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 OUTPUT filters
	Firewall INPUT filters
Advanced	Firewall port forwarding
	Firewall source address filtering
Installation and scripts	Firewall installation scripts