CentOS - Feb 2012 - Please I'd like to install 2 websites on my un managed VPS on CentOS6

Hello
I've got an un managed VPS running CentOS6
I'd like to install 2 websites and secure the whole VPS
I've tried tutorials from the how to forge website but things keep 
screwing all the time.
Please if any one can help or give a good working tutorials that would 
be awesome.
Thanks a lot
WI,

Am I asking stupid questions to get no answers?

On 23/02/2012 09:42 AM, Wuxi Ixuw wrote:
> Hello
> I've got an un managed VPS running CentOS6
> I'd like to install 2 websites and secure the whole VPS
> I've tried tutorials from the how to forge website but things keep 
> screwing all the time.
> Please if any one can help or give a good working tutorials that would 
> be awesome.
> Thanks a lot
> WI,

I'd like to learn indeed but feel like lost in a very big ocean.
please if you may give any outline that would be awesome or even a title 
for a good book to start with.

On 23/02/2012 09:15 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> and where is the difference between a real server and a VPS
> in the context of a webserver ->  hint: there is none!
>
> you have two choices:
>
>   * read many manuals and learn the needed things
>   * to not use VPS at all and switch to a maintained hosting
>
> there is no easy way for " i have no technical knowledge but i
> want to have simple instructions for making a secure root-server"
>
> if you have not the knowledge, not the time to learn
> and not the money to let do people who can simply
> do not such things!
>
> Am 23.02.2012 20:05, schrieb Wuxi Ixuw:
>
> Please suggest a one as I am keep goggling and all result bring books
> dealing with linux as a real server and not a vps.
>
> On 23/02/2012 07:01 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:19 AM, Wuxi Ixuw<w7u64xi7 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> I am afraid if I get hacked and do not know what should i do to
setup
>>> the whole vps the right way.
>> There are many large books on the subject.  If you don't want to
spend
>> your life staying ahead of the game:
>>      Use popular software
>>     Don't change defaults you don't understand
>>     Keep it up to date
>>     Use good passwords
>>
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On 02/23/12 12:54 PM, Wuxi Ixuw wrote:
> Really thanks a lot for your reply.
> Please is it possible if you have a little time to talk in messenger 
> or use team viewer to connect to my computer?
> Thanks a lot :) 
I wouldn't do that sort of thing for less than US$1000/day.  I'm way to 
busy to be doing your job too.

(you can find much cheaper systems adminstrators, I'm an engineer).


-- 
john r pierce                            N 37, W 122
santa cruz ca                         mid-left coast

On Thursday, February 23, 2012 03:58:10 PM Wuxi Ixuw
wrote:
> Ok,
> I've made up my mind to dive and learn ... so to learn the right way 
> like what professional do ... what shall I do?
First, try not to top post.

Second, download the CentOS 6.2 installation media and install it on your own
hardware, reading through the excellent upstream documentation (linked from the
www.centos.org website).  Read through the CentOS wiki HOWTOs and such.  And
play around with your system, feeling free to reinstall it (or re-clone it, for
a VM) at any time.  Live with it to learn it, really.

HowtoForge has some nice articles on setting up servers to do various things;
read through a few that use CentOS 6 as the base, and attempt to implement on
you testing CentOS server.  Then attempt on your VPS.

Expect to spend quite a bit of time on the process; Rome wasn't built in a
day, and neither is admin experience.

On Thursday, February 23, 2012 05:35:32 PM Wuxi Ixuw
wrote:
> Ok, I've found many versions from it, one for 700 MB and others for a 
> DVD, which one I should get?
While I specifically stated the installation media, you should get both the DVD1
and DVD2; specifically, assuming a 32-bit system (you mentioned trying on a
Pentium 4 or Pentium D, so 64-bit may not be an option, and isn't really
necessary for a 'lab' machine anyway; you do need as much memory as you
can cram in that old Optiplex, with an absolute minimu of 1GB (and it's
going to top out less than 4GB anyway....)), you need to download, from a
mirror:
CentOS-6.2-i386-bin-DVD1.iso
CentOS-6.2-i386-bin-DVD2.iso

While DVD2 is somewhat optional, it won't hurt to have it on hand just in
case.

The LiveDVD and LiveCD options boot up to a usable desktop, and you can install
from them, but if you're wanting the *server* install experience you need
the others, not the LiveDVD or LiveCD.

Now, go give it a whirl, make sure you read the documentation on installation on
the CentOS.org website, and come back in a few days when you've played with
that installation a while.

On Thursday, February 23, 2012 07:25:09 PM Rob Kampen
wrote:
> On 02/24/2012 12:25 PM, Wuxi Ixuw wrote:
> > Is it advised to install on a virtual machine like vmware or a real
> > computer?
> If you are going to use CentOS 6 - as a VM host it must be installed on 
> a 64 bit architecture!
I think he was asking more about a guest install rather than a host.

I'd echo the comment Les made and recommend to the OP to 'try both.'
Virtual installs and physical installs are a tad different, but virtual has some
distinct advantages, especially in terms of quick cloning, snapshotting with
rollback capabilities for testing, etc.  But virtualization brings with it
another layer; and I would go as far as saying that, once you've gotten some
experience, and if you have 64-bit hardware at your disposal, that you might
want to attempt duplicating your hosted VPS environment completely, on you own
'host' as then you can test with the exact configuration you're
using in production.  That would mean the same VPS packages, the same
'guest' install options, and the same host OS packages.

But before throwing so many new layers in the mix try I'd recommend to the
OP to get familiar with it one layer at a time; too many layers at once can be
very confusing if you don't know enough to separate the effects of each
layer.