Would be appreciated

The Boss

LPI Exams are a way to certified yourself about linux you can get more info here: http://www.lpi.org/

About RH well those are the redhat certified program but im still studying for those cause the exams are a little bit difficult, more info here:
http://www.redhat.com/certification/

You anwer gave the final push to aquire a linode account ^___^ (dunno if i can make a reference to you, but rest asure i'll let them now ^__^)

I also found this: http://www.directadmin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20133&highlight=nginx

So i'm going to try webmin & give it a shot and to DA as well thanx the tip to look for you in webmin looking forward to that

About the backup i also notice the FAQ in linode, so im going to make some space to do duplicate disks and why not keep on testing with rsync and bacula

Thanx again

-Manuel

No idea what any of those exams are, but very best of luck with them. Being a late developer, transpired that I learnt absolutely everything web-wise from the university of google, which is one of the main reasons i felt compelled to give something back with this blog .. gotta love opensource, whether it's software or wisdom. I was a hack for years, wasting my time with some real jobsworth companies .. sometimes I wonder what I'd be doing now had I started ripping up Linux from the age of dot .. guess I'll just have to live an extra 20 years to catch up! Mucha suerte, amigo.

"1. instead of using nginx, use DA? or do you think it would consume a lot of resources?"

Don't get your meaning here. I'm sure you know Nginx is a web server and DirectAdmin is a control panel. But if I answer what I think is your question, they are not compatible, no. They would be, if someone wrote a module for DA to snuggle up to Nginx.

.. I've researched this heavily. The closest anyone has got to making a CP mod for Nginx is with Webmin, which is probably better that any other CP anyhow cos it's so light. For some background on this, check out Nginx Control Panel and, for the required CP workarounds, Nginx Control Panel Workarounds.

Of course, the VPS Admin series - Maintain Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) .. V-P-S Admin, the sequel to the VPS Bible - sets out the actual workarounds and is a work in progress.

"2. The ConfigServer Firewall be used?"

Never used it, but probably all it does is to configure your pre-existing iptables, which is your firewall, so I imagine so. As well as the Bible's Set Up Unmanaged VPS (4 Newbies) - Part 6: Harden the Secure Shell (SSH) & Create a Firewall, you may find some useful reference in the Jaunty Bible's security tutorial, which is crammed with handy links too .. Shield Your Linux Box: iptables & Much Much More. But essentially, why not just configure iptables?

"3. The backups be done using bacula? or you recomend rsync?"

Never used bacula .. rsync is nice. Would be interested to hear other folks suggestions on this.

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Overall, I think you have to survey your clients, and your web hosting strategy. If they want simplicity over performance, Nginx is not the way to go. If they want performance and you guys, or they, are prepared to carry out a little sys admin, Nginx is an option, at least for one part of your solution. Or, pay/cajole someone to develop that Webmin module .. go to Webmin's site and search for me/Nginx on the forums adn join in the chat .. maybe together we can speed up development of that mod. .. Likely, that is the key to your satisfaction of the Nginx solution for your needs: a Webmin module.

Feed me back .. yours is an interesting scenario.

First off, great tutorials!

Im writing from mexico and i just passed lpi 1 & 2 exams ^__^ (im looking forward to RH cert too so these tutorials gave me a glance of what can be done with a vps), i have 3 questions, i work for a hosting company and we use DirectAdmin to manage our services and so the clients have a CP, using this great bible can we:

1. instead of using nginx, use DA? or do you think it would consume a lot of resources?
2. The ConfigServer Firewall be used?
3. The backups be done using bacula? or you recomend rsync?

Once again thanx so much for your tutorials and thanx for anyone who anwers this too.

Cheers

Manuel

ha, yes rsync and cron, that'll do .. i've got the damn thing half-written! give me a couple weeks because i seem to have a bunch of tuts half-written Meantime, no need to lose your shirt, in the VPS ADMIN series there's a couple guides already for casual backups ..

dbs .. Backup/Export MySQL DB with CLI & mysqldump
files .. Backup or Upload with Secure Copy SCP (Linux/Linux)
files alt .. Backup or Upload with PuTTY PSFTP (Windows/Linux)

will have this knocked out though. actually, i need to update the index for VPS ADMIN .. it's changed (and grown) again, heh.

What do you recommend?

Curious, thanks and kudos!
-Paul