I have a buddy wanting to make a VPS for online testing with a spare domain he has. I don't want to sit here and hold his hand through setup and and administration. He needs to be able to set up a DNS server, so he can hold name servers and MX records. He's just going to install the ISPConfig control panel so he'll have an easy time installing and using that. He just has to get the DNS/security part running. So is there a simple guide he can use? Is the Howtoforge guide a decent start for a newb?
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_etch
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_debian_etch