CentOS Linux Server Setup
Cost-effective Scaling, Fast Performance, Solid Architecture. Does this somehow violate RFC 1822? You would think so, usually you just get two of the three and run with it. But when you first try out CentOS 64-bit, especially without even installing Xwindows or any packages except the bare OS, you notice you just struck gold. Fortunately I discovered that gold years ago and have been … [more...]
MySQL Replication
MySQL Replication is almost mandatory these days, if you really want to protect your data to be both available and intact on a permanent basis. MySQL Replication requires at least 2 servers, but 3 is an even design, and you should already be thinking beyond that so you have some working room for future scaling needs. This is perhaps the most important aspect of the engineering department's … [more...]
Cpanel Backup & Recovery
Cpanel Backup & Recovery became a major concern for one of my friends recently, -the only hard drive on his dedicated server failed. And the hosting company was pretty clueless as far as being able to react. They went through the typical SLA argument, with my friend learning the hard truth. He didn't even have off line backups configured. So the only data he had was whatever he had … [more...]
Install Wolfenstein Enemy Territory Ubuntu 10
The way to install this is: First install Playdeb on Ubuntu 10: Here's the link to the tutorial of how to add Playdeb/Getdeb. Or just type: wget -q -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add - Then add in this next line repository into your third party (other) software tab either in Ubuntu Software Center or System/Admin/Software Sources menu: deb … [more...]
Fantastico Deluxe
Fantastico Deluxe quite literally houses some of the best web applications out there *under the hood* of cPanel WHM. It's probably the most empowering thing to happen to commercial access internet hosting in quite some time. It used to be that everyone relied on a similar Cpanel item called "scripts" and "software", where some savvy Cpanel hosting guys decided to port the functionality of the … [more...]
Multitail Log Parser
This article covers the Multitail Log Parser. As a Linux Systems Administrator, my life revolves around troubleshooting issues by parsing through logs. When the need arises to do so in real time, I use Multitail log parser, because it can view multiple logs at one time. The developers I work with know that when they have a bug, sometimes to the answer is to sit with me while I go into the … [more...]
MySQL Replication
MySQL Replication is almost mandatory these days, if you really want to protect your data to be both available and intact on a permanent basis. MySQL Replication requires at least 2 servers, but 3 is an even design, and you should already be thinking beyond that so you have some working room for future scaling [...]
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Cpanel Backup & Recovery became a major concern for one of my friends recently, -the only … [Read More...]
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