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Xen: Add Extra Partitions to Guest OS 21 Nov 2012 | 03:55 pm
Here’s one way to add and mount additional LVM partition in xen guest machines. 1.) Create logical partition and format it. Example below creates “40GB” partition and “ext3” format in “vg0” volume gr...
HowTo: Bulk Import DNS Zones to Softlayer DNS using Cpanel 12 Nov 2012 | 10:08 pm
This guide covers the process for doing bulk import of existing DNS zones from a Cpanel or BIND server to Softlayer’s DNS servers (ns1/ns2.softlayer.com). This is useful if you need to add hundreds of...
Integrate Sendgrid with Redmine 9 Aug 2012 | 02:03 pm
One thing everybody wants when deploying applications is integrating them with other applications or services. Two popular apps and services out there for small businesses that manage project manageme...
YUM: There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them. 1 May 2012 | 12:34 am
Yum Error: There are unfinished transactions remaining. You might consider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them. With unfinished transactions, yum refers to any incomplete or aborte...
Colbert tells how Barr stuck his penis into the Anonymous hornets nest 10 May 2011 | 03:23 pm
I realized that I missed a great episode of Colbert when a friend described at lunch how Colbert had likened the Barr attack on anonymous to him sticking his penis to the hornets nest. I hope you enjo...
HowTo Install APC on CPanel/WHM 6 May 2011 | 02:07 pm
CPanel includes support in their installer for eaccelerator; still, for some strange reason they don’t include support for APC also. So, if you want to install APC on your CPanel powered server, you w...
Amazon AWS worse failure 23 Apr 2011 | 08:59 am
I’m sure almost everyone is aware at this point on the failure that caused Amazon cloud computing solution AWS to be down yesterday (and still is at some smaller extend happening at this time as we ca...
Setup SSH Key Authentication 18 Apr 2011 | 08:46 am
Setup ssh key authentication for password-less login between servers. For use by ssh/sftp users or scripts. Source Server (or local system) Generate RSA key for user on this system, you can also us...
CentOS 5.6 released 16 Apr 2011 | 07:44 am
While people are still waiting to for Centos 6 (after many month since RHEL6 was released) we got a little teaser in the release of Centos 5.6 last week. This is a minor security release, but it also ...
Setup SFTP-Only Access (Redhat-based Distro) 13 Apr 2011 | 07:41 am
Setup sftp-only access on default Redhat/CentOS install. Use built-in sftp-server which is non-chrooted and easy to setup. Server: Locate sftp-server binary and add to your list of valid shells on th...
