This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install
Images of xen on an Ubuntu Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) server system
(i386). Linux distributions that can run as Xen guests out of the box,
obviating the need to create your own custom filesystems. The
filesystems on jailtime.org have already been tweaked to deal with
Xen’s idiosyncracies, and are also designed [...]
This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 4.7
server that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache
web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS,
BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP,
Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version
of CentOS 4.7, but should apply to [...]
This document describes how to set up a centralized network backup with Amanda. We will
use virtual tape to store the backup.
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This tutorial will run you through the installation, configuration
and preparation of media for Apple’s Darwin QuickTime Streaming Server
on Centos/RHEL 5.2. Darwin QuickTime Streaming Server is capable of
serving H.264 and mpeg4 file formats via the RTP/RTSP streaming
protocols.
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FreeIPA has existed for some time as RHE IPA for Red Hat Linux and has
been added into Fedora. Still, since it is an extra add-on to RHEL,
CentOS hasn’t gotten it rebuilt yet. That’s a shame because FreeIPA is
an easy to configure, easy to manage security information management
solution. If, like me, you want to use IPA [...]
Hey there,
This post is for any Linux admin out there, who uses RedHat (or any similar distro, really - the differences are generally minor) and works in a shop outfitted with the latest and greatest hardware to “drive the network.” I’m not sure what that expression means, but I heard it in a meeting once [...]
This tutorial explains how to set
up a FreeRadius 2.x server for wifi authentication, authorization and accounting in
conjunction with mysql & web based management with Daloradius on
CentOS 5.x. Production deployment
is also possible with minor tweaking. But as usual I do not guarantee
anything & take no responsibilities.
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Ocassionally, servers need to be retasked for various reasons. It has always been a challenge when
the server has a
distribution other than what I need. I
do not want to drive to the data center to swap CDs around, so
I decided to see if there was a way [...]
I recently decided to study for the Cisco CSSP certification.
My main concern in the beginning was the fact that most of the lab
simulation software that I found out there could only run on Windows,
this was a problem for me given the fact that I do not own a windows
computer. After a quick search I found [...]
Hey There,
I’m back from the dead and no longer cursing Vista ( I’ve always thought it was strange that most people, including myself, feel disappointment or sorrow when they lose something they didn’t have in the first place. The opposite seems perfectly logical. I feel very relieved that I no longer have something that I [...]
The enterprise-class Open Source
LDAP server for Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is
full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles
many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. The Centos Directory Server (based on Fedora Directory Server) can be downloaded for free and set up in less than half an hour.
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This tutorial will walk you through setting up a Linux layer 7 packet classifier on CentOS 5.1, this can easily be adapted to any other Linux distribution out there.
L7-filter is a classifier for the Linux Netfilter that identifies packets based on patterns in application layer data. This allows correct classification of P2P traffics.
It can classify [...]
This article will show you how to configure and install the Open ERP 4.2.2 Server, Client and eTiny Server for Cent OS 5.2.
Enable EPEL Repository
rpm -Uvh http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/epel/5/i386/epel-release-5-2.noarch.rpm
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This how-to refers to the installation and configuration of
Clamav 0.93.3 (from sources) on a Linux server running CentOS 5.2 and
sendmail. We assume the fact you’ve installed sendmail from the rpm
packages of your distribution.
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In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 5.2 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual [...]