FFmpeg has been removed from Ubuntu 14.04 and was replaced by Libav. This decision has been reversed so that FFmpeg is available now in Ubuntu 15.04 again, but there is still no official package for 14.04. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install FFmpeg from mc3man ppa. Add the mc3man ppa: sudo ... Read more
ISPConfig 3 has two different configuration files, one for the server part and one for the interface. ISPConfig 3 Interface The config file location is: /usr/local/ispconfig/interface/lib/config.inc.php ISPConfig 3 Server The config file location is: /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/config.inc.php The MySQL root password that is used to create new MySQL databases only is stored in the file: /usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/mysql_clientdb.conf
High page speed and short page load times of your website are essential for good search engine rankings today. In this FAQ, I will show you how to enable caching of graphic and CSS files in apache on Ubuntu and Debian. The first step is to enable the expires module in apache: a2enmod headers expires ... Read more
The SCP command line is commonly used to copy files over SSH, and between popular Operating systems like Linux, Mac and Windows in a secure fashion. SCP is used to copy files to/from a remote server. It also allows you to copy files from one remote server to another remote server, without passing traffic through your PC.
Here is a list of ports that are used commonly on ISPConfig 3 servers. If you don't have all services installed or if you e.g. don't want to connect to MySQL from external servers, then close the unused or unwanted ports. TCP ports 20 - FTP Data 21 - FTP Command 22 - SSH 25 ... Read more
When you get a 500 error in a webpage hosted on Debian Linux (6.0) with apache webserver and fastcgi, take a look into the apache error.log file. This can either be the global error.log or the error.log of the website where you got the error. If you find a error similar to this one: [Fri Apr ... Read more
If you lost your ISPConfig 3 administrator password, you can reset it with the following SQL query. UPDATE sys_user SET passwort = md5('admin') WHERE username = 'admin'; The SQL query sets the password to "admin" for the user "admin", it has to be executed in the ISPConfig mysql database, e.g. with phpmyadmin. If you dont ... Read more
When you reorganize the structure of a website, you might want to redirect requests to files in a old folder to a new one without loosing the pagerank. In this example, I will redirect all requests from directory "olddir" to directory "newdir", so that requests like http://www.yourdomain.tld/olddir/page.htm get redirected to http://www.yourdomain.tld/newdir/page.htm without loosing the Google pagerank ... Read more
A copy of a incoming email can be sent to a second email address by adding a cc command to the "Custom Rules" field of the mailbox in ISPConfig. ISPConfig supports sieve as well as maildrop filter rules. The rule language depends on the LDA / POP3 / IMAP-Daemon that you use on your server. ... Read more
The following guide shows how to disable and remove mysql replication from two or more mysql servers. These steps can be used for master/slave and master/master mysql setups. The following SQL commands have to be be executed in phpmyadmin or with the mysql commandline program. It is just important that you are logged in as ... Read more