NTP Adjust date on Linux Rumi, October 27, 2013December 8, 2013 If you want to set date/time on linux manually (instead of using synchronization like ntp) you may use the date command to do it. Login as root and run the following command, it will show you the current date/time. [root@servername ~]# date Output will be like Tue Aug 23 12:32:22… Continue Reading
Install nginx using yum on CentOS or SL Linux Rumi, October 25, 2013 Step #1: Install nginx repo Type the following wget command to install nginx yum configuration file: # cd /tmp CentOS Linux v6.x user type the following command: # wget http://nginx.org/packages/centos/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm # rpm -ivh nginx-release-centos-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm RHEL v6.x user type the following command: # wget http://nginx.org/packages/rhel/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-rhel-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm # rpm -ivh nginx-release-rhel-6-0.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm Continue Reading
Install Munin-node on RHEL or CentOS 6 or Scientific Linux 6 Rumi, October 25, 2013 rpm -Uvh http://ftp.uninett.no/linux/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm yum install perl-XML-SAX yum install munin-node And voila! Continue Reading
Install htop on CentOS 5 or 6 Rumi, October 25, 2013 Install RPM for CentOS 5.x 32-BIT wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el5.rf.i686.rpm rpm -Uhv rpmforge-release*.rf.i386.rpm 64BIT wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uhv rpmforge-release*.rf.x86_64.rpm Install RPM for CentOS 6.x 32-BIT wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.i686.rpm rpm -Uhv rpmforge-release*.rf.i386.rpm 64BIT wget http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm rpm -Uhv rpmforge-release*.rf.x86_64.rpm Install htop in CentOS Using YUM Once the repository is installed, all you need to do… Continue Reading
How to clear the yum cache Rumi, October 20, 2013 When a package is downloaded, installed and is removed there is a chance that the package may still be saved/stored in the yum’s cache. So to clean all the cached packages from the enabled repository cache directory, login as root and execute the following: yum clean packages To purge the… Continue Reading
Resetting CentOS 5 Root Password Rumi, October 7, 2013 If you have forgotten the root password it is possible to set a new one as follows: Interrupt the boot at the GRUB stage and boot to runlevel 1, AKA single user mode. Interrupt GRUB by typing a character such as "space" then append to the kernel line by typing… Continue Reading
Install VPN PPTP Server on CentOS Rumi, October 4, 2013March 29, 2017 In this tutorial, I will use pptp as protocol to connect to VPN server using a username and password, with 128 bit MPPE encryption. Variable as below: OS: CentOS 6 64bit VPN server: 209.85.227.26 VPN client IP: 209.85.227.27 – 209.85.227.30 VPN username: vpnuser Password: myVPN$99 Install ppp via yum: $… Continue Reading
Varnish Nagios Plugin Rumi, September 24, 2013 Install To use this plugin you need to have varnishstat installed which is installed by default when you install varnish. Perl is also required for this plugin. If you don’t have Perl installed you can install in by running the command below sudo apt-get install perl or sudo yum install… Continue Reading
Configure NFS shares in Openfiler Rumi, July 13, 2013 In this article I’ll explain how-to configure a NFS share in Openfiler and then add it as a datastore to your vSphere servers. I’ll take for granted that you already have an Openfiler server up and running. 1 – Enable NFS service As always point your browser to https://<openfiler_address>:446, login… Continue Reading
Install PHPize on Debain-Ubuntu Rumi, June 20, 2013 Just install a bunch of package- apt-get install autoconf automake libtool m4 apt-get install php5-dev apt-get install libcurl3 php5-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libmagic-dev apt-get install php-http make pecl install pecl_http And adding "extension=http.so" to php.ini (Normally located at /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini) Then restart Apache (sudo service apache2 restart). If in doubt, check your apache… Continue Reading