For those who use ISPConfig, a new version has been released which offer support for Ruby as well as a Dutch translation of the user manual.

While this is a well know security measure, I still see so many Linux servers that allow root login through SSH that I thought I’d post it here.
Before you make change to your Linux box, make sure that you’ve got a normal user account created otherwise you’ll lock yourself out unless you’ve got physical access [...]

SysCP
From SysCP.org: SysCP, the System Control Panel is a server administration tool which enables an internet service provider to give their customers a web-based application to administrate their email addresses, their subdomains etc. The project was founded in autumn 2003 by Florian Lippert and was published on June, 15th 2004 under the GNU General Public [...]

When it comes to professional web hosting, I rather use commercial control panels. But there are times when free control panels will do the job just just well.
I’ve gathered a list of some free hosting control panels for you to check them out.

Sometimes your web server’s internal clock can be somewhat unreliable. While this may not have any considerable consequences on an isolated server or network, this can turn out to be a nightmare when you connect it to the Internet.

Although your virtual CentOS server should be working fine at this point, it is recommended to install the VMware Tools to increase performance and functionnalities.
The VMware Tools do not have to be downloaded or whatever: they are made available from the VMware Server console.

Now that you have installed VMware Server and that you’ve created a virtual machine, let’s go to the next step. We’re now going to select the package groups required to run our virtual web server and proceed to the installation.

Today I’m installing CentOS 5.1 on VMware Server as a test machine. I thought it could be helpful to some to know how to do this so here it is.First of all, if you don’t have VMware Server, you can get your free copy over at http://www.vmware.com/download/server/. I am currently running VMware Server 1.0.2 but [...]

Your website is now ready to be published and you’re searching for a web hosting plan. Going through several providers, you’re finally more confused over the available platforms and features. At this point you’ve probably noticed that providers offer Linux hosting while other have Windows servers. So what’s the difference and which one should you [...]