Linux Server Types
The types of services that we typically configure Linux servers to provide include:
Linux Internet Servers
- Web - Apache HTTP Server, Apache Tomcat
- Databases - MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle
- Programming and scripting - PHP, Java, Perl, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML, Bash
- FTP - ProFTPD, Pure-FTPd, vsftpd
- SMTP (outgoing email) - exim, postfix, qmail, sendmail
- POP3 and IMAP (incoming email) - qpopper, UW IMAP, Courier-IMAP
- DNS (Domain Name System) - BIND, djbdns
- Web control panels - cPanel and WebHost Manager, Plesk, DirectAdmin, Webmin
Linux Virtualization
- VMware ESX, ESXi, VMware Server
- Xen - Amazon EC2 Cloud, Citrix XenServer
- User Mode Linux (UML)
- Manage Large Networks (MLN)
Linux Remote Access
- SSH (Secure SHell) - OpenSSH
- VNC (Virtual Network Computing)
- X Window System (X.Org, X11)
- OpenVPN
Linux Security
- Network monitoring - SNMP, Nagios, Big Brother/Hobbit, MRTG, Cacti
- SSL/TLS encryption - OpenSSL, stunnel
- Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) - Snort
- Tripwire (file integrity checker)
Linux Internal Network Servers
- File server - Samba (SMB, CIFS), NFS, iSCSI
- LDAP (directory services) - OpenLDAP
- DHCP - ISC DHCP
- Routing - Quagga, OSPF, RIP, VRRP, CARP
Linux Distributions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- CentOS
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
- Debian GNU/Linux
- Ubuntu Server and Desktop Editions
- openSUSE
- Fedora
