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* '''[[setup-alpine]]''' ''(Configures all basic things on your Alpine Linux)'' | |||
* '''[[setup-acf]]''' (was named '''setup-webconf''' before Alpine 1.9 beta 4) ''(Configures ACF (webconfiguration) so you can manage your box through https)'' | |||
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* [[Enable Serial Console on Boot]] | * [[Enable Serial Console on Boot]] | ||
* [[Configure Networking]] | * [[Configure Networking]] | ||
* [[Setting up a ssh-server]] ''(Using ssh is a good way to administer your box remotely)'' | * [[Setting up a ssh-server]] ''(Using ssh is a good way to administer your box remotely)'' | ||
* [[Alpine Linux package management|Package Management (apk)]] ''(How to add/remove packages on your Alpine)'' | * [[Alpine Linux package management|Package Management (apk)]] ''(How to add/remove packages on your Alpine)'' | ||
** [[Alpine Linux package management#Local_Cache | How to enable APK caching]] | ** [[Alpine Linux package management#Local_Cache | How to enable APK caching]] | ||
* [[Upgrading to Edge]] | |||
* [[Alpine Linux Init System|Init System (rc)]] ''(Configure a service to automatically boot at next reboot)'' | * [[Alpine Linux Init System|Init System (rc)]] ''(Configure a service to automatically boot at next reboot)'' | ||
* [[Alpine local backup|Alpine local backup (lbu)]] ''(Permanently store your modifications in case your box needs reboot)'' | * [[Alpine local backup|Alpine local backup (lbu)]] ''(Permanently store your modifications in case your box needs reboot)'' | ||
Revision as of 09:51, 25 March 2012
Welcome to Tutorials and Howtos, a place of basic and advanced configuration tasks for your Alpine Linux.
The tutorials are hands-on and the reader is expected to try and achieve the goals described in each step, possibly with the help of a good example. The output in one step is the starting point for the following step.
Howtos are smaller articles explaining how to perform a particular task with Alpine Linux.
We encourage people to send in both complete articles as well as requesting topics to be covered. If you think you have the skills and knowledge to write an Alpine Linux related article please do so on this Wiki. If you want to request a topic, please add your request in this page's Discussion.
System
Initial setup
- setup-alpine (Configures all basic things on your Alpine Linux)
- setup-acf (was named setup-webconf before Alpine 1.9 beta 4) (Configures ACF (webconfiguration) so you can manage your box through https)
- Enable Serial Console on Boot
- Configure Networking
- Setting up a ssh-server (Using ssh is a good way to administer your box remotely)
- Package Management (apk) (How to add/remove packages on your Alpine)
- Upgrading to Edge
- Init System (rc) (Configure a service to automatically boot at next reboot)
- Alpine local backup (lbu) (Permanently store your modifications in case your box needs reboot)
Storage
- Setting up Logical Volumes with LVM
- Setting up a software raid1 array
- iSCSI Target and Initiator Configuration
- iSCSI Raid and Clustered File Systems
- High performance SCST iSCSI Target on Linux software Raid
Networking
- Configure Networking
- Howto Configure a Network Bridge
- Howto Configure static routes
- Using serial modem
- Using HSDPA modem
- Setting up Satellite Internet Connection
- Connecting to a wireless accesspoint
- Using Alpine on Windows domain with IPSEC isolation
Desktop Environment
Misc
- Manually editing a existing apkovl
- Changing passwords for ACF
- Formatting HD/Floppy/Other
- Back Up a Flash Memory Installation
Applications
Networking
- Setting up a OpenVPN-server with Alpine
- Setting up a ssh-server
- Generating SSL certs with ACF
- Setting up traffic monitoring using rrdtool (and snmp)
- Setting up unbound DNS server
- Setting up nsd DNS server
- Setting up a git repository server with gitolite and cgit
VoIP
Web
Webapps
- 2600hz FreeSWITCH, Asterisk GUI web acces tool.
- Awstats Free log file analyzer.
- Cacti
- Drupal Content Management System (CMS) written in PHP.
- EyeOS Cloud Computing Desktop.
- FreePBX_V3 FreeSWITCH, Asterisk GUI web acces tool.
- Glpi Information Resource-Manager.
- MediaWiki Free web-based wiki software application
- Ntop NetFlow collection and analysis using a remote fprobe instance
- Pastebin Pastebin software application
- Phpizabi Social Networking Platform.
- PhpPgAdmin Web-based administration tool for PostgreSQL.
- Phpmyadmin Web-based administration tool for MYSQL.
- Piwik A real time web analytics software program.
- Phpsysinfo A simple application that displays information about the host it's running on
- Redmine Project management system
- Request-Tracker Ticket system
- Roundcube Webmail system
- Smokeping Network latency monitoring
- Statusnet Microblogging Platform.
- Sqstat Script to look active squid users connections.
- Trac Enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects.
- Webmin A web-based interface for Linux system.
- WordPress Web software to create website or blog.
- Zabbix
- Hosting services on Alpine (This applies to hosting mail, webservices and other services)
Misc
- Multiple Instances of Services
- Setting up Transmission (bittorrent) with Clutch WebUI
- Freeradius Active Directory Integration
- Traffic monitoring (For Alpine Linux firewalls)
- Setting up NRPE daemon (Performs remote Nagios checks)
- Setting up lm_sensors
- Screen on console
- Using espeak on Alpine Linux
- IPTV How To
- Pllua
- Error message on boot: Address space collision: host bridge window conflicts with Adaptor ROM
Complete Solutions
- Replacing non-Alpine Linux with Alpine remotely
- Fault Tolerant Routing with Alpine Linux
- ISP Mail Server HowTo (Postfix+PostfixAdmin+DoveCot+Roundcube+ClamAV+Spamd - A full-serivce ISP mail server)
- ISP Mail Server Upgrade 2.x
- ISP Mail Server 2.x HowTo (Beta, please test)
- High Availability High Performance Web Cache uCarp + HAProxy for High Availability Services such as Squid web proxy
Drafts
Currently unfinished docs.
- Install Alpine on coLinux
- Using Racoon for Remote Sites
- Setting up Transparent Squid Proxy (Covers Squid proxy and URL Filtering system)
- Obtaining user information via SNMP (Using the Squark Squid authentication helper)
- Setting up Streaming an Asterisk Channel
- Setting up A Network Monitoring and Inventory System ((Nagios + OpenAudit and related components)
- Intrusion Detection using Snort Installing and configuring Snort and related applications on Alpine 2.0.x
- IP Accounting Installing and configuring pmacct for IP Accounting, Netflow/sFlow collector
- Howto Setup a Wireless Access Point Setting up Secure Wireless AP w/ WPA encryption with bridge to wired network
- Xen Dom0 Setting up Alpine as a dom0 for Xen hypervisor
- Disk Replication with DRBD
Obsolete Docs
Those are candidates for rewriting/removal.