I’ve been busy making some websites and paid 5 dollars for some L.A.M.P hosting, but after being very frustrated by the server not functioning properly I decided I would get up my own server. I was deciding between FreeBSD, CentOS or ArchLinux.
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How To Set Up MySQL Database Replication With SSL Encryption On CentOS 5.4
This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL using an SSL connection for encryption (to make it impossible for hackers to sniff out passwords and data transferred between the master and slave).
Read more »Paravirtualization With Xen On CentOS 5.4 (x86_64)
This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 3.0.3) on a CentOS 5.4 (x86_64) system. Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called "virtual machines" or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0).
Read more »OpenLogic — Like Novell — Supports Red Hat Clone
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux clones debate returns as a company with Microsoft connections adds a new service
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Why Red Hat doesn't see CentOS as a Linux rival
We are not actively chasing users of CentOS, but rather find that enterprises are naturally turning to Red Hat for the value of the Red Hat subscription model and support," Bill-Peter said.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Clone CentOS Gets Commercial Support
Free, community-driven versions of Linux don't often benefit from commercial enterprise support efforts.
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OpenLogic offers CentOS Linux support for enterprises
OpenLogic have announced that they are expanding their commercial support services for open source packages to include CentOS Linux. The company offers indemnification for a certified range of around 500 open source packages and a choice of either Developer Support with a four hour response time during business hours or Production Support with a one hour, round-the-clock response time.
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Learning The MYSQL Basics
The basics for MySQL are important to understand so you can make adjustments. The first in the series showed you how to set up a LAMP Server, the second in the series showed you how MySQL needs to be configured and this now shows some of the basic settings that you need to know.
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The Perfect Server - CentOS 5.4 x86_64 [ISPConfig 2]
This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.4 server (x86_64) that offers all services needed by ISPs and web 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.
Read more »VirtualBox on CentOS 5.3: port forwarding
How to redirect HTML requests on port 80 of CentOS (i.e. host) to Ubuntu running on VirtualBox (i.e. guest).
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Mini-Course: Manage Users with Quotas
The quotas mini-course is designed to help you implement quotas for users and groups. Quotas are a way to guarantee resources for your users. The guarantee of resources to your users is fundamental to good system administration. When users run out of space there is always trouble and you can be sure as administrator that trouble will be pointed at you.
Read more »Virtual Users & Domains With Postfix, Courier, MySQL & SquirrelMail (CentOS 4.8 i386)
This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database used by Postfix.
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Explaining Why We Don't Endorse Other Systems
"We're often asked why we don't endorse a particular system—usually a popular GNU/Linux distribution. The short answer to that question is that they don't follow the free system distribution guidelines. But since it isn't always easy to see how a particular system fails to follow the guidelines, we still get these questions.
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The Future of CentOS and Criteria For Choosing a Business Distribution
The whole time the dispute between the CentOS developers was in the news development moved forward and patches were released. CentOS was never a one man show. It was perhaps in danger of forking or a name change but it never really was anywhere near point of death.
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CentOS is NOT Dying, It’s Just Bad Reporting
Media FUD about CentOS is refuted. Boycott Novell runs on a CentOS server, so it is painful to watch The Register and some other publications spreading FUD about the project.
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