Overview

Welcome to our documentation website. Many of the common procedures and issues our users experience are described here. If you still encounter problems we haven't covered or you just can't seem to get things to work, even though you followed one of our manuals, feel free to contact us on ulyssis@ulyssis.org for personal support.

Account

• Registering a new account
• Renewing your account
• Transferring your account
• Resetting your password
• Help, my account uses too much disk space
• Why do I have to pay 0.00 euro and how?

Files

• Accessing your files
• Transferring files over SFTP
• Making Backups
• Secure file permissions
• Reducing disk usage

Webserver

• Webserver changes summer 2020
• Using your webspace
• Using (Fast)CGI for non-PHP websites
• Getting Apache logs
• Managing PHP errors
• Setting PHP options
• Sending email from websites
• Adding domain names (.be, .com, .org, ...)
• Getting SSL/TLS (HTTPS security)
• Shibboleth (Centrale KU Leuven Login)
• Claiming a port
• ULYSSIS security measures

Mail

• Introduction to ULYSSIS email
• Mailbox
• Forwarders
• Using a forwarder as an alias
• Add an alias in Gmail
• Add an alias in Hotmail/Outlook
• Add an alias in Thunderbird
• Fetch your KU Leuven email into another email address
• Spam
• ULYSSIS security measures

CMSs

• Software Version Checker
• Setting up WordPress
• Setting up Drupal
• Setting up Joomla
• Setting up MediaWiki
• Updating WordPress

Security & anti-spam

• Secure file permissions
• Software Version Checker
• Preventing spam on Wordpress
• Preventing spam on Joomla
• Preventing spam on Drupal
• Preventing spam on MediaWiki
• Securing MediaWiki using Centrale KU Leuven Login
• ULYSSIS security measures

Databases

• Using PostgreSQL
• Using MySQL
• Using PHPMyAdmin
• Using PHPPgAdmin
• Using Adminer
• Making Backups

Shell

• Accessing your files
• Transferring files over SFTP
• Accessing shell servers over SSH
• ULYSSIS public IRC
• Useful Linux Commands
• Managing Cron jobs
• Claiming a port
• Installing packages

Versioning

• GitLab

ULYSSIS Public Services

• ULYSSIS public IRC

Tutorials

• Using the kulemt package
• Exporting your KU Leuven class schedule and calendar