How to setup your Linode with Red Hat Linux Small
by Craig Spurrier of Craigweb

Step One
Add to your Apt sources list theFedora Legacy Project updates.

joe /etc/apt/sources.list

Add

rpm http://download.fedoralegacy.org/apt redhat/9/i386 os updates legacy-utils

to /etc/apt/sources.list

Save(Ctrl-K S) and Exit(Ctrl-C).


Step Two
Update the sources file
Run

 apt-get update 

Step Three
Upgrade to the lastest version of any installed programs.
Run

 apt-get upgrade 

Step Four
Update your hostname

 echo yourdomainnamehere >/etc/hostname  

 /bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname 

Step Five

wget http://dag.wieers.com/packages/perl-Net-SSLeay/perl-Net-SSLeay-1.25-1.0.rh9.dag.i386.rpm

rpm -Uvh perl*

Step Six
Test your install

 perl -e 'use Net::SSLeay' 

No output means success.


Step SevenInstall Webmin
Install Webmin

wget http://aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/webadmin/webmin-1.180-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh webmin*

Step Eight
On your local computer point your web browser to https://yourdomain.com:10000 login as root.
Goto networking --> Network Configuration --> DNS Client change your hostname to your domain name.

Step Nine
Click Servers --> Apache and follow the prompts
Click Start Apache (at the top)

Step Ten
On your local computer point your web browser to http://yourdomain.com you should see a test page if you do your website is now working.

Step Eleven

Set Apache to start on boot.
Click on System --> Bootup and Shutdown. Put a chek by httpd and click start select on boot.

Step Twelve
Set up E-mail, Virtualmin, Ftp, Etc.


Rebooting may be required on some Linodes.

Fixed a few problems

I don't get it - why do you uninstall the openssl package and then custom compile a different version?

There is a bug in Net::SSLeay/Red Hat that requires Net::SSLeay and OpenSSl installed from source not RPM for Net::SSLeay. Net::SSLeay was the easiest (only?)way to use Webmin in SSl mode.

Stunnel?

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I am not sure what you are asking (commenting?) by Stunnel.

From looking at the Stunnel site it looks like it to would allow secure access, but it does not seem as if it would be as easy as using Net::SSLeay. If the question is why do we install it in step ten, it is because we removed it as a dependency in step six.

First, thanks for such an easy-to-follow method for getting the initial groundwork done.

A couple of notes...

- Step 4: the link to Webmin doesn't work for me. I had to use something like http://aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/source ... noarch.rpm . The prdownloads link is a link to the main "Select a Mirror" page for me.

- Step 9: When I test with perl -e 'use Net::SSLeay', it appears as though nothing happens -- is this the proper behavior to expect here?

- Step 10: For anyone copying/pasting in step 10, the whitespace after openssh-server needs to be deleted and replaced with a single blank space -- there are additional characters in there that cause apt-get to report that openssh-server does not exist.

- Step 11: This step is apparently redundant, as proftpd is one of the items listed in Step 10, so executing this just results in an alert that proftpd is already installed.

- Finally, even though I followed the instructions and was doing so with a fresh Red Hat 9 (Small) setup, trying to access https://mylinodeFQDN:10000 was unsuccessful. I had to first reboot for it to be accessible.

If you are just downloading it via website, easiest thing for me to remember is going to www.webmin.com and clicking on the download link (which points to http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/weba ... noarch.rpm)

The link in step four had an extra space, I have now fixed that, it should work now.



I think so. If any one with more Perl knowledge can say for sure it would be great.


Thank You, I have remove the space.


You are right, I have removed Step 11.


I guess I got lucky when I did it, I did not have to reboot when I set up my system I have added a note to the original post about it.

hi,

after following the steps above, to which domain name servers should i update at my registrar's (namesdirect.com) website?

thanks,
- hoan

The directions above do not cover DNS. You will need to either set up your own DNS server or use one of many good free services (Zoneedit.com). From a quick look at namesdirect site they do not appear to offer this service. When you have DNS set up either using your own DNS server or using a service you whould enter the information provide by the service the ip address of your DNS server.

That's correct: no output means success. If it couldn't find and load Net::SSLeay, you'd get an error message. That doesn't mean the that module works, of course, just that perl can find and load it.

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Thanks for the tutorial, but i'm a real newbie to linux server and i've a problem at the first line!!!
i've a lot of error, it look like the server can't connect to internet:
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/redhat/8.0/i38 ... release.os Temporary failure resolving 'ayo.freshrpms.net'
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/redhat/8.0/i38 ... st.updates Temporary failure resolving 'ayo.freshrpms.net'
Failed to fetch http://ayo.freshrpms.net/redhat/8.0/i38 ... se.updates Temporary failure resolving 'ayo.freshrpms.net'
....
and for example when i want to ping yahoo, i've this message:
yahping: unknown host www.yahoo.com

i've search for this problem on internet and find nothing
If you can help me, thanks a lot

http://www.linode.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=693

Sorry, i miss this , it's ok now
thanks

This thread has been very helpful, thanks. I've just got a new Linode 128 account with Red Hat Linux 9 Small and followed these steps exactly. It seemed to all worked fine, however now my account is showing no free disk space at all.

Total: 6144 Megabytes
Used: 6144 Megabytes
Free: 0 Megabytes

Any ideas what's gone wrong, or how to fix it ? Thanks.