I apologise in advance for my sarcastic tone, but I'm having a bad week. My system is Ubuntu-704-feisty-32-minimal 2.6.20-16-server (processor is AMD). A couple of points from an experienced linux user you might like to consider to improve the (imho) somewhat brief manuals included with this application:- 1. I made a mistake during install (I said yes to all the creation of all those certificates, so now I need to enter my passphrase on every restart). Now I need to remove the app and re-install to correct this problem. imho the above "gotcha" needs to be made clearer in the install manual i.e. write it in big letters at the top of the page . a. WHAT IS THE NORMAL DIRECTORY STRUCTURE AND LOCATION OF ALL FILES INSTALLED BY THE APP ? b. IS THIS INFO IN THE INSTALL LOG ? c. WHERE IS THE INSTALL LOG ? Before i go screwing around with my server, i like to know what is going on on it. Frankly, if i wanted a "click and point" app, frankly I'd be using some sort of windoze server or whatever they have. I am an "under the hood " kind of guy ( in a very limited way of course.) 2. I follow the manual instructions and de-install the app by typing:- /root/ispconfig/uninstall You chose to uninstall the ISPConfig system! Do you also want to uninstall the objects (webs, users, databases, DNS entries etc.) created by the system? [y/n] y The prompt goes away and after a bit the enigmatic message "Connected successfully" appears. a. Isn't that a touch suscinct considering the 10 million files that were just (possibly ??) zapped in multiple locations on my system ? It reminds me a bit of the "mostly harmless" description of the human race from the "HitchHikers Guide to the Galaxy". b. Is there a log where all the file zapping was registered anywhere ? c. Is there anything I should check before I go ahead and install the darned ISPCONFIG program again ? Like did the files really all get removed or not or did the de-install script throw a tantrum halfway through and delete a bunch of vitally important bits of IT gubbins accidentally ???? Thanks in advance for your thoughts on the above points !
It's described on http://www.ispconfig.org/manual_installation.htm . The backend is in /root/ispconfig, the frontend in /home/admispconfig. The installation log is in the /var/log directory. If your system is set up according to the "Perfect Setup", you can simply install ISPConfig again.
ispconfig on ubuntu via apt ?? Thanks for that info. I went ahead in any case and first deinstalled the app, then re-installed it and everything worked okay so far. I am working how to configure e-mail, apache settings etc right now, so I guess I can't really claim to have tested anything yet. But no error messages to speak of. BTW I use ubuntu, and find the " apt-get install " method of getting and setting up apps, plus keeping them up to date to be extremely time-saving and useful. Is there a "deb" package available for this application and is it also available on the ubuntu repository mirrors to download as a package ? I can't seem to find it and was wondering if this was due to my ignorance or if there is a good reason for this (BSD licence perhaps ??).
No, there's no .deb package. Maybe we find the time some day to create one (if nobody else does it ).
