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virtualization with kvm on a centos 6.0 server virtualization with kvm on a centos 6.0 server this guide explains how you can install and use kvm for creating and running virtual machines on a centos 6.0 server. i will show how to create image based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (lvm). kvm is short for kernel based virtual machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a cpu that supports hardware virtualization, e.g. intel vt or amd v. [ more..... ]
burning an audio cd on linux mint burning an audio cd on linux mint this article is about how you can convert your mp3 audio files to a format accepted for burning audio cds and burning them on a blank cd afterwards on linux mint 11. there are multiple ways and applications to convert and burn your audio files, however the ones i use happened to produce no problems that others did, e.g. inflating the size of the produced .wav file so greatly that a 13 track album would not fit on an ordinary blank cd. if other applications cause you no problems, you can also use those instead. [ more..... ]
changing desktop appearance on linux mint 11 changing desktop appearance on linux mint 11 this tutorial is supposed to show how to change the desktop's appearance to people who are new to linux. for this tutorial i am using linux mint 11 with the gnome desktop. this is the default desktop you have installed on your system. if you have not configured it otherwise already, everything should work for you. [ more..... ]
how to migrate joomla content (articles) using phpmyadmin how to migrate joomla content (articles) using phpmyadmin joomla is a very popular content management system (cms). this article applies to joomla 1.5 content (article) migration to joomla 1.7 using phpmyadmin database tool. [ more..... ]
server monitoring with icinga on debian squeeze server monitoring with icinga on debian squeeze icinga is an enterprise grade open source monitoring system which keeps watch over networks and any conceivable network resource, notifies the user of errors and recoveries and generates performance data for reporting. it is a fork of nagios. this tutorial explains how to install icinga on a debian squeeze server to monitor this server and another debian squeeze server. [ more..... ]
installing wordpress with bitnami installing wordpress with bitnami bitnami wordpress stack is a free, self contained, easy to install package that bundles every piece of software (dependency) necessary to run wordpress for development or production purposes. it includes the latest version of wordpress and is fully configured and ready to run. [ more..... ]
ubuntu 11.04 generic the sysadmin way ubuntu 11.04 generic the sysadmin way in this tutorial i will guide you trough the setup of ubuntu 11.04 generic system the way a good linux system administrator would install it. after it is complete you will have a great starting point for all of your future ubuntu linux needs. by that i mean the following: if you are using virtual environment, you will have an image that you can clone and convert in any supported virtual format and use it as a starting point for all of your ubuntu virtual projects. if you install this on a real hardware you can also clone you installation and use it as a starting point on various other machines with similar hardware. i will not cover cloning and conversion in this tutorial. also as i will edit and tweak few system settings in this tutorial that i will not explain much, i… [ more..... ]
using scponly to allow scp sftp logins and disable ssh logins on debian squeeze using scponly to allow scp sftp logins and disable ssh logins on debian squeeze scponly is an alternate shell that restricts users to scp and sftp logins, but disallows ssh logins. it is a wrapper to the openssh suite of applications. with the help of scponly, you can allow your users to use clients such as winscp or filezilla to upload download files, but you refuse ssh logins (e.g. with putty) so that your users cannot execute files programs. this tutorial shows how to install and use scponly on debian squeeze. [ more..... ]
setting up network raid1 with drbd on debian squeeze setting up network raid1 with drbd on debian squeeze this tutorial shows how to set up network raid1 with the help of drbd on two debian squeeze systems. drbd stands for distributed replicated block device and allows you to mirror block devices over a network. this is useful for high availability setups (like a ha nfs server) because if one node fails, all data is still available from the other node. [ more..... ]
useful basic terminal commands on linux mint 11 useful basic terminal commands on linux mint 11 this tutorial is supposed to show useful terminal commands to people who are new to linux. terminal commands are powerful tools if they are used correctly, but can cause great damage if you are not completely aware of what you are doing. before using commands that are new to you, look up the manual page and make sure you have your files saved and backed up. [ more..... ]
how to speed up drupal 7.7 with boost and nginx (debian squeeze) how to speed up drupal 7.7 with boost and nginx (debian squeeze) this tutorial shows how you can speed up your drupal 7.7 installation on a lamp stack (debian squeeze) with the help of boost and nginx. boost provides static page caching for drupal enabling a very significant performance and scalability boost for sites that receive mostly anonymous traffic. boost makes sure that your logged in users always get fresh content by not caching pages for logged in users. in a first step i will show how to make your site faster by enabling boost on a normal lamp stack (apache2, php, mysql), and in a second step i explain how to make your site even faster by using nginx as a reverse proxy sitting in front of apache and delivering the static html pages cached by boost. nginx delivers static files a lot of faster than apache and uses… [ more..... ]
xtables addons on centos 6 iptables geoip filtering xtables addons on centos 6 iptables geoip filtering this tutorial will explain how to install aditional modules for the kernel to use with iptables rules sets (netfilter modules). xtables addons is the successor to patch o matic( ng). likewise, it contains extensions that were not, or are not yet, accepted in the main kernel iptables packages. xtables addons is different from patch o matic in that you do not have to patch or recompile the kernel. [ more..... ]
how to install scientific linux 6.1 how to install scientific linux 6.1 scientific linux 6.1 is a linux release put together by fermilab, cern, and various other labs and universities around the world. its primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common install base for the various experimenters. the base sl distribution is basically enterprise linux, recompiled from source. their main goal for the base distribution are to have everything compatible with enterprise, with only a few minor additions or changes. an example of of items that were added are alpine, and openafs. this tutorial shows the process of installing scientific linux 6.1 using the dvd based method. [ more..... ]
setting up proftpd tls on debian squeeze setting up proftpd tls on debian squeeze ftp is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. by using tls, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making ftp much more secure. this article explains how to set up proftpd with tls on a debian squeeze server. [ more..... ]
installing apache2 with php5 and mysql support on fedora 15 (lamp) installing apache2 with php5 and mysql support on fedora 15 (lamp) lamp is short for linux, apache, mysql, php. this tutorial shows how you can install an apache2 webserver on a fedora 15 server with php5 support (modphp) and mysql support. [ more..... ]