VPS Command Line Tutorials

[Alex Dean]

On Jul 2, 2006, at 3:49 PM, keith smith wrote:

> I opted to not have a control panel because I hope to learn.

There's no better way! :)  You may have trouble finding an 'all in  
one' howto on these diverse topics.  Probably better to look for more  
focused articles, and stitch together the skills you need for your  
situation.

> What I would like to learn is how to create Zone files,

If you're just getting started, I think DNS can be a pretty hairy  
animal.  (I still prefer to let someone else handle mine.)  There's a  
great free service at everydns.net which will allow you to control  
just about everything you need to for your DNS.  I've had DNS for  
many production sites with them for years with no trouble.  Just an  
idea.

Here's some search results I just found :
http://www.freeos.com/articles/3956/
http://www.cramsession.com/articles/files/dns-demystified---the- 
zon-9172003-0852.asp

> Apache Vhost configurations,

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/vhosts/ (for Apache 2.0.  The 1.3  
version is basically the same.)
The O'Reilly "Apache Cookbook" has a really great set of tutorials on  
virtual hosting.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/apacheckbk/

> FTP configurations, and modify email accounts ETC from the command  
> line.

These 2 are going to depend on which FTP server and which mail server  
you are using.  You may say "which one should I use?" and the  
response will probably be "what do you want to use it for?".  Your  
server setup probably has something installed already, so maybe  
getting started with those is a good idea.  If you can figure out  
which ones they are, you can try the man pages or web searches for  
tutorials.

alex
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