Building a Server with FreeBSD 7
 

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Building a Server with FreeBSD 7

by No Starch Press

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Label:No Starch Press
Pages:288
Binding:Paperback
Publication Date:2008-04-01
Published By:No Starch Press
ASIN:159327145X
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The most difficult part of building a server with FreeBSD, the Unix-like operating system, is arguably software installation and configuration. Finding the software is easy enough; getting everything up and running is another thing entirely. The only option for many people has been to hire a consultant.

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 is for those of us who prefer to build our own server. If you're a small business owner looking for a reliable email server, a curious Windows administrator, or if you just want to put that old computer in the closet to work, you'll learn how to get things up and running quickly. Then, once you have a working system, you can experiment, extend, and customize as you please.

You'll learn how to install FreeBSD, then how to install popular server applications with the ports collection. Each package is treated as an independent module, so you can dip into the book at any point to install just the packages you need, when you need them. The book s modules cover topics like:

  • Running common FreeBSD admin commands and tasks
  • Managing the FreeBSD ports collection
  • Installing third-party apps like Apache, Courier-IMAP, SpamAssassin, CUPS, Cyrus SASL, MediaWiki, and WordPress
  • Setting up MySQL, NTP, ISC DHCP, ISC BIND DNS, PHP, OpenLDAP, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, and OpenVPN

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 will have you up and running fast, with minimum hassle. (Just be sure to send the money you save to the Unemployed Consultant Foundation.)

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As a Mac user I felt somewhat left out... - Reviewed on 2008-08-29
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This really is a very good book especially if you wish to build a server to provide services to Windows clients. I wish there was coverage for installing Netatalk and Avahi or other such zero configuration networking protocol to serve Mac clients. After all, FreeBSD is a UNIX type OS and Mac OS X is UNIX as well. With the rapid growth of the Mac OS in the last couple of years coverage of services to better work with the Mac would have been appreciated.
Good quick reference - Reviewed on 2008-07-24
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A good quick reference, and ties in well with the topics presented in Absolute FreeBSD (2nd ed) by M Lucas. But Lucas has a much better writing style, and gets across his technical info in a better way, by explaining why things work the way they do.

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 is kind of the quick and dirty, do this, do this, done. And although it has helped me set up FreeBSD on my first try as a competent server, I'm still trying to find out why the book tells you to do certain things and how components work together. With the info from Lucas in his books, you know how things work together and why you're instructed to do certain things.
A quick and Dirty Guide to FreeBSD - Reviewed on 2008-07-23
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I was initially very impressed by this book until I ran into a problem with the phpbb3 installation. Like so many other Tech books I'm learning to live with authors who don't actually don't try out the instructions in there own book. Notably you cannot successfully run the application phpBB3 the way it's laid out in the book. I was able to Google a solution to the problem, but then why buy the book? If Mr. Hong doesn't want to go into the details of a what "PHP" is or in this case php5-extensions, I'm ok with that. I like quick and dirty guides... but if Mr. Hong had actually spent the time to try out his own book these problems could have been avoided.

More aggravation came my when I found this book was ripped to the underground E-book market. Great! Another $30 bucks wasted.

So out of 5 stars I rate this a 3, A quick and Dirty guide to getting things done with FreeBSD. But buyers be warned, you must be willing to work your way through the dirt. There's plent of it.

-DML
A step by step guide sure to educate even the most clueless technophobes - Reviewed on 2008-07-11
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It may be a hard start, but the ultimate product will be worth it. "Building a Server with FreeBSD7: A Modular Approach" is a complete and comprehensive guide to building a web server with the free operating system known as FreeBSD. A step by step guide sure to educate even the most clueless technophobes, "Building a Server with FreeBSD7" covers simply everything that anyone needs to know to get the service up and running. An essential read for any open source fan who needs a server, and for community library computer collections.
Great start for those who want to see some action. - Reviewed on 2008-06-23
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1 customer found this review helpful.

I love to learn as much about a particular technology as I can. If this describes you, this might not be the book for you. This book will not go into all the details of Apache or MySQL. There are plenty of books out there on individual topics.

The reason I love this book is not because of all the detail it has, but because it gives you a good overview of how things should be setup and allow you to jump into action and build a working tangible server. This book gives you a good overview of how to put all the pieces together to build a functioning server.

If you are looking for a book filled with every detail, this is not for you. If you want a quick start in getting something up and running, buy this book. If you want a book that will go into detail n FreeBSD 7, check out Absolute FreeBSD: The Complete Guide to FreeBSD, 2nd Edition
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