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Tutorial: Using Solr with TYPO3 on Debian 7

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TYPO3's default search extension called "Indexed Search" is fine for small web sites, but if your web site is bigger (> 500 pages), it is getting very slow. Fortunately, you can replace it with a search extension that uses the ultra-fast Apache Solr search server. This tutorial explains how to use Apache Solr with TYPO3 on Debian Wheezy. read more...

permapage | score:9977 | -falko, May 23, 2013

Tutorial: Using Solr with TYPO3 on Debian 6

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permapage | score:9918 | -falko, May 16, 2013

Tutorial: Build a Debian 7 Server

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This tutorial shows how to prepare a Debian Wheezy server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) 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 or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers nginx (instead of Apache), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier). read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9879 | -falko, May 13, 2013

tutorial: Build a Debian 7 server

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This tutorial shows how to prepare a Debian Wheezy server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) 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 or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers Apache (instead of nginx), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier). read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9877 | -falko, May 9, 2013

Tutorial: Install a Streaming Audio Server with Icecast 2.3.3 on CentOS 6.3 x86_64 Linux

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This tutorial explains creating your own streaming audio server with Icecast (OGG/MP3). Icecast was designed to stream any audio file if a appropiate streaming client is available. For OGG/Vorbis you can use ices and for MP3 icegenerator. Here is a small tutorial how to set up Icecast for streaming OGG/Vorbis and MP3. read more...

permapage | score:9873 | -falko, January 16, 2013

Tutorial: Upgrade Debian 6 to 7

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The new Debian Wheezy has just been released. This tutorial explains how to upgrade your system from Debian Squeeze to Debian Wheezy. read more...

permapage | score:9852 | -falko, May 8, 2013

Tutorial: Build an Ubuntu 13.04 server

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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) 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 or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers nginx (instead of Apache), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier). read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9827 | -falko, May 3, 2013

Tutorial: Build an Ubuntu 13.04 Server (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot)

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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) 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 or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers Apache (instead of nginx), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier). read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9795 | -falko, April 30, 2013

Tutorial: Ubuntu 13.04 Samba Server with tdbsam

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This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 13.04 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access. read more...

permapage | score:9790 | -falko, May 2, 2013

Tutorial: PHP5-FPM with Apache2 on OpenSUSE 12.3

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This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 server with PHP5 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. read more...

permapage | score:9779 | -falko, April 28, 2013

Tutorial: Install Nginx, PHP5, PHP-FPM, and MySQL on CentOS 6.4

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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 a CentOS 6.4 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. read more...

permapage | score:9765 | -falko, April 1, 2013

Tutorial: Automatically add a disclaimer to emails with alterMIME (Postfix on Debian 6)

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This tutorial shows how to install and use alterMIME. alterMIME is a tool that can automatically add a disclaimer to emails. In this article I will explain how to install it as a Postfix filter on Debian Squeeze. read more...

permapage | score:9747 | -falko, January 18, 2013

Tutorial: Install Lighttpd, PHP5, MySQL on CentOS 6.4

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Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 6.4 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi. read more...

permapage | score:9738 | -falko, April 17, 2013

Tutorial: Run Joomla 1.7 on Nginx on Debian 6, Ubuntu 11.10

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This tutorial shows how you can install and run a Joomla 1.7 web site on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files. read more...

permapage | score:9728 | -falko, December 15, 2011

Tutorial: Webcam streaming your desktop plus audio with ffmpeg, crtmpserver, Flowplayer

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This tutorial is based on Ubuntu Lucid, but will work on later releases as well with small changes. I will show how I stream my desktop with audio from pulse and webcam from video4linux2. I will also show how to configure crtmpserver and flowplayer so you can watch the live stream from a web browser. In this scenario I use separate host for the tools. Flowplayer is installed on a server running Apache, crtmp server is on a separate server and ffmpeg is installed on the streaming desktop. read more...

permapage | score:9726 | -falko, June 19, 2012

Tutorial: Install Piwigo Gallery on Nginx (Debian 7)

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This tutorial shows how you can install and run a Piwigo gallery site with nginx, configured for vhosts, on a Debian Wheezy system. Piwigo is a gallery-website with many plugins. In this sample we configure the vhost "gallery.domain.tld". read more...

permapage | score:9724 | -falko, April 20, 2013

Tutorial: Replace Windows with Ubuntu 13.04

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This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04 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. read more...

permapage | score:9722 | -falko, May 5, 2013

Tutorial: Install Apache2, PHP5, MySQL on OpenSUSE 12.3

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LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support. read more...

permapage | score:9713 | -falko, April 21, 2013

Tutorial: PrestaShop 1.5.x on Nginx (Debian 7/Ubuntu 12.10

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This tutorial shows how you can install and run a PrestaShop 1.5.x web site on a Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu 12.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files. read more...

permapage | score:9701 | -falko, April 8, 2013

Tutorial: Multiple PHP Versions (Ubuntu 12.10)

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Since ISPConfig 3.0.5, it is possible to use multiple PHP versions on one server and select the optimal PHP version for a website. This feature works with PHP-FPM (starting with PHP 5.3) and FastCGI (all PHP 5.x versions). This tutorial shows how to build PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on an Ubuntu 12.10 server. These PHP versions can be used together with the default PHP (installed through apt) in ISPConfig. read more...

permapage | score:9682 | -falko, April 2, 2013

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