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Ubuntu Server Cookbook

By : Uday Sawant
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Ubuntu Server Cookbook

By: Uday Sawant

Overview of this book

Ubuntu is one of the most secure operating systems and defines the highest level of security as compared other operating system. Ubuntu server is a popular Linux distribution and the first choice when deploying a Linux server. It can be used with a $35 Raspberry Pi to top-notch, thousand-dollar-per-month cloud hardware. Built with lists that there are 4 million + websites built using Ubuntu. With its easy-to-use package management tools and availability of well-known packages, we can quickly set up our own services such as web servers and database servers using Ubuntu. This book will help you develop the skills required to set up high performance and secure services with open source tools. Starting from user management and an in-depth look at networking, we then move on to cover the installation and management of web servers and database servers, as well as load balancing various services. You will quickly learn to set up your own cloud and minimize costs and efforts with application containers. Next, you will get to grips with setting up a secure real-time communication system. Finally, we’ll explore source code hosting and various collaboration tools. By the end of this book, you will be able to make the most of Ubuntu’s advanced functionalities.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Ubuntu Server Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing phpLDAPadmin


In the previous recipe, we installed the LDAP service, but working with LDAP using the command line interface is quite a complex and lengthy task. This recipe covers the installation of a user interface, phpLDAPadmin. The phpldapadmin package provides an easy-to-use web-based user interface for the LDAP service.

Getting ready

Make sure that you have the LDAP service installed and running.

How to do it…

Follow these steps to install phpLDAPadmin:

  1. The Ubuntu package repository makes things easy again by providing the package for phpLDAPadmin. The web interface can be quickly installed in a single command as follows:

    $ sudo apt-get install phpldapadmin
    
  2. The installation process takes care of installing all dependencies including PHP and the Apache web server. It also creates necessary configurations and sets up Apache with the required settings for phpLDAPadmin. Once installation is complete, you can access the admin interface at http://youServerIP/phpldapadmin.

  3. Before we access...