VHCS2 on Gentoo HowTo

[taskara]

Update Nov 2005:
Try this newer howto. The one below is too old.

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Note

Gentoo has made Courier-imap version 4 stable, and has moved authentication back to /etc/courier. This is just after I've gone through and hacked all the Make and config files in the vhcs source to point to /etc/courier-imap so as to create the gentoo vhcs tarball. So if you want to try this, please follow the source part of this howto and skip my tarball atm - else you won't have any authentication working and all hell will break loose! Alternatively you could use my tarball and tell portage you want to use Courier-imap v 3.

This is a work in progress - I was trying to get it working on my system and thought I'd document it as I went in case I got it working So please feel free to try it out and let me know what you find.. I'll be updating this as I learn more about it. Having said that, please give it a go!

Init script for Gentoo
I created a little init.d script, which you can use. Please see this thread here.

64bit daemon fix
If you are using 64bit like me (Opteron) the vhcs2_daemon will segfault. You need to re-compile it 64bit, see my howto here.

Guide
This guide is derived from Petzch's work in the VHCS Forums. Thank you!

If you see anything in square brackets through out this guide (ie [ipaddress]), then it is something you should be modifying for your network.
This guide assumes you extract the tarball to /root. If you have extracted it elsewhere, just replace /root/vhcs-2.4 with your location

This guide should give you the follow setup:
Apache2 for web
Postfix for MTA
Courier IMAP / POP3
MySQL for database
Bind for DNS
ProFTPd for FTP server

Sync your portage tree
First you may like to get a copy of the latest portage tree. If so, then

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emerge --sync

USE flags
Now we need to ensure we have the correct USE flags. These are related to VHCS2 and based on my dual Opteron server, but feel free to change them based on your profile and other requirements.

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USE="-* -X adns apache2 authdaemond berkdb bzlib crypt curl gd imap innodb maildir -mbox memlimit mime mmx mmx2 mysql php python sasl session sockets softquota sse sse2 ssl threads vhosts xml xml2 zlib"

NB: Please modify the CPU instruction sets above to reflect your system. ie, you may want to take out SSE2 unless you have an >= AMD64 / Opteron or Prescott P4 / PM (Centrino) / Xeon. Check output of cat /proc/cpuinfo

I also have the following custom USE flags under /etc/portage/package.use

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dev-libs/cyrus-sasl pam
sys-devel/libperl ithreads
dev-lang/perl ithreads
dev-php/php jpeg png tiff truetype
dev-php/mod_php jpeg png tiff truetype
net-dns/bind bind-mysql
net-firewall/iptables extensions
mail-mta/postfix -postgres ssl sasl
media-libs/gd jpeg png truetype
net-ftp/proftpd shaper

Note: it appears that courier-imap does not like ldflags built into GCC

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/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.4.3-20050110/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: unrecognized option '-Wl'
!!! ERROR: net-libs/courier-authlib-0.55.20050320 failed.

I suggest at this stage that you do not build your system with LDFLAGS set in your make.conf.

Packages
Now let's get started with the packages.
Remove SSMTP (unless you have mailwrapper and need it)

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emerge -C ssmtp

Install the required apps

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emerge -av postfix apache Authen-DigestMD5 BerkeleyDB bind Class-DBI-mysql expect courier-imap Crypt-Blowfish crypt-cbc cyrus-sasl Date-Calc DateManip DBD-mysql dev-perl/libnet gawk gzip IO-stringy iptables libmcrypt libperl MailTools MD5 MIME-Base64 MIME-tools mod_php mysql Net-DNS Net-Netmask perl php procmail proftpd SNMP_Session tar TermReadKey TimeDate fcron

Add them to the default runlevel

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for x in apache2 courier-imapd courier-pop3d courier-authlib mysql named postfix proftpd saslauthd fcron ; do rc-update add $x default ; done

Courier-IMAP V4 is now stable in portage, so it is used as the default in this howto. As of version 4, authentication is now handled by courier-authlib not authdaemond. If you have courier-imap <= version 3 then replace courier-authlib with authdaemond, else follow the howto.

Carefully check and update config files

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etc-update

Configure services
Install MySQL database

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/usr/bin/mysql_install_db ; /etc/init.d/mysql start

Now, set root's mysql password

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mysqladmin password [password]

Copy proftp config file

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cp /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf.distrib /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf

Add PHP and SSL support to Apache

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nano -w /etc/conf.d/apache2

replace line with

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APACHE2_OPTS="-D SSL -D PHP4"

Open apache2 config

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nano -w /etc/apache2/conf/apache2.conf

set your fqdn in apache2.conf

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ServerName [set your fqdn]

exit and save.

Configure VHCS
Now we need to start configuring VHCS2.
The configuration files that come with the tarball need to be changed to reflect our Gentoo base.
So I have already changed them all for you, and re-packaged it into a convenient tarball
Download it here.

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sudo su - ; wget http://gensys.net.au/files/vhcs2/vhcs-2.4-gentoo-2005041801.tar.bz2

Extract the file to your home dir (ie /root)

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tar -xvjpf vhcs-2.4-gentoo-2005041801.tar.bz2

If you want to use the source from VHCS.net, then you will need to extract the tarball and manually change to suit the Gentoo naming convention.

Edit the main config
If you are using my tarball, I have already gone through each and every file and replaced apache with apache2, courier with courier-imap etc, and pointed everything to the proper locations. I have also Gentoofied the vhcs2.conf file, however you will still need to edit it to suit your network.
Change anything that has a square bracket, ie [hostname].

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cd /root/vhcs-gentoo-2.4/configs ; nano -w vhcs2.conf

If you are not using my tarball, then you can grab my config and overwrite the one that came with the source if you like

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cd /root/vhcs-2.4/configs ; rm vhcs2.conf ; wget http://gensys.net.au/files/vhcs2/vhcs2.conf ; nano -w vhcs2.conf

exit and save the file.

For those doing it manually, most of the config is correct. Just make the following changes:

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DEFAULT_ADMIN_ADDRES = [enter your email address here]
SERVER_HOSTNAME = [enter your server name here]
FTPD_CONF_FILE = /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf

DATABASE_NAME = vhcs2
DATABASE_PASSWORD = [enter your password here]

ROOT_DIR = /var/www/localhost/htdocs/vhcs2

BIND_DB_DIR = /var/bind/pri
SECONDARY_DNS = [if you have one, add it here]

APACHE_WWW_DIR = /var/www/localhost/htdocs/virtual
APACHE_CONF_FILE = /etc/apache2/vhcs2.conf
GUI_ROOT_DIR = /var/www/localhost/htdocs/vhcs2/gui
PEAR_DIR = /usr/lib/php

APACHE_USER = apache
APACHE_GROUP =apache

MTA_LOCAL_MAIL_DIR = /var/spool/mail

MTA_VIRTUAL_MAIL_DIR = /var/spool/mail/virtual
MTA_LOCAL_ALIAS_HASH = /etc/mail/aliases
MTA_MAILBOX_MIN_UID = 1001
MTA_MAILBOX_UID = 1001
MTA_MAILBOX_GID = 12
MTA_SASLDB_LOCAL_DOMAIN = [enter your domain here]
MTA_SASLDB_FILE = /etc/sasl2/sasldb2
COURIER_CONF_DIR = /etc/courier-imap
BACKUP_ROOT_DIR = /var/www/localhost/htdocs/vhcs2/engine/backup

CMD_NAMED = /etc/init.d/named
CMD_HTTPD = /usr/sbin/apache2
CMD_AUTHD = /etc/init.d/courier-authlib
CMD_IMAP = /etc/init.d/courier-imapd
CMD_POP = /etc/init.d/courier-pop3d

QUOTA_ROOT_DIR = /var/www/localhost/htdocs/vhcs2/engine/quota
TRAFF_ROOT_DIR = /var/www/localhost/htdocs/vhcs2/engine/traffic
TOOLS_ROOT_DIR = /var/www/localhost/htdocs/vhcs2/engine/tools
FTP_USERNAME_SEPARATOR = -
FTP_HOMEDIR = /var/www/localhost/htdocs/virtual

Once again, if you are using <= courier-imap 3, then change CMD_AUTHD = /etc/init.d/courier-authlib to CMD_AUTHD = /etc/init.d/authdaemond.

Edit Postfix main.cf
I found the default postfix config a little restrictive (like not letting you email other domains outside your network), so I changed it. Either way you will need to edit the main.cf file so that it is compatible with your network.
If you used my tarball, main.cf will soon be changed to grab variables from the vhcs2.conf so you won't have to edit anything, but for now change anything in square brackets, else you can edit it manually.

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nano -w /root/vhcs-gentoo-2.4/configs/postfix/main.cf

exit and save

Rebuild the daemon
You need to re-build the daemon so that it is Gentoo init compatible. See howto here.

If you are running 64bit OS, then use this howto here.


Let's continue.

Perl Modules
Now that you have the configs done there are a few more perl modules you need.

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USE="-X" emerge -av lynx ftp gnupg ncftp unzip zip

Now we need to run cpan to download the modules

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g-cpan.pl MIME::Entity MIME::Parser MIME::Base64 Crypt::CBC Crypt::Blowfish Term::ReadPassword

this should download and configure the missing modules while inserting them into portage.

Edit Courier DB location

The next thing you need to do is edit makeuserdb

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nano -w /usr/sbin/makeuserdb

and change any lines that say "/etc/courier" to "/etc/courier-imap". ie:

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$dbfile="/etc/courier-imap/authlib/userdb";
$datfile="/etc/courier-imap/authlib/userdb.dat";
$lockfile="/etc/courier-imap/authlib/userdb.lock";
$shadowfile="/etc/courier-imap/authlib/userdbshadow.dat";
$tmpdir="/etc/courier-imap/authlib";

Save and exit the file.


Now we should now be ready to finalise the setup!

Backup
Let's back it all up

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mkdir ~/vhcs2.backup ; cp -R /root/vhcs-gentoo-2.4/* ~/vhcs2.backup/

Install
Now we run the installer which creates the files under /tmp/vhcs2

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cd /root/vhcs-gentoo-2.4 ; make install ; cd /tmp/vhcs2

Now we move the files into the system

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cp -R /tmp/vhcs2/* /

Symlinks
If you are using the source tarball (not my gentoo one) then you'll need to create some symlinks.
If you are using the gentoo tarball you can skip this step.

Web

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mv /var/www/vhcs2 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ ; ln -sf /var/www/localhost/htdocs/vhcs2 /var/www/vhcs2 ; mv /var/www/virtual /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ ; ln -sf /var/www/localhost/htdocs/virtual /var/www/virtual

Mail:

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mv /var/mail /var/spool/mail ; ln -sf /var/spool/mail /var/mail ; ln -sf /etc/mail/aliases /etc/aliases ; ln -sf /etc/init.d/courier-imapd /etc/init.d/courier-imap ; ln -sf /etc/init.d/courier-pop3d /etc/init.d/courier-pop ; ln -sf /etc/init.d/courier-pop3d /etc/init.d/courier-popd ; mv /etc/courier/* /etc/courier-imap ; rmdir /etc/courier ; cp /etc/vhcs2/courier/authmodulelist /etc/courier-imap/ ; ln -sf /etc/courier-imap /etc/courier ; mv /usr/lib/courier/courier-authlib /usr/lib/courier-imap ; rmdir /usr/lib/courier ; ln -sf /usr/lib/courier-imap /usr/lib/courier ; ln -sf /etc/courier-imap /etc/courier-imap/authlib ; mkdir /var/run/courier

Setup
Now we need to run the setup program

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cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/vhcs2/engine/setup/ ; ./vhcs2-setup

and answer all the questions

Fix Bind
We need to tell Bind to listen on its external address, not local 127.0.0.1.

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nano -w /etc/bind/named.conf

Edit the following IP section (replace 127.0.0.1 with your server's ip)

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listen-on { 127.0.0.1; };

Also, if you have more than one cpu, you can set Bind to use SMP under /etc/conf.d/named with

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CPU="2"

Apache
Finally we need to tell <=Apache 2.0.52 about our vhcs2.conf, so let's add it

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echo "Include /etc/apache2/vhcs2.conf" >> /etc/apache2/conf/commonapache.conf

Or if >=Apache 2.0.53

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echo "Include /etc/apache2/vhcs2.conf" >> /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

If you are using Apache 2.0.53 you will need a later version of mod_php

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echo "=dev-php/mod_php-4.3.10-r1" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords ; emerge -av mod_php

Services
If you did not use the gentoo tarball, then you'll need to grab the init script I created, start it and add to default runlevel

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cd /etc/init.d/ ; wget http://gensys.net.au/files/vhcs2/vhcs2 ; chmod 765 vhcs2 ; /etc/init.d/vhcs2 start ; rc-update add vhcs2 default

Let's start our services

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for x in apache2 courier-imapd courier-pop3d courier-authlib mysql named postfix proftpd saslauthd fcron vhcs2 ; do /etc/init.d/$x start ; done ; rc-update add vhcs2 default

Don't forget if you are using <=Courier-IMAP v3, then substitute courier-authlib with authdaemond.


Assuming there were no errors, try and browse to your new setup at
http://ipaddress/vhcs2/gui/index.php

Good Luck!

[ZmiyGorinich]

This is cool software. I search it for my local server much time.
Thanks you and don't stop make this documentation.

[taskara]

OK, I have created an init script, and a 64bit fix.

Any Gentooists out there willing to test for me?

ta!

[j-m]

Looks interesting, good luck. I will try when I have a test machine ready.

One suggestion - use

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g-cpan.pl MIME::Entity MIME::Parser MIME::Base64 Crypt::CBC Crypt::Blowfish Term::ReadPassword

This way the ebuilds are created in PORTDIR_OVERLAY and can be uninstalled via portage.

I will keep watching this thread and post my suggestions here.

[taskara]

thank you for the tip j-m, I have updated the howto.
I look forward to any other advice you can give me.. I have been messing around so much with my boxen getting vhcs2 working that I need a fresh Gentoo system to test on

Once I am satisfied that the Howto works, I will write an ebuild.

Cheers

[cyber007]

Thanks for the creat tutorial!, i have plans to install vhcs2 on my gentoo production server.
it works fine on my test server

keep up the good work

add this cronjob

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0,30 * * * *  /var/www/vhcs2/engine/vhcs2-rqst-mngr

for the mdaemon in vhcs2 to update users and other changes

[SpideriK]

Hi, I'm testing this tutorial and I just finish do the first emerge apps... and I do all the rc-udpate but i'm missing authdeamond.. it's ok or I do something wrong?

Thx

[SpideriK]

Hi, I'm testing this tutorial and I just finish do the first emerge apps... and I do all the rc-udpate but i'm missing authdeamond.. it's ok or I do something wrong?

Thx

[cyber007]

if you use courier-imap version 4 and higer, do this

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/etc/init.d/courier-authlib start

[SpideriK]

Thx...

Another error here, hope it's not another miss reading thing...

I do cpan thing and when I start the setup... the setup tells me that i don't have any of this module on my computer... MIME:: and CRYPT:: thing

Do I do something wrong here... surely yes but what?

Thx

Edit: I reemerge all and check if it work

[taskara]

Anyone else getting

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vmware setup # /etc/init.d/saslauthd start
 * Starting saslauthd...
saslauthd[11344] :set_auth_mech   : unknown authentication mechanism: pam  [ !! ]

when starting saslauthd?

/etc/sasl2/smtpd.conf has pam, but if I change that to saslauthd it still complains about pam.. I can't think straight..

update: I think I took out pam USE flag.. trying again with

update2: yep, silly me. I built cyrus-sasl without pam USE flag all fixed

[taskara]

has anyone yet followed my howto and has feedback on if it actually works?

things that you had to change?

tips?

I just re-built a system under vmware using my gentoo tarball and I can log into the web gui but it won't actually create any domains.

cheers

[SpideriK]

I'm trying right now but I'm stuck with emerge entity...

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*** Warning: This library needs some functionality provided by -lpython2.0.
*** I have the capability to make that library automatically link in when
*** you link to this library.  But I can only do this if you have a
*** shared version of the library, which you do not appear to have.

*** Warning: libtool could not satisfy all declared inter-library
*** dependencies of module librendnjs.  Therefore, libtool will create
*** a static module, that should work as long as the dlopening
*** application is linked with the -dlopen flag.
ar cru .libs/librendnjs.a js-embed.lo js-ENode.lo js-ENodeAttrib.lo
ranlib .libs/librendnjs.a
creating librendnjs.la
(cd .libs && rm -f librendnjs.la && ln -s ../librendnjs.la librendnjs.la)
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/entity-0.7.2/work/entity-0.7.2/renderers/javascript'
Making all in gtkglarea
make[3]: Entering directory `/var/tmp/portage/entity-0.7.2/work/entity-0.7.2/renderers/gtkglarea'
/bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../g-extensions              -I../../entity           -I../../expat-1.1                        -DENTITYDATA=\"/usr/lib/entity\"    -O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -Wall  -I/usr/local/ssl/include/ -L/usr/local/ssl/lib/ -c rendgtkgl.c
gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../../g-extensions -I../../entity -I../../expat-1.1 -DENTITYDATA=\"/usr/lib/entity\" -O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -Wall -I/usr/local/ssl/include/ -L/usr/local/ssl/lib/ -c rendgtkgl.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o rendgtkgl.lo
rendgtkgl.c:6:21: GL/glut.h: No such file or directory
rendgtkgl.c: In function `rendgtkgl_text_render':
rendgtkgl.c:291: warning: implicit declaration of function `glutBitmapCharacter'
rendgtkgl.c:291: error: `GLUT_BITMAP_TIMES_ROMAN_24' undeclared (first use in this function)
rendgtkgl.c:291: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
rendgtkgl.c:291: error: for each function it appears in.)
rendgtkgl.c: In function `rendgtkgl_cube_render':
rendgtkgl.c:334: warning: implicit declaration of function `glutSolidCube'
rendgtkgl.c: In function `rendgtkgl_sphere_render':
rendgtkgl.c:352: warning: implicit declaration of function `glutSolidSphere'
make[3]: *** [rendgtkgl.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/entity-0.7.2/work/entity-0.7.2/renderers/gtkglarea'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/entity-0.7.2/work/entity-0.7.2/renderers'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/entity-0.7.2/work/entity-0.7.2'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

!!! ERROR: dev-lang/entity-0.7.2 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 65, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

I do an emerge glut and it do the tricks but now i'm stuck with some kind of -lpython... tryng an emerge right now and post what i get
now this:

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1.1                                     -DRESOLVER_BIN=\"/usr/lib/entity/csink_dns_resolve\"                    -DENTITY_EMBED    -O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -Wall  -I/usr/local/ssl/include/ -L/usr/local/ssl/lib/ -c resolve.c
/bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link gcc  -O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -Wall  -I/usr/local/ssl/include/ -L/usr/local/ssl/lib/ -L/usr/lib/python2.0/config/ -lpython2.0 -lpython2.3 -lm -L/usr/lib/python2.3/config  -o csink_dns_resolve -lnsl resolve.o  
gcc -O2 -march=pentium3 -fomit-frame-pointer -I/usr/X11R6/include -I/usr/include/gtk-1.2 -I/usr/include/glib-1.2 -I/usr/lib/glib/include -Wall -I/usr/local/ssl/include/ -L/usr/local/ssl/lib/ -L/usr/lib/python2.0/config/ -lpython2.0 -lpython2.3 -lm -L/usr/lib/python2.3/config -o csink_dns_resolve -lnsl resolve.o
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.5-20050130/../../../../i686-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot find -lpython2.0
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [csink_dns_resolve] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/entity-0.7.2-r1/work/entity-0.7.2/renderers/csink'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/entity-0.7.2-r1/work/entity-0.7.2/renderers'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/var/tmp/portage/entity-0.7.2-r1/work/entity-0.7.2'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2

!!! ERROR: dev-lang/entity-0.7.2-r1 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 65, Exitcode 2
!!! (no error message)
!!! If you need support, post the topmost build error, NOT this status message.

[cyber007]

I have vhcs2 installed.
used vmware and it works fine.

i have only trouble with my production server.

with courier-pop
i can't login

Your tutorial is great.
vhcs2 have it's own daemon, and he make the domains active and other thing in vhcs2.
so you must add the vhcs2 daemon in cron

[SpideriK]

Cyber, what do u do for ENTITY? Do u do an emerge entity? if yes do u have the python2.0 lib in your /usr/lib?

I'm stuck at error as show in my post before..

Thx

[taskara]

I have vhcs2 installed.
used vmware and it works fine.

i have only trouble with my production server.

with courier-pop
i can't login

Your tutorial is great.
vhcs2 have it's own daemon, and he make the domains active and other thing in vhcs2.
so you must add the vhcs2 daemon in cron

I re-created the daemon to run in an init (as per my howto) so I have the daemon running without cron.

Did you use my tarball? or the source from vhcs2?

what version of courier? authlib? or authdaemond?

...........

SpideriK, you might want to search the forums for that error - it doesn't *seem* vhcs related. Perhaps there is a fix out there that will enable you to get past that point. I don't seem to have ENTITY emerged on my system at all, although I DO have python use flag. havey ou tried a newer version from portage?

[SpideriK]

Well, im doin a perl-update cause I can't even emerge MIME-tools... I don't how u install entity cause u really need it to run vhcs2.4-setup...

So I know my error is not vhcs related but in some kind of way it is cause we need it... I think I can do something with MIME-tools... but I'll have to read cause I never used it...

When I pass this step of MIME::Entity it will all install and maybe running

edit: Ok it's running now I can add a resseler... add a user but cant get his status other than waiting to be added....

[cyber007]

I think that authmysql isn't configure well,
it seems that he can't connect to the wright database.
to change the status of an item run this

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/var/www/vhcs2/engine/vhcs2-rqst-mngr

and this is my error when i try to connect with my mail server, it is pop3, i use courier-imap 4

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-ERR pop3login requires exactly two arguments.

i used your tar

[cyber007]

Cyber, what do u do for ENTITY? Do u do an emerge entity? if yes do u have the python2.0 lib in your /usr/lib?

I'm stuck at error as show in my post before..

Thx

Yes i have python

libpython2.3.so.1.0

[RUDIII]

I'm working on a chroot VHCS... I'll tell more later.

[Master One]

Any progress? I would have loved to have an ebuild for this package, before I give it a first try. This way I'll also have to join the manual installation procedure.

Anyone got it fully working on a Gentoo setup by now?

[Vyeperman]

Sorry to bring back old threads but... I had an issue.

I posted it on rafb to save post space, but for some reason it's have troubling finding modules that are supposed to be there.


http://rafb.net/paste/results/PC1Ye876.html

Then when I try to make the modules again it says they already exist

[taskara]

I haven't had time to work on vhcs.. but others can feel free to

anyhoo Vyeperman, looks like it's saying there is already an ebuild for some of them.
perhaps you can try the direct ebuild?

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emerge -av MIME-tools MIME-Base64 Crypt-Blowfish Term-ReadPassword

and perhaps

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g-cpan.pl DBI DBD::mysql

or some sort of mixture there..

[Master One]

taskara, what happened? Did you loose interest in VHCS2?

I am just checking your work on VHCS2 for Gentoo, but there are some thinks, I don't quite understand:

1. Is the USE flag "authdaemond" still necessary when using courier-imap V4? cyrus-sasl is the only package, listening to this USE flag.

2. I made a diff between the original package and your vhcs-2.4-gentoo-2005041801 package. I don't quite understand, how that comes, but the original package from the VHCS website is dated with 23rd April, so how comes your package is from 18th?

3. How comes, you have an older version of phpmyadmin included in your package? Can't phpmyadmin be left out, and emerged through portage instead, as it is done with pflogsumm?

4. I am not quite sure about the nessary changes to be applied to the original package concerning the use of courier-imap V4. Is it enough to change the CMD_AUTHD line in vhcs2.conf, or are there changes necessary in vhcs-2.4/configs/courier/Makefile necessary as well??? As it looks like, "courier-imap" is the valid dir in most cases, except when it is about authentication, which means "courier/authlib" then. But it's only about two files (authdaemonrc & authmodulelist), whereas authdaemonrc does not show any major differences, and authmodulelist even seems to be not needed.

I'd appreciate clearification for that matters, as I'd like to use the original package and apply a patch for Gentooification.

[taskara]

taskara, what happened? Did you loose interest in VHCS2?

yes, to a degree - it does not really do everything I want, but it IS promising. The main issue is time. I run two IT companies and in my spare time I'm trying to organise a new webserver for myself. I was hoping someone else might be able to contribute..

I am just checking your work on VHCS2 for Gentoo, but there are some thinks, I don't quite understand:

1. Is the USE flag "authdaemond" still necessary when using courier-imap V4? cyrus-sasl is the only package, listening to this USE flag.

this should NOT be needed, but having it will not affect courier v4 if it doesn't use that flag

2. I made a diff between the original package and your vhcs-2.4-gentoo-2005041801 package. I don't quite understand, how that comes, but the original package from the VHCS website is dated with 23rd April, so how comes your package is from 18th?

I guess they have actually done an update to their tarball and called it the same version..

3. How comes, you have an older version of phpmyadmin included in your package? Can't phpmyadmin be left out, and emerged through portage instead, as it is done with pflogsumm?

umm.. I don't remember including phpmyadmin in my tarball (it was prob from the original vhcs2 tarball), but yes, you could remove it and emerge it yourself

4. I am not quite sure about the nessary changes to be applied to the original package concerning the use of courier-imap V4. Is it enough to change the CMD_AUTHD line in vhcs2.conf, or are there changes necessary in vhcs-2.4/configs/courier/Makefile necessary as well??? As it looks like, "courier-imap" is the valid dir in most cases, except when it is about authentication, which means "courier/authlib" then. But it's only about two files (authdaemonrc & authmodulelist), whereas authdaemonrc does not show any major differences, and authmodulelist even seems to be not needed.

this is part of the deal.. the original tarball is not designed for gentoo, but for debian - and as such a lot of the components don't point to the right places.
Originally I got vhcs working by using a plethora of symlinks - you should be able to do this too. it should be much easier now with courier v4 because it is now pointing parts back to /etc/courier, whereas for courier3 I had to change every single make file in the program to point it ot another location.. very tedious!

I'd appreciate clearification for that matters, as I'd like to use the original package and apply a patch for Gentooification.

Go for it! I was hoping someone else would be able to contribute some changes.. I didn't get it all working. I think we should use the original tarball and use symlinks or what not to get it working under gentoo.. else it's a lot of work for each subsequent version release..