First of all
you must install the following
yum install net-tools
yum install telnet
yum update
yum upgrade
Disable Selinux (This must be done on each node)
sed -i 's/enforcing/disabled/g'
/etc/selinux/config /etc/selinux/config
Disable firewall
(firewalld) (This must be done on each node)
systemctl disable firewalld
Once you are logged in to the server,
you can type the following commands to update all of your currently installed
packages to their latest available versions. After that, you’ll enable the
required packages for the ISPConfig by installing the “Development Tools”
bundle:
yum
-y install yum-priorities
yum update
yum
-y groupinstall 'Development Tools'
Install LAMP Stack
Once
the system is up to date, we can continue installing the LAMP stack with Apache,
MariaDB, PHP, NTP, and phpMyAdmin.
yum
install ntp httpd mod_ssl mariadb-server php php-mysql php-mbstring phpmyadmin
After
the LAMP stack has been successfully installed on your server, you can use the
commands below to start and enable the MariaDB service on the server.
systemctl
start mariadb.service
systemctl
enable mariadb.service
The next command is optional, but
recommended by us. You can run this command if you want to secure your MariaDB
server by disallowing remote root access, removing the test database, and
creating a root password.
mysql_secure_installation
When prompted, answer the questions
below by following the guide.
Enter current password for root (enter
for none): Press the [Enter] key - we do not have a password currently set.
Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
New password: Enter your password
Re-enter new password: Repeat your
password
Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
Remove test database and access to it?
[Y/n]: Y
Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y
Restart
the MariaDB server so that the changes take effect.
Install
Dovecot
You can
execute the following command to install Dovecot on your server:
yum -y
install dovecot dovecot-mysql dovecot-pigeonhole
When the
installation is complete, create a dovecot-sql.conf file using the command
below, after which you’ll make a symbolic link pointing back to the file
you just created:
touch
/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf
ln -s
/etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf /etc/dovecot-sql.conf
Now use the
following commands to restart and enable the Dovecot service on the server.
systemctl
restart dovecot.service
systemctl
enable dovecot.service
Install
Amavisd-new, ClamAV, and SpamAssassin
By using the next
command you will install ClamAV, Amavisd, and SpamAssassin, along with all of
these additionally required packages, all in one go.
yum -y
install amavisd-new spamassassin clamav clamd clamav-update unzip bzip2 unrar
perl-DBD-mysql
Install PHP
and Apache2 Modules
In this step, we
will install some required Apache and PHP modules, such as mod_php, mod_fcgid,
php-mysql, and so on. To proceed with the installation of the modules, use the
command below:
yum -y
install wget yum-utils
yum install
https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
yum install
http://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-7.rpm
yum-config-manager
--enable remi-php70
Install PHP and additional extensions.
yum -y
install php php-json php-mcrypt php-ldap php-xml php-bcmath php-mbstring
yum -y
install php-ldap php-mysql php-odbc php-pear php php-devel php-gd php-imap
php-xml php-xmlrpc php-pecl-apc php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-mssql php-snmp
php-soap php-tidy curl curl-devel mod_fcgid php-cli httpd-devel php-fpm perl-libwww-perl
ImageMagick libxml2 libxml2-devel python-devel
Install
PureFTPd
The most popular
method for transferring files from one server to another or from one place to
other is through the FTP protocol. In order to use this protocol, you’ll need to
install an FTP server first. We will install PureFTP server because it is
simple to install and easy-to-use. To install it on your server you only need
to execute the following command:
yum -y
install pure-ftpd
Install
BIND
BIND, or named, is
one of the most commonly used Domain Name System software packages available on
the Internet. In order for ISPConfig to be able to manage and configure the DNS
settings, you need to install the following packages on the server:
yum -y
install bind bind-utils
Install
ISPConfig
After we finish all
previous steps, it’s time to download and install ISPConfing 3 on the server.
We will use the wget command to make a copy of the official web link on the
ISPConfig website. To change the directory to /opt/ and download the ISPConfig
packages, run the next two commands:
cd /opt/
wget
http://www.ispconfig.org/downloads/ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
Once the package
has been downloaded, we’ll need to unpack it in order to use it. Unpack it with
the command:
tar -zxvf ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz
Then use the
following command to change the directory where the install script is placed.
cd
ispconfig3_install/install/
To start
the installation, you need to run this command:
php -q
install.php
The installation instructions are self-explanatory, with each
prompt describing exactly what sort of input ISPConfig expects. Once the setup
is complete, you can continue to the next step.
ISPConfig Login
Since the installation is completed, you should be able to access
the ISPConfig control panel on your web browser. Open your preferred web
browser and type your server’s IP address with the default configured port for
ISPConfig, as shown below.
Enter the
login credentials so that you can log in.
Upon login on the ISPConfig panel, you will see the panel
dashboard, as shown in the image below.
In this
article, we showed you how to install LAMP, Dovecot, Amavisd-new, ClamAV,
SpamAssassin, PureFTPd, BIND, and of course, ISPConfig. Now you can continue
exploring this open source control panel and check the possibilities that it
offers.
Ing Jose Montilva
