Help Configuring VPS

[VonDoom]

Hey gang, i am new to the VPS game and have no idea how to set one of these up. i badly need a hand configuring this server and migrating a couple vB/Joomla sites. Please pm me if you are willing to get the ball rolling for me.

cPanel ,WHM 1- X 3.9
CENTOS 5.4 i686 virtuozzo on vps

[motowebmaster]

I'm not a CPanel fan, but there are several online and printed how-tos for that control panel:

http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/AllDocumentation/CpanelDocs/

Configuring basic security can be simple, but it would be worthwhile to study a basic understanding of firewalls and how to establish rules. I use a mixture of hardware firewall devices and server-based firewalls; but noticed some CPanel users utilize this:

http://configserver.com/

Lastly, understanding your VPS Operating System can be accomplished by many online tools, but I cut my teeth on Linux with an older version of this handbook:

Linux Desk Reference (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130619892?ie=UTF8&tag=motorcycinter-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0130619892)
... but get whatever you prefer to use. CentOS is a good distro, but don't have experience configuring it within VPS environments.