How to set up Tripanel on Red Hat Linux.

Before installing Tripanel you need to have certain basic software running on the server. Below are links to turorials for installing/configuring these prerequisites. Use these tutorials if they are not yet installed.

• Apache with PHP compiled in
• MySQL
• Filesystem Quotas
• POP3 server with optional: IMAP server
• Sendmail Mailserver
• FTP server

1). Place the Tripanel archive in "/home/" on your server.

2). Unpack the archive:

3). This creates a new directory in "/home/" called "tripanel-install" - rename this directory to "tripanel":

4). Make your home directory (where the sites will be set up)

5). Copy the Tripanel start and stop script to the system init directories.

6). Optional: If you wish Tripanel to start automatically when the server boots then do this:

7). Configure the graphical statistics (AWstats). We have pre-configured AWstats in the Tripanel Archive but you will need to create a link to it like so:

8). Set up the Tripanel user. DO NOT add a password for this user. And create the tripanel web directory.

9). Set the permissions correctly.

10). Create a false shell.

/ftp_only

11). Start Tripanel

12). Log into Tripanel in your web browser. The URL will be:

http://<server>:6197/
Username: admin
Password: tripanel

Click on the link "Main Config" and fill in the values.

13). For the Autoresponders to work - do the following:

Done.

Related:
Getting NeoMail webmail to work
Configuring PHP MyAdmin
Tripanel tutorials index

Reference:
Red Hat Linux Website