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Building a Server with FreeBSD 7
A Modular Approach
by Bryan J. Hong

March 2008, 256 pp.
ISBN-10 1-59327-145-X
ISBN-13 978-1-59327-145-9


The most difficult part of building a server with FreeBSD, the Unix-like operating system, is arguably software installation and configuration. Finding the software is easy enough; getting everything up and running is another thing entirely. The only option for many people has been to hire a consultant.

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 is for those of us who prefer to build our own server. If you're a small business owner looking for a reliable email server, a curious Windows administrator, or if you just want to put that old computer in the closet to work, you'll learn how to get things up and running quickly. Then, once you have a working system, you can experiment, extend, and customize as you please.

You'll learn how to install FreeBSD, then how to install popular server applications with the ports collection. Each package is treated as an independent module, so you can dip into the book at any point to install just the packages you need, when you need them. The book's modules cover topics like:

* Running common FreeBSD admin commands and tasks
* Managing the FreeBSD ports collection
* Installing third-party apps like Apache, Courier-IMAP, SpamAssassin, CUPS, Cyrus SASL, MediaWiki, and WordPress
* Setting up MySQL, NTP, ISC DHCP, ISC BIND DNS, PHP, OpenLDAP, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, and OpenVPN

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 will have you up and running fast, with minimum hassle. (Just be sure to send the money you save to the Unemployed Consultant Foundation.)

Bryan Hong graduated with an aeronautical science degree and spent part of his career flying jets for a regional carrier in the eastern U.S. Since he was traveling constantly, he sought a way to centrally host a personal website, retrieve email, and access files when away from home. His research and experience installing FreeBSD led to the writing of this book.

contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: FreeBSD 7.0
Chapter 2: FreeBSD Ports Collection
Chapter 3: Apache HTTP Server
Chapter 4: Courier-Authlib
Chapter 5: Courier-IMAP Server
Chapter 6: CUPS Print Server
Chapter 7: Cyrus SASL
Chapter 8: DDClient
Chapter 9: Drupal
Chapter 10: ISC BIND DNS Server
Chapter 11: ISC DHCP Server
Chapter 12: Lynx
Chapter 13: MediaWiki
Chapter 14: MySQL Server
Chapter 15: NTP Server
Chapter 16: OpenLDAP Server
Chapter 17: OpenSSH Server
Chapter 18: OpenSSL
Chapter 19: OpenVPN Server
Chapter 20: PHP
Chapter 21: phpBB
Chapter 22: phpLDAPadmin
Chapter 23: phpMyAdmin
Chapter 24: Postfix SMTP Server
Chapter 25: Procmail
Chapter 26: Pure-FTPd Server
Chapter 27: Samba
Chapter 28: SpamAssassin
Chapter 29: SquirrelMail
Chapter 30: WordPress
Appendix A: Commands
Appendix B: Important Tasks
Appendix C: The Custom Kernel
Appendix D: The Protocols