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[DevilCrab]

Hello everyone,

i am just eager to learn managing and securing etc on a unmanaged VPS with a basic start of centOS 5.6 (32 bit) can anyone tell me where to begin ?

i have no idea what to begin with i have just a VPS with CentoS on it.

so can anyone give me a start on it and let me know some place or anything from where i can start and go to end on learning this.

Thanks in advance.

[raindog308]

Check out:

http://library.linode.com/

Even if your new VPS is not on linode, you can still read their library. It has many, many step-by-steps for setting up and running a VPS.

[rajj]

if yours is an open vz vps then you can start off at http://openvz.org they have a guide in pdf format on running and administering a open vz vps.

[DevilCrab]

Originally Posted by rajj

if yours is an open vz vps then you can start off at http://openvz.org they have a guide in pdf format on running and administering a open vz vps.

hmm ok !


but what if i have XEN ???

and thanks for the site-

http://library.linode.com/


i hope this will help out

[DevilCrab]

few more question-


i have got a VPS with 1Gbps line connection.

can anyone tell me how to test its speed ?

and also, how to check my VPS is properly configured and my Linux VPS security ?

Thanks.

[StableVDS]

Originally Posted by DevilCrab

few more question-


i have got a VPS with 1Gbps line connection.

can anyone tell me how to test its speed ?

and also, how to check my VPS is properly configured and my Linux VPS security ?

Thanks.

You can do a speedtest by downloading a test file at a location near your server.
You can try this one:

wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test

It will give you a speed in MB/s. Gbit lines should give you speeds within 90MB/s to 100Mb/s.

You are responsable to secure your vps. You can search online on google for server hardening. Changing your ssh port and limiting ssh logins.

The linode library shared above is a good way to start.

[DevilCrab]

Originally Posted by StableVDS

You can do a speedtest by downloading a test file at a location near your server.
You can try this one:

wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test

It will give you a speed in MB/s. Gbit lines should give you speeds within 90MB/s to 100Mb/s.

You are responsable to secure your vps. You can search online on google for server hardening. Changing your ssh port and limiting ssh logins.

The linode library shared above is a good way to start.

wow thanks man ! i will get on this.

[niks00789]

thanks guys !

searched google for changing ssh port and limiting ssh logins,

and got my prob solved

[StableVDS]

Originally Posted by niks00789

thanks guys !

searched google for changing ssh port and limiting ssh logins,

and got my prob solved

Always a pleasure

[Karlm]

Thank you from another VPS newbie..

[VectorVPS]

Linode library is a great resource.

Slicehost Articles is also great.

CentOS articles: http://articles.slicehost.com/centos

[dr markos]

here is some simple tutorials

http://dedicatedhostingtutorials.blo...dedicated.html

and
http://dedicatedhostingtutorials.blo...icated_14.html

and

http://dedicatedhostingtutorials.blo...ispconfig.html

i prefer the 1st link as kloxo is easy free and open source

[creativecodes]

I like to know more about Securing VPS

[abmm]

Hi thanks for make this thread im new in unmanaged vps , im success install nginx + mysql + php + mysql , but as this server is blank without any control panel can i know what is the best free control panel i can install in my centos vps? and i have 1 problem how can i point my domain name and dns to this new server ip? because at linode there dont have any guide or tutorial about this, hope someone can help me with this

thanks
shahril ahmad

[amigoserv]

Originally Posted by abmm

Hi thanks for make this thread im new in unmanaged vps , im success install nginx + mysql + php + mysql , but as this server is blank without any control panel can i know what is the best free control panel i can install in my centos vps? and i have 1 problem how can i point my domain name and dns to this new server ip? because at linode there dont have any guide or tutorial about this, hope someone can help me with this

thanks
shahril ahmad

most of control panels are installing mysql + php + mysql +Apache or ngix as well

the free control panel is like webmin or kloxo , and in these control panels you can
point your domain name and dns to this new server ip

N.B: if you want to install any control panel, the vps must be fresh without installing any services like MySQL Apache and other....