Upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 on VirtualBox
Now that the production release of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx is out, users should consider upgrading. Luckily, Ubuntu/Debian (unlike some other distros) makes it really easy to perform an upgrade...
View ArticleHAProxy & Heartbeat on Cloud Servers
High availability load balancing can be easily configured on virtualized computing instances in the Cloud. This post explores deploying HAProxy and Heartbeat on Rackspace Cloud Servers running Debian...
View ArticleEnabling sar Stats on Debian
Many CentOS and RHEL Linux administrators have come to rely on the sar tool as an easy way to see historical load, io, and memory statistics. On Debian, sar functionality isn’t available by default...
View ArticleDebian Kernels and Tigon TG3 Firmware
If you are updating the kernel on your Debian 5.0 (Lenny) or Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) installation and have a Tigon Gigabit ethernet controller, such as the one on the Dell Poweredge T110, you may receive...
View ArticleVirtualBox on a Headless Debian Server
I’ve got too many computers. It’s become increasingly difficult to convince people “I’m not *that* nerdy” when I have servers and wires laying around everywhere. A consolidation project is in order....
View ArticleeAccelerator Installation on Debian
Today’s post covers the joys and benefits of opcode caching. If you have a very active site, this caching method can provide a great deal of relief to your servers by significantly reducing load...
View ArticleDebian Router/Gateway in 15 Minutes
A multitude of reasons exist as to why one would want to build a custom router vs. suffer with the performance, reliability issues, and limitations of an off-the-shelf solution. In the spirit of...
View ArticleCloud Foundry CLI (VMC) Setup on Debian Squeeze
For the those of you who, like me, are new to Cloud Foundry and Ruby development, deploying your first Cloud Foundry Ruby application via VMC can be unnecessarily frustrating. The trouble stems mostly...
View ArticleOption to NOT save PPTP VPN Password (Ubuntu 11.10)
If you are running Ubuntu 11.10 and are using Network Manager to connect to a PPTP VPN, you may notice that once you enter a password, it is auto-saved for future use. Mysteriously, there isn’t a check...
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