Category: Linux Server

  • Configuring Ubuntu SMTP Server

    This post details the process to create a standalone SMTP server on Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS using Postfix. As Microsoft do not provide basic SMTP services with Office 365 that will work with some of our services we had a requirement for a standalone SMTP server internally on our network. We only needed the ability to […]

  • Simple Shorewall config on Ubuntu server 12.04 LTS

    Here are the steps I used to configure a simple Shorewall firewall on Ubuntu 12.04. The firewall config below provides SSH and HTTP access only; all other ports are blocked. Obviously you can add additional services as required in step 5. Install the Shorewall firewall. sudo apt-get install shorewall Backup the original configuration. sudo cp […]