Jeff Wilson

An experienced Linux veteran with many years of experience. Helping other Linux admins with frequent Linux and business-related blog posts on the RoseHosting blog. Techie by choice. Loving nature and travel. Happily married and father of two lovely children.

How to install LDAP 389 Directory Server on a CentOS 6 VPS

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how-to-install-ldap-389-directory-server-on-a-centos-6-vps In this article we will guide you through the steps on how to install LDAP 389 Directory Server (389 DS) on a CentOS 6 VPS.

What is 389 DS?

It is an enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for GNU/Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. The 389 Directory Server can be downloaded for free, and set up in less than an hour using the graphical administration console.

Some of the Key Features of 389 DS are:

  • High performance
  • Multi-Master Replication, to provide fault tolerance and high write performance
  • The codebase has been developed and deployed continuously by the same team for more than a decade
  • Extensive documentation
  • Active Directory user and group synchronization
  • Secure authentication and transport (SSLv3, TLSv1, and SASL)
  • Support for LDAPv3
  • On-line, zero downtime, LDAP-based update of schema, configuration, management and in-tree Access Control Information (ACIs)
  • Graphical console for all facets of user, group, and server management
  • and many more…

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Install PmWiki on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with Nginx

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pmwikiIn this article we will show you how to install PmWiki on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with Nginx.

PmWiki a free PHP based wiki system which is designed to be easy to install and customize as an engine for creating professional web sites with one to any number of content authors. The software focuses on ease-of-use, it is extensible and customizable so people with little IT or wiki experience will be able to put it to use. It uses regular files to store content and each page of the wiki is stored in its own file on the web server. The PmWiki wiki markup shares similarities with MediaWiki (used by Wikipedia) and it’s markup engine is highly customizable, allowing adding, modifying or disabling markup rules. It can also support other markup languages.

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How to setup a mailserver with Exim4 and DBMail on a Debian 7 VPS

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how-to-setup-a-mailserver-with-exim4-and-dbmail-on-a-debian-7-vpsIn this article we will walk you through the steps on how to setup a mailserver with Exim4 and DBMail on a Debian 7 (Wheezy) Linux VPS.

What is Exim4?

It is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems which is responsible for receiving, routing, and delivering e-mail messages.

What is DBMail?

It is fast and scalable sql based email service which stores email messages in a relational database. It supports multiple front-ends like IMAP4, POP3, ManageSieve, LMTP etc. and multiple back-ends like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQLite.

Main advantages of DBMail are:

  • Scalability
  • Manageability
  • Speed
  • Security
  • Flexibility

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Manage your domains’ DNS records with ease using RoseHosting’s DNS service

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DNSThe Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities.

The Domain Name System is an essential component of the functionality of most Internet services because it is the Internet’s primary directory service.

A name server is a computer hardware or software server that implements a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service. It translates an often humanly-meaningful, text-based identifier to a system-internal, often numeric identification or addressing component.

This service is performed by the server in response to a service protocol request.

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