Alexander Dalloz ======= 2004-10-09 02:53:19 the original letter is：======= >Am Fr, den 08.10.2004 schrieb Lonnie Cumberland um 20:03: > >> I am wanting to learn how to set up am run a linux web hosting service >> as an opensource learning project to select some of the best >> applications to be included from around the web and using Fedora 2 as >> the platform. As I am new to this hosting I am sure not to use the >> correct terminology. > >A serious warning: start hosting for customers only if you have much >experience with all the involved services. And much means for over >years. Web hosting is no trivial job. > >> Could anyone please point me in the write direction to possibly locate >> some information on things like: >> >> 1. "web based control panels" that maybe similar to Plesk but >> opensource so users can control they hosting accounts. > >- http://www.web-cp.net/ >- >http://www.molesoftware.com/www/index.php?i18n=de&pid=1&title=Produkte&sub=4 > >> 2. Maybe a user registration/admin PHP script or so that they can set >> up a basic account on a server > >See above. > >> 3. Not sure how the domain registration works but I want to learn about >> that too. > >Then you should contact a registration company and ask for there >conditions and how they work. First you will have to learn >administrating DNS from scratch. www.tldp.org has a DNS (bind) howto. > >> 4. I would like to also implement a Dynamic DNS for users with dialup >> accounts as well. > >http://dag.wieers.com/howto/bits/bind-ddns.php > >> 5. Will implement things like SAMBA to the users accounts as well as >> offering them web, mail, and ftp services > >Samba for what? Samba has nothing to search in the field of webhosting. >Get familiar with secure services like IMAPs/POP3s, HTTPS and FTPS or >FTP/TLS. > How to do this??? Administrate the users and get the status when them online?? >> By the way, all of this is to be opensource and free >> >> Anyway, this should be some good learning on how to be a linux hosting >> service provider and I hope to get some good guidance from the forum. > >Don't expect you can get trained to be a Linux hosting service provider >from asking a bit and reading a few papers. I told you initially. It >needs a lot and long experience. > How to do it right now? on my first step, would you give me some guides? >> Lonnie > >Alexander > > >-- >Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 >Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.8-1.521smp >Serendipity 20:39:19 up 8 days, 23:05, load average: 0.87, 0.38, 0.30 >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = thanks very much! louis wang louiskingwang@xxxxxxx 2004-10-10
