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1. Introduction
This tutorial will help you setup a web server to host multiple domains. We will use EHCP, a
free control panel, to manage the server. The tutorial should be easy to follow even for
beginners and you'll probably need about an hour to have your server up & running. You will
need a unique static ip address for your server. This can be behind your nat router as long as
you set up port forwarding. You will need to know the ip address you want to assign to the
server, it's subnet mask, the default gateway and the ip for the dns server.
I used Ubuntu Server 8.04, but this should work on any Ubuntu or Debian version.
This page explains you how to install the base Ubuntu Server system and OpenSSH. If you
already know how to do that, you can jump to page 2.
Boot you computer from the Ubuntu CD, choose your language, then select "Install Ubuntu
Server."
Next you'll have to answer a few questions about your language and keyboard layout.
The Ubuntu installer will try to acquire an ip by DHCP; you'll change the ip address to a
static one later. Next you will have to enter the hostname (you can use anything you want).
Select your timezone:
Next you'll partition the disk. This will erase all data on the disk! Please be carrefull when
performing this step!
Next you'll have to wait for the base system to install. It may take a few minutes.
After your system reboots, you'll see the login prompt. Enter the username and password you
selected earlier.
Next you'll have to become root (you'll have to type your password again):
sudo bash
Because this is a server, we'll need a static ip address. Edit /etc/network/interfaces. Yor file
should look like this (use your own ip addresses):
nano /etc/network/interfaces
I replaced allow-hotplug eth0 with auto eth0; otherwise restarting the network doesn't work,
and we'd have to reboot the whole system. I have to thank Falko for this great tip!
nano /etc/resolv.conf
nameserver 192.168.1.1
/etc/init.d/networking force-reload
Now we'll update our linux system
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
wget http://www.ehcp.net/download
Please read the information carefully! Ehcp will send some information by email to it's
developer. If you don't want this to happen, read this forum post.
You'll be required to press enter a few times, then you'll have to choose a MySQL root
password (this can and should be different from your user password).
The setup script will ask you a few questions:
Next you'll have to choose your mail server configuration. Choose "Internet site" and type
your domain name.
Press ok to generate an SSL certificate (please read the notice before pressing ok):
In the phpmyadmin configuration screen select apache 2, then press ok.
That's it!
4. Use EHCP
Open a web browser (firefox, internet explorer etc.) on your desktop computer and enter the
server's IP in the address field. You should see a page with a link to your ehcp control panel.
Click that link and you should see something like:
Your username is "admin" and the password is the one you chose when you installed ehcp.