CENTOS 5 virtual hosting howto

This howto is still under development please use with caution.

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.x server to offer all services needed by virtual web hosters. These include web hosting,smtp server with (SMTP-AUTH and TLS,SPF,DKIM,Domainkeys),DNS,FTP,MySQL,POP3/IMAP,Firewall,Webalizer for stats.

I will use the following software:

• Database Server: MySQL 5.0.22
• Mail Server: Postfix 2.3.3
• DNS Server: BIND9 9.3.3
• Web Server: Apache 2.2.3 / PHP 5.1.6
• FTP Server: Vsftpd 2.0.5
• POP3/IMAP server: Dovecot 1.0
• Webalizer: for site statistics 2.01_10
• Virtualmin: Control panel

To install the system you will need

• Centos 5.1 Install media
• A good internet connection

• Boot from the DVD or CD media and at the boot prompt type linux text
• Skip the media test
• Select your language

• Select keyboard layout

• Configure your network, i will be using dhcp if you do not have dhcp you can use static entires

• Select Yes to initialize drive

• Select custom layout for partitioning type

• Create partitions

Continue to part 2