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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 12.10 (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)

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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) 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).

This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) 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).

http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-12.10-apache2-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3

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Comments (9)

caitlyn ·
After all, if the title says it's perfect I already know the point of the review, right?
penguinist ·
caitlyn I think you misunderstand the objective of the HowToForge "perfect" series.

These HowTos show how to "perfect" a system. In other words, the basic installation of a particular distribution doesn't leave the system in a state where it is ready to take on a particular mission. That comes by installing additional packages and applying some tweaks.

The HowToForge author is explaining in this tutorial how to take an Ubuntu 12.10 installation and to perfect it so that it can take on the mission of "Server".
caitlyn ·
Quoting:how to take an Ubuntu 12.10 installation and to perfect it so that it can take on the mission of "Server".
Mission impossible? Seriously, a six month release for a server?

Note to the Ubuntu fans: No, this isn't a critiism of Ubuntu as a server per se. The LTS release may be appropriate. I don't see how a six month release can be.
Steven_Rosenber ·
Some people are OK upgrading every six months ... and you can let Ubuntu ride for 18 months between upgrades; a year doesn't seem unreasonable.
JaseP ·
Personally, if I were to go with a Debian based server,... It would be,... well,... Debian. I agree that a six month, 18 month to end-of-life release is inappropriate for a server environment. At that point you might as well go with Debian unstable,... as a rolling or pseudo rolling release (some don't consider unstable to be a truly rolling release), and the basis for Ubuntu anyway... As an admin, you'd just have to keep an eye on packages a bit more carefully.
jdixon ·
> I'm waiting for a review of an imperfect server

I could write up a review of the Slackware file server at our house, Caitlyn. :)
hunky ·
Plenty of Windows server reviews out there.. ;-)
JaseP ·
Hey, nothing wrong with BSD servers,... When they work they work. Tremendous uptime there... And I know what will come next, ... so I'll beat you to the punch,... Sure, it's old tech, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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