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
PXE Boot Server of CentOS 5 on a CentOS setup Rumi, May 31, 2013 Setting up PXE Server Install some packages that is required for PXE server. [root@dlp ~]# yum -y install system-config-netboot syslinux xinetd tftp-server Run TFTP server [root@dlp ~]# vi /etc/xinetd.d/tftp # line 14: change disable =no [root@dlp ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd start Starting xinetd: [ OK ] [root@dlp ~]# chkconfig xinetd on Install… Continue Reading
Install Openmediavault On Debian Squeeze Rumi, May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 Introduction This guide is for people that have used the Debian Squeeze Standard Installation or Debian Squeeze Gnome Installation guide to install Debian onto their microserver. If you're looking to install OpenMediaVault as a standalone system then see install OpenMediaVault instead. Prerequisites Debian Squeeze installed on your microserver Installation Configuring… Continue Reading
CentOS Software Raid-1 Rumi, May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 Below are the steps on how to do the software RAID continuing from the hard disk partitioning section: -1) Upon entering the partitioning review, it should looks like this: 2) Next is to delete every partition and left with only free space for both hard disk. It… Continue Reading
Creating Software RAID-1 in Debian/Ubuntu Rumi, May 26, 2013May 26, 2013 Below are the steps on how to configure the Software RAID: 1) Select the Manual for the Partitioning Method: 2) On this screen, it will show you the available hard disk for the installation. Make sure both hard disks are visible. Now select the first hard disk… Continue Reading
Creating Custom Built Debian 6 (Squeeze) Rumi, May 24, 2013May 24, 2013 There is a well documented official way to create standard Debian CDs. However, sometimes it is nice to have a CD or DVD which just contains a subset of Debian Packages to fit personal needs. The following script is made for creation of such a CD image. By default, it… Continue Reading