Clean up boot partition – Ubuntu 14.04LTS-x64, Ubuntu 16.04LTS-x64 Rumi, December 27, 2018 Case I: if /boot is not 100% full and apt is working 1. Check the current kernel version $ uname -r It will shows the list like below: 3.19.0-64-generic 2. Remove the OLD kernels 2.a. List the old kernel $ sudo dpkg –list ‘linux-image*’|awk ‘{ if ($1==”ii”) print $2}’|grep… Continue Reading
Ubuntu old repository add Rumi, November 21, 2018 If you want to continue using an outdated release then edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com to old-releases.ubuntu.com. You can do this with sed: sudo sed -i -re ‘s/([a-z]{2}\.)?archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list then update with: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Sometimes, it might be faster to create backups of your system and reinstall using supported release instead. Continue Reading
Ubuntu repo upgrade from an old unsupported release Rumi, October 23, 2018 If you want to continue using an outdated release then edit /etc/apt/sources.list and change archive.ubuntu.com and security.ubuntu.com to old-releases.ubuntu.com. You can do this with sed: sudo sed -i -re ‘s/([a-z]{2}\.)?archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list then update with: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Sometimes, it might be faster to create backups of… Continue Reading
Install CakePHP 3 On Ubuntu 16.04 Rumi, September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 This guide assumes you’ve set up a Ubuntu 14.04 server and have MYSQL up and running. This guide uses the “PHPMyAdmin” from the “One Click Apps” available on Digital Ocean running on a vps running Ubuntu 16.04. The smallest memory (512mb) should be enough to get you up and running…. Continue Reading
Installing Smokeping on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Rumi, September 21, 2018 Installing Smokeping on Ubuntu used to be a total breeze. Since 14.04 however, it’s been a bit of a mission. This guide assumes a fresh out of the box Ubuntu install. I’m using the 64bit Server variety, but this should work on any 14.04 system. UPDATE – It also works… Continue Reading
Syslog server with Rsyslog and LogAnalyzer in Ubuntu 12 Rumi, August 17, 2018 Installing Rsyslog from repository First make sure you have the latest update of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade Adding PPA repository sudo add-apt-repository ppa:adiscon/v8-devel If you get this error: “add-apt-repository: command not found” Try installing this python-software-properties package apt-get install python-software-properties Update your apt cache… Continue Reading
Varnish daemon not listening on configured port – Hack for Debian or Ubuntu Rumi, August 9, 2018 If you’re already troubled with varnish on changing listening ports from default. Here’s a little hack that worked on my Debian and Ubuntu distribution. sudo apt remove varnish sudo apt-get purge varnish # I manually remove the 3 files in created in /etc/systemd/system/* sudo apt install varnish sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/varnish.service… Continue Reading
LAMP on Ubuntu 16.04 using Tasksel Rumi, May 12, 2018 Quick Install Using Tasksel Instead of installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP separately, tasksel offers a convenient way to get a LAMP stack running quickly. Install tasksel if not already installed by default. sudo apt install tasksel Use tasksel to install the LAMP stack. sudo tasksel install lamp-server Enter the prompt… Continue Reading
Perfect FTP Server for Debian or Ubuntu Rumi, May 9, 2018 This installation was performed on a Ubuntu 14.04 distribution system. While there are a variety of FTP server tools available for Linux, one of the most popular and mature options is vsftpd. Begin by SSHing into your server as root and use the apt-get command to install vsftpd: apt-get update… Continue Reading
Install Redis Server and PHP-Redis on Debian or Ubuntu System Rumi, April 20, 2018 you can install the phpredis extension from the Ubuntu respositories. First, if you don’t have it installed already, let’s install Redis: sudo apt-get install redis-server After we get Redis installed (and/or verified that it was installed), we can install the PHP module for Redis: sudo apt-get install php5-redis After the module is… Continue Reading