This procedure will install VHCS2 without using the .deb file. With no secret and non-free scripts, open and clean ready to be customized acording your needs.

Preparation

Create basic directories to work

mkdir -p /tmp/vhcs_tmp/install
cd /tmp/vhcs_tmp/install

Remove unwanted packages

apt-get remove ppp pppconfig pppoeconf ubuntu-standard

Shutdown unwanted services from inetd

update-inetd --remove daytime
update-inetd --remove telnet
update-inetd --remove time
update-inetd --remove finger
update-inetd --remove talk
update-inetd --remove ntalk
update-inetd --remove ftp
update-inetd --remove discard

Packages Installation

Install base packages.

apt-get install ssh postfix postfix-tls proftpd-mysql courier-authdaemon courier-base courier-imap courier-maildrop courier-pop libberkeleydb-perl libcrypt-blowfish-perl libcrypt-cbc-perl libcrypt-passwdmd5-perl libdate-calc-perl libdate-manip-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libdbi-perl libio-stringy-perl libmail-sendmail-perl libmailtools-perl libmd5-perl libmime-perl libnet-dns-perl libnet-netmask-perl libnet-perl libnet-smtp-server-perl libperl5.8 libsnmp-session-perl libterm-readkey-perl libtimedate-perl perl perl-base perl-modules bind9 diff gzip iptables libmcrypt4 mysql-client-5.0 mysql-common mysql-server-5.0 patch php5 php5-mcrypt php5-mysql php-pear procmail tar original-awk libterm-readpassword-perl libsasl2-modules libsasl2-2 sasl2-bin apache2 apache2.2-common apache2-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-php5 bzip2 build-essential

When asked:

"courier" - No
"postfix" - defaults
"proftpd" - standalone

Database Setup

Setup MySQL password

# mysql -u root
 > create database vhcs2;
 > use vhcs2
 > grant all privileges on *.* to 'vhcs2'@'localhost' identified by 'vhcs2' with grant option;
 > \q

Download and Extract VHCS2

Download VHCS2 2.4.7.1:

# wget http://easynews.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/vhcs/vhcs2-2.4.7.1.tar.bz2
# tar xjvf vhcs2-2.4.7.1.tar.bz2
# cd ./vhcs2-2.4.7.1

Configuration File

Edit configs/vhcs2.conf and change the following lines:

DEFAULT_ADMIN_ADDRES = your email
SERVER_HOSTNAME = your hostname
BASE_SERVER_IP = your ip
DATABASE_TYPE = mysql
DATABASE_HOST = localhost
DATABASE_NAME = vhcs2
DATABASE_PASSWORD = vhcs2
DATABASE_USER = vhcs2

If you wish alter this line too:

DATE_FORMAT = m.d.Y

Compile and Create VHCS Tree

Create the VHCS Tree:

# make install

This will create the VHCS tree into the /tmp directory

Copy files into correct directories:

# cp -R /tmp/vhcs-2.4.7.1/* /

Configuration Script

First you need to patch some problematic files.

• Edit /var/www/vhcs2/engine/vhcs2_common_code.pl
• Find the text

`key`=>$main::db_pass_key,

• Add the following line before the line above

`keysize`=>32,

• There are two occurrences

Run the configuration script:

# cd /var/www/vhcs2/engine/setup
# ./vhcs2-setup

Then interact with the script:

Welcome to VHCS2 '2.4 Spartacus' Setup Dialog.
This program will set up VHCS2 system on your server.
Please press 'Enter' to continue.

Please enter system hostname (Enter for defaults) [debian]: ''yourhostname''
Please enter system network address (Enter for defaults) [192.168.0.128]: ''your ipaddress''

Please enter SQL server host (Enter for defaults) [localhost]:

Please enter system SQL database (Enter for defaults) [vhcs2]: ''vhcs2''
Please enter system SQL user (Enter for defaults) [root]: ''vhcs2''
Please enter system SQL password (Enter for defaults) [none]: ''vhcs2''
Please repeat system SQL password: ''vhcs2''

Please enter VHCS ftp SQL user (Enter for defaults) [vftp]: ''vftp''
Please enter VHCS ftp SQL user password (Enter for defaults) [none]: ''vftp''
Please repeat VHCS ftp SQL user password: ''vftp''

Please enter administrator login name (Enter for defaults) [admin]:
Please enter administrator password: your password
Please repeat administrator password: your password

Please enter admininistrator email address: ''your email address''

== Setup Automatic Scripts == (* This is not working @ 8.0.4 Please fix it) First add vhcs2_daemon script to multiuser startup.

# cp /etc/vhcs2/init.d/vhcs* /etc/init.d
# cd /etc/rc2.d
# update-rc.d vhcs2_daemon multiuser 92

This will make vhcs2_daemon script run at startup right after apache

Final Fixes

Create postfix directory

# cp -r /etc/vhcs2/postfix/vhcs2 /etc/postfix