Building a Server with FreeBSD 7--New from No Starch Press

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Building a Server with FreeBSD 7--New from No Starch Press
A Modular, DIY Guide to Building a FreeBSD Server

San Francisco, CA-Unlike using Windows or OS X, setting up a FreeBSD
server isn't push-button easy. One can't just pop in the CD and run
"setup," and for good reason. Users need to make some difficult choices
about what to install, depending on what they plan to build-whether it's a
mail, file, web, or network server.

No Starch Press, the leading English-language publisher of BSD books, has
just released its eagerly awaited Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 (April
2008, 288 pp., ISBN 9781593271459). This modular guide to building a
FreeBSD server is carefully designed to make it easy for users to choose
the packages that they need, with step-by-step directions for installation
and configuration.

"When I first saw the design of this book, I knew we had something that
would just work," said No Starch Press publisher Bill Pollock. "Hong
devised a format that is easy to reference, and its modular approach
simplifies what can be a daunting process."

Hong's straightforward style makes it easy for the do-it-yourself crowd to
build a server quickly using the ports collection (a software package
management system). But rather than wade through the thousands of ports
available, Hong focuses on the most popular and useful ones. Each package
is treated as an independent project (and given a difficulty rating), so
readers can dip into the book at any point to install just the packages
they need, when they 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

Appendixes explain user management, backup/restore, and network
protocols.

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7 will have readers running their own
server loaded with useful modules in no time, with a minimum of hassle.

For a review copy or more information please email nostarchpr@oreilly.com.
Please include your delivery address and contact information.

About the Author:
Bryan Hong graduated with an aeronautical science degree and spent part of
his career flying jets for a regional carrier in the eastern United
States. Since he was traveling constantly, he sought a way to centrally
host a personal website, retrieve email, and access files when away from
home. His research and experience installing FreeBSD led to his writing
Building a Server with FreeBSD 7.

Additional Resources:
Sample chapter -- "Apache HTTP Server" (PDF):
http://www.tinker.tv/download/freebsdserver_sample.pdf
Table of contents overview: http://nostarch.com/freebsdserver_toc.htm
Detailed table of contents (PDF):
http://www.tinker.tv/download/freebsdserver_toc.pdf
Index (PDF): http://www.tinker.tv/download/freebsdserver_index.pdf
Large cover image: http://nostarch.com/freebsdserver_big.htm

Building a Server with FreeBSD 7
Bryan Hong
ISBN 9781593271459, 288 pages, $34.95 USD
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