Help newbie setup vps

I got a cheap vps for learning and hosting non-critical sites. I got lamp installed. My question is how do I go about setting new domains to host, FTP and mail?

Everything is so easy on cpanel is there a easy SSH guide or something comparable to cpanel that it's free?

well yeah theres plenty ,raven core, direct admin, nothing is simpler than cpanel be prepared for problems.

I'd suggest to learn doing it the SSH way. It's a great skill and will come handy. Google "linode lamp guides" for a good place to start.

i'd recommend using nginx rather than apache... i think it's simpler and easier to setup... faster performance too

Are you guys using centos or Ubuntu?

Any good books you recommend?

Hi uuhoever

The question of the Distribution is a hard one - if not a religious I'd suggest you'd start with ubuntu because of the huge community and the load of of tutorials...

Not sure what you mean by: Guide for SSH... If its about how to etablish a SSH connection then its easy:
If you use mac or a linux - open a terminal and type:

ssh username@ip-of your server ---> ssh [email protected]

or even simpler:

ssh ip-of-your-server ---> ssh 10.127.87.34

If you use Windows: get Putty


To setup a ftp server on your VPS simply execute the commands below one after the other:
They will:
-install proftpd
-open an editor to edit the config file of proftpd
-restart proftpd


Assuming that you want to run several sites on that VPS and you intend to stick to apache: check the apache documentation for <VirtualHost>

If you really miss your cpanel - Here are a few open source alternatives:
http://www.ispconfig.org/ - Supports nginx
http://www.zpanelcp.com/
http://www.virtualmin.com/
http://openlsm.sourceforge.net/

cheers

Right now I figured out and got going a LEMP. By guide of SSH I meant what commands there are and stuff but now I realize what really matters is the distribution

I saw a bunch of Ubuntu guides but as of now I'm going for the old stable and enterprise ready centos 6.

I'm trying to keep costs low so no cpanel. I tried directadmin but somehow it messes up MySQL when I use it. I will try the free alternatives.

Thanks for the FTP pointers. What else do I need?

A mail handler? Recommendations?

Another question, some hosts advertise "fair use CPU" while others give you a set mhz like 2.5mhz. Which one would you pick and why?

uuhoever said:

Another question, some hosts advertise "fair use CPU" while others give you a set mhz like 2.5mhz. Which one would you pick and why?

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Fair use means they 're overselling like hell and will disable your account at the first sign of trouble.