Linux
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 [...]
Adobe Coldfusion 9 – Debian 5.0 Lenny – Ubuntu 9.10 or 10.04
Install Apache2 webserver: aptitude install apache2 Install required libraries: aptitude install libstdc++5 Install coldfusion: Download the coldfusion installation paket (Linux bin-file) from www.adobe.com. You can use the Trial Edition and upgrade later to the full version by enter the serial number in the administration webinterface Make the downloaded file executeable and run the installer: chmod [...]
VMWare Server 2 – Unable to build the vsock module
Just a quick Post, the solution for the “Unable to build the vsock module” error message if you install VMWare Server 2 on Debian or Ubuntu: tar xvf /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source/vsock.tar cd vsock-only sed -i ‘s/^\#include //’ autoconf/*.c make cp vsock.o /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc ln -s vsock.o /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/misc/vsock.ko depmod -a invoke-rc.d vmware restart
How to install OpenOffice 3.2 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
I have blogged the installation of OpenOffice 3.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 a few months ago. OpenOffice 3.2 is not available on launchpad at the moment. Download it from the OpenOffice Website or use this direct links instead. * German 32-Bit * German 64-Bit * English 32-Bit * English 64-Bit Extract the file after download and [...]
Version 1.4.0 of Tiny Tiny RSS
New version of Tiny Tiny RSS (1.4.0) is available. Look my previous article about it. Upgrade is very esay, read the instructions here. Release Notes: Bugfixes Catalan translation JSON-based API; XML-RPC API server is deprecated and moved to utils/ Classic mobile moved to mobile/classic New mobile version based on iUI Special feed for archived articles [...]
Samba Error on Ubuntu Karmic
There is an error in the current version of Samba on Ubuntu Karmic you find in the samba log file (/var/log/samba/log.smbd) this message: [2009/12/07 12:26:26, 0] smbd/server.c:456(smbd_open_one_socket) smbd_open_once_socket: open_socket_in: Address already in use The best solution is a downgrade to version 3.3.2: wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/samba/samba_3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb dpkg -i –force-all samba_3.3.2-1ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb Update: Problem solved (Version 3.4.0)
Install Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic
Install Mozilla Thunderbird 3 on Ubuntu with paketmanger. Add the repository: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa Add repository key: sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys 247510BE Installation: sudo apt-get update sudo aptitude install thunderbird-3.1 thunderbird-3.1-gnome-support Older Ubuntu versions: Edit “/etc/apt/sources.list” and add the following lines: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main Add the GPG key: [...]

