Introduction
There are many ways to do virtual websites under linux. The technique I am going to use is multiple domains on one ip address. I also didn't want to use system users for the virtual hosts. So I decided to use a mysql database to store the virtual user information.
Setting Up The Base Server
For a dedicated server start with the base server setup for CentOS 5.x.
Install Softwre
We need to install is proftpd with mysql support. Type:
> yum -y remove vsftpd
> yum -y install proftpd proftpd-mysql
Now lets download and install proftpd admin.
> wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/proftpd-adm/proftpd_admin_v1.2.tar.gz
> tar -xzvf proftpd_admin_v1.2.tar.gz
> mv proftpd_admin_v1.2 /usr/share/proftpd_admin
Configuring Apache
- First we need to create a user called virtwww. We will also make the directory world writable.
> adduser -m virtwww
> passwd virtwww
> chmod a+rwx /home/virtwww - Create the virtual host config file. We will use the name the brouser passes to us to determin the website to load. Type
> echo "UseCanonicalName Off" > /etc/httpd/conf.d/virtual.conf
> echo "VirtualDocumentRoot /home/virtwww/%0" >> /etc/httpd/conf.d/virtual.conf - restart apache
> service httpd restart - Make a directory with your server's ipaddress as its name. Example
> mkdir /home/virtwww/192.168.1.100 - create a test index.html page in your new directory.
Configuring ProFTPD
- Create the following proftpd config file
> mv proftpd.conf proftpd.conf.old
> nano -w /etc/proftpd.conf
# This is the ProFTPD configuration file
# Load modules for sql support
LoadModule mod_sql.c
LoadModule mod_sql_mysql.c
ServerName "Servername"
ServerType standalone
ServerIdent on "Servers identifying string"
DeferWelcome off
DefaultServer on
DefaultRoot ~ !adm
AllowOverwrite on
UseReverseDNS off
IdentLookups off
Port 21
Umask 022
MaxInstances 15
MaxClientsPerHost 3 "Only %m connections per host allowed"
MaxClients 10 "Only %m total simultanious logins allowed"
MaxHostsPerUser 1
User ftp
Group ftp
ScoreboardFile /var/run/proftpd.score
# Some logging formats
LogFormat default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
LogFormat auth "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s"
LogFormat write "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b"
# Define log-files to use
TransferLog /var/log/proftpd/xferlog
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/access_log WRITE,READ write
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/auth_log AUTH auth
ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/paranoid_log ALL default
SQLLogFile /var/log/proftpd/mysql
# Set up authentication via SQL
# ===========
AuthOrder mod_sql.c
SQLAuthTypes Backend
SQLConnectInfo proftpd_admin@localhost proftpd password
SQLUserInfo usertable userid passwd uid gid homedir shell
SQLGroupInfo grouptable groupname gid members
SQLUserWhereClause "disabled=0 and (NOW()<=expiration or expiration=-1 or expiration=0)"
SQLHomedirOnDemand on
# Log the user logging in
SQLLog PASS counter
SQLNamedQuery counter UPDATE "lastlogin=now(), count=count+1 WHERE userid='%u'" usertable
# logout log
SQLLog EXIT time_logout
SQLNamedQuery time_logout UPDATE "lastlogout=now() WHERE userid='%u'" usertable
# display last login time when PASS command is given
SQLNamedQuery login_time SELECT "lastlogin from usertable where userid='%u'"
SQLShowInfo PASS "230" "Last login was: %{login_time}"
# xfer Log in mysql
SQLLog RETR,STOR transfer1
SQLNamedQuery transfer1 INSERT "'%u', '%f', '%b', '%h', '%a', '%m', '%T', now(), 'c', NULL" xfer_stat
SQLLOG ERR_RETR,ERR_STOR transfer2
SQLNamedQuery transfer2 INSERT "'%u', '%f', '%b', '%h', '%a', '%m', '%T', now(), 'i', NULL" xfer_stat
AllowStoreRestart on
AllowRetrieveRestart on
RequireValidShell off
#RootLogin off
# Normally, we want users to do a few things.
<Global>
AllowOverwrite yes
<Limit ALL SITE_CHMOD>
AllowAll
</Limit>
</Global>
Configuring ProFTPD Administrator
First lets create the apache config file and restart apache. The file has been set to only allow access from the local host. Change the access to meet your needs.
/etc/httpd/conf.d/proftpd_admin.conf
<br />alias /ftpadmin /usr/share/proftpd_admin<br /><br /><Location /ftpadmin><br /> Order deny,allow<br /> Deny from all<br /> Allow from 127.0.0.1<br /> Allow from ::1<br /> # Allow from .example.com<br /></Location><br /><br />
> service httpd restart
Edit the file /usr/share/proftpd_admin/misc/database_structure_mysql/db_structure.sql
Skip to the last three lines. Enter the desired password in these three lines.
Lets create the database and tables. Type the following.
> mysql -u root -p < /usr/share/proftpd_admin/misc/database_structure_mysql/db_structure.sql
Now type the following to do a little housekeeping for php5.
> chmod o+w /usr/share/proftpd_admin/configuration.xml
Now start proftpd. Be sure to also have it start at boot time.
> service proftpd start
Now go to the web interface configuration screen http://yourserver.tld/ftpadmin/configure.php
You will need to configure database access and some other settings.
Conclusion
That's the complete setup. Proftpd Admin dose almost everything we need. You will need to create links for multiple host names pointing to the same directory. For example if your directory is '/home/virtwww/yourdomain.com' and you want www.yourdomain.com to work then you'll have to create a link called '/home/virtwww/www.yourdomain.com/' which points to '/home/virtwww/yourdomain.com'.
REFERENCE
http://www.campworld.net/thewiki/pmwiki.php/LinuxServersCentOS/Cent5VirtWebServer
