Linux

Linux is wonderful! However it can be a mess to setup.

These are some how-to and tricks for Linux (Debian / Ubuntu) servers and workstations.

Core features

Linux installation

• Partitions setup
• Network and hostname configuration
• VIM editor
• Sources
• Create user
• Useful programs
• Languages
• Drivers
• XFCE: screensaver bug fix

Specifics

• Prefer IPv4 over IPv6

Security

• Automatic updates
• SSH
• Firewall
• Fail2ban
• Anti-virus
• Rootkit cleaner
• SSL server
• VPN

Tweaks and tricks

• Clean Ubuntu
• Ubuntu tweaks

Linux Workstation (Mint / Ubuntu)

• Photo
• Multimedia
• Google stuff
• Linux Mint

User management

• Manage users and groups
• LDAP server
• LDAP client

Web

• FTP server

Web server configuration

• Apache 2
  • Apache 2- Redirection & rewrite
  • Apache 2 - proxy
  • Apache 2 - Custom error page
  • Apache 2 - Security
  • Apache 2 - Performances
  • Apache 2 - SSL certificates page
  • Apache 2 - LDAP access
• Cherokee

Web applications

• Tomcat

File share

• Samba server
• Webdav

Network

• DNS server
• DHCP server
• SNMP client

• 0. NetBoot server principle
• 1. NetBoot server setup - network Linux installation
• 2. NetBoot server setup - diskless clients
• 3. Diskless client setup
  • • Diskless image configuration - manual setup
    • Diskless image configuration - script setup
• 4. PXE menu
  • • PXE interactive menu - single level
    • PXE interactive menu - multi level

• Monitoring : IT components, servers and applications
  • 1. Zabbix server setup
  • 2. Zabbix agent setup

Other services

• NTP time sync
• Logwatch
• Mail server

Management UI

Webmin

Raspberry pi

• Raspbmc - XBMC HTPC

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Server / workstation setup

How to setup & maintain a Linux server or workstation with basics services.

Server / Workstation setup
Installation	Partitions setup	Specifics	Prefer IPv4 over IPv6
	Network and hostname configuration		XFCE: screensaver bug fix
	VIM editor		Drivers
	Sources
	Create user
	Useful programs
	Languages
	Automatic updates

Server / workstation setup

How to secure your server / workstation ?

Security
Basic	SSH	SSH client setup
		How-to generate SSH key
		SSH server using local user / password auth.
		SSH server using key auth.
		SSH server using LDAP user auth.
		SSH server using LDAP key auth.
	Local prevention	Anti-virus
		Rootkit cleaner
Advanced		Fail2ban
		SSL server
		VPN

Firewall

This section explains HOW to create, maintain and use a firewall with IpTables.

Firewall
Basics	Firewall principle
	Firewall basics
	Firewall VPN
	Firewall OUTPUT filters
	Firewall INPUT filters
Advanced	Firewall port forwarding
	Firewall source address filtering
Installation and scripts	Firewall installation scripts