Hi!

Yes, i usually do that like you two, too (with tutorials and forums), but i have a new job where i have to travel more, so i want to learn while traveling, to spend the time more effectively. That would be a reason i need a book.

Also, sometimes i find it that two tutorials (writers of the tutorials) are conflicting each other (in terms of options, or optimal configuration) so i thought maybe there is a book which can help to decide/will give me stable basis knowledge.

Well it seems i will have to learn it the classical way (task specific tutorials, manuals, and lot of experimenting - of course i don't want to skip that part and i like to do that, but my work don't really let me do it in weekdays.)

At least, if you could help me, what are the main topics needed to learn to run a webserver:
installing php5 and extensions (what extensions are needed? like zend?) and configuration, mysql (maybe phpmyadmin) and configuration, nginx and configuration, bind and configuration, email and configuration, linux users and permissions, configuring firewall...

about security: chrooting bind,secure temp, securing ssh

Are there any more topic that i should learn about, and is important for a low end vps?
Also please post me some reliable up to date sources where you think i can find information about this. I know google, i can use google, but the internet is so full of outdated and not effective setups, that i find it kind of hard to learn the whole thing while maintaining security and effectivity.
mahjong Reviewed by mahjong on . Book to learn server management? Dear Webmasters, I'm in linux and vps hosting for more than a year now. I always used kloxo on my vps-s, and ubuntu as a desktop on my home environment. After all the time i decided to leave all the panels for web server and try to build/manage a server of my own from scratch (a lowendbox). Now, i used tutorials which succesfully helped to build those systems, but... Different developers and different webmasters (on different level) writing codes (with different level of reliability Rating: 5