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CENTOS 5 virtual hosting howto
This howto is still under development please use with caution.
Introduction
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
OS installation
Requirements
To install the system you will need
- Centos 5.1 Install media
- A good internet connection
Install the Base system
- 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
