Linux
Nagios 3 with Nginx on Ubuntu Server
1. Install Nagios 3 aptitude install nagios3 2. Test Nagios Installation Open “http://SERVER/nagios3/” in your browser. Login with user “nagiosadmin” and the passwort you have entered during the installation. 3. Switch from Apache to Nginx Nagios has dependencies to the Apache webserver. So Apache was installed with Nagios. Now we replace it with Nginx. 3.1 [...]
Install Gnome3 on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty or Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick
Run the following commands in your terminal: On Ubuntu 11.04: add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 aptitude update aptitude dist-upgrade aptitude install gnome-shell On Ubuntu 10.10: add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-desktop/gnome3-builds aptitude update aptitude install gnome3-session Note: This repository is outdated ! Lock out and back in, after completing the installation. (Choose Gnome3) Remove: aptitude install ppa-purge ppa-purge ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 Links: * http://www.gnome.org [...]
Ubuntu Lucid on XenServer 5.6 FP1
Describes howto install Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 LTS (32-Bit or 64-Bit) on a Citrix XenServer 5.6 FP1 and convert the virtual machine into a template. Note: Click to enlarge a picture. 1. Create a new virtual machine Select template “Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 (64-bit)” and choose name and description for your virtual machine (or 32-Bit if [...]
Upgrade Debian Lenny to Squeeze on Citrix XenServer
1. Update your Lenny installation Make sure that your current Lenny is up-2-date. aptitude update aptitude upgrade 2. Change sources to Squeeze Open “/etc/apt/sources.list” and replace “Lenny” with “Squeeze” here is an example: # Debian Squeeze deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main # Debian Squeeze Security deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main 3. Upgrade your [...]
Puppet Dashboard / Reports – Ubuntu
Puppet reports with “Puppet Dashboard“: Installation: Add the following lines to your “/etc/apt/sources.list” file: deb http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ubuntu lucid main deb-src http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ubuntu lucid main Run aptitude update to updates your packet list. If you get an “GPG error” because the public key is not available than add the Puppet Labs repository key to APT. (NO_PUBKEY 1054B7A24BD6EC30) run: [...]
Install VirtualBox 4.0 on Ubuntu / Debian
1. Add new software repository Edit the file ”/etc/apt/sources.list” with your favorite editor and add the following line depending on your Ubuntu version: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian maverick contrib Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx LTS) deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid contrib Ubuntu 9.10 (Jaunty Jackalope) deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic contrib 2. Add the GPG-Key wget [...]
Install Tomcat 7 on Debian (Lenny) with virtual hosts and Apache2 integration
This article is a new version of my Apache Tomcat 6 article. This article describes how to install Apache Tomcat 7 on Debian Lenny, Apache2 integration and virtual hosts. Tocat 7 is not available over the regular sources on Debain Lenny (and Etch) it need to be installed by hand. Tomcat 7 is still BETA. [...]
Setting up TFTP server on Ubuntu
Install a TFTP-Server on Ubuntu 1. Installation sudo aptitude install atftpd 2. Configuration sudo /etc/init.d/atftpd start 3. Files Put all files for the TFTP server in the following directory: /srv/tftp/
VMware Server 2, Proxysvc SSL Handshake problems
Get this server in /var/log/vmware/hostd.log if you want to connect to your VMWare Server ? Proxysvc SSL Handshake on client connection failed: SSL Exception Open about:config in Firefox and change security.enable.ssl2 from false into true In some cases you have to kill the vmware-hostd process and restart the management deamon: /etc/init.d/vmware-mgmt restart Links * http://planetvm.net/blog/?p=1087 [...]
Monitoring the Nagios process with monit
Monitoring the Nagios process with monit Howto to install monit on Debian or Ubuntu to monitor the nagios process. Installation aptitude install monit Configuration Edit the monit configuration file /etc/monit/monitrc and make the following changes: Generall settings set daemon 120 set logfile syslog facility log_daemon set mailserver localhost set mail-format { from: monit@myserver.de } set [...]
On The Go
- Die Fantastischen Vier – Regensburg 22 December 2011
- Bilder aus Schottland 2011 26 September 2011
- Leaving Scottland 25 September 2011
