc/hosts in both servers to have above 2 records.

 

Step 1. Install postgresql on both master and slave serverzypper install postgresql postgresql-contrib postgresql-server

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How To Upgrade DRBD Userland Version To 8.3.9 Under OpenSUSE 11.4

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In this tutorial I will run 2 OpenSUSE 11.4 32-bit servers under VMware Workstation, both servers were built from OpenSUSE 11.4 live-CD, which you can download from http://www.opensuse.org.

Both servers have 2 disks:

/dev/sda: OpenSUSE system OS;

/dev/sdb: for DRBD only

Server names and network addresses:

drbd1: 192.168.5.129

drbd2: 192.168.5.137

 

Step 1. Install kernel-source, gcc, flex, make On Both Serverszypper install kernel-source gcc flex make

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The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11.4 (GNOME)

This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 11.4 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.

I want to say first that this is not the only way of setting up such a system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

To fully replace a Windows desktop, I want the OpenSUSE 11.4 desktop to have the following software installed:

The GIMP - free software replacement for Adobe Photoshop F-Spot - full-featured personal photo management application for the GNOME desktopGoogle Picasa - application for organizing and editing digital photosFirefoxOperaChromium - Google's open-source browser Flash Player 10 FileZilla- multithreaded FTP client Thunderbird - email and news clientEvolution - combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task list management functionsTransmission BitTorrent ClientEmpathy - multi-platform instant messaging clientSkypeGoogle EarthXchat IRC - IRC client LibreOffice Writer - replacement for Microsoft Word LibreOffice Calc - replacement for Microsoft Excel Adobe ReaderGnuCash - double-entry book-keeping personal finance system, similar to Quicken Scribus - open source desktop publishing (DTP) applicationAmarok - audio player Audacity - free, open source, cross platform digital audio editorBanshee - audio player, can encode/decode various formats and synchronize music with Apple iPods MPlayer - media player (video/audio), supports WMA Rhythmbox Music Player - audio player, similar to Apple's iTunes, with support for iPods gtkPod - software similar to Apple's iTunes, supports iPod, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod photo, and iPod miniXMMS - audio player similar to Winampdvd::rip - full featured DVD copy programSound Juicer CD Extractor - CD ripping tool, supports various audio codecsVLC Media Player - media player (video/audio)Helix PlayerTotem - media player (video/audio)Xine - media player, supports various formats; can play DVDs Brasero - CD/DVD burning programK3B - CD/DVD burning programMultimedia-CodecsBluefish - text editor, suitable for many programming and markup languagesKompozer - WYSIWYG HTML editor, similar to Macromedia Dreamweaver, but not as feature-rich (yet)Quanta Plus - web development environment, including a WYSIWYG editorVirtualBox - lets you run your old Windows desktop as a virtual machine under your Linux desktop, so you don't have to entirely abandon Windows TrueType fontsJavaRead/Write support for NTFS partitions

As you might have noticed, a few applications are redundant, for example there are two CD/DVD burning applications in my list (Brasero, K3B). If you know which one you like best, you obviously don't need to install the other applications, however if you like choice, then of course you can install both. The same goes for music players like Amarok, Banshee, Rhythmbox, XMMS or browsers (Firefox, Opera, Chromium).

I'm using the OpenSUSE 11.4 GNOME Live-CD in this tutorial to set up the system. You can download it from here: http://software.opensuse.org/114/en

I will use the username falko in this tutorial, and I will download all necessary files to falko's desktop which is equivalent to the directory /home/falko/Desktop. If you use another username (which you most probably do ;-)), please replace falko with your own username. So when I use a command like

cd /home/falko/Desktop

you must replace falko.

Download the OpenSUSE 11.4 GNOME Live-CD iso image, burn it onto a CD, and boot your computer from it:

Select openSUSE Live GNOME:

This is how the live desktop looks. Click on the Live Installer icon to start the installation:

The installer starts. Select your language and keyboard layout and click on Next:

Select your time zone:

On the partitioning screen, you can either customize the partitioning, or you accept the default partitioning (which is also available as LVM - select LVM Based if you'd like to use the default partitioning with LVM):

Create a user account for yourself. If you check Use this password for system administrator, your user password will also be the root password:

Before the actual installation begins, the installer displays a summary of your settings. If the settings are ok, click on the Install button:

Confirm that you want to begin the installation - the hard drive will be formatted:

An OpenSUSE 11.4 image with default settings is now being copied to the hard drive:

After the installation, the installer asks you to reboot the system. Click on Reboot Now - this will immediately reboot the computer:

Before the system boots up again, please remove the LiveCD from the CD drive.

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The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11.4 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]

This is a detailed description about how to set up an OpenSUSE 11.4 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. In the end you should have a system that works reliably, and if you like you can install the free webhosting control panel ISPConfig 2 (i.e., ISPConfig runs on it out of the box).

I will use the following software:

Web Server: Apache 2.2.17 with PHP 5.3.5, Ruby, and Python Database Server: MySQL 5.1.53Mail Server: PostfixDNS Server: BIND9FTP Server: proftpd POP3/IMAP: I will use Maildir format and therefore install Courier-POP3/Courier-IMAP.Webalizer for web site statistics

Please note that this setup does not work for ISPConfig 3! It is valid for ISPConfig 2 only!

I want to say first that this is not the only way of setting up such a system. There are many ways of achieving this goal but this is the way I take. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

To install such a system you will need the following:

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.

Boot from your OpenSUSE 11.4 DVD and select Installation:

Select your language, keyboard layout and accept the licence terms:

The installer analyzes your hardware and builds the software repository cache:

Select New Installation:

Select the region and timezone:

We select Other > Minimal Server Selection (Text Mode) here as we want to install a server without X-Window desktop. The X-Window system is not necessary to run the server and would slow down the system. We will do all administration tasks on the shell or through an SSH connection, e.g. via PuTTY from a remote desktop.

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VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.0 On A Headless OpenSUSE 11.3 Server

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This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.0 on a headless OpenSUSE 11.3 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a remote desktop connection, so there's no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

 

1 Preliminary Note

I have tested this on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server (host system) with the IP address 192.168.0.100 where I'm logged in as a normal user (user name admin in this example) instead of as root.

If you only have a root account, but no normal user account, create one as follows (user admin, group admin)...

# groupadd admin
# useradd -d /home/admin -m -g admin -s /bin/bash admin

... create a password for the new user...

# passwd admin

... and log in as that user.

 

2 Installing VirtualBox

To install VirtualBox 4.0 on our OpenSUSE 11.3 server, we need root privileges, therefore we run

$ su

First we have to find out what kernel we have installed:

# uname -a

server1:/home/admin # uname -a
Linux server1 2.6.34-12-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT 2010-06-29 02:39:08

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