Systemadministration
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 […]
Install Tomcat 7 on Debian (Lenny) with virtual hosts and Apache2 integration
Please see new version Tomcat 8 on Debian 7 here ! 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 […]
VMWare Open Virtualization Format Tool
Command line utility that supports import and export of OVF packages. Download Download VMWare Open Virtualization Format Tool here: http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vsphere/automationtools/ovf You can download this tool for Windows (64-Bit or 32-Bit), Linux (64-Bit or 32-Bit) and Mac OSX. Install chmod +x VMware-ovftool-2.0.1-260188-lin.x86_64.sh ./VMware-ovftool-2.0.1-260188-lin.x86_64.sh Convert OVF to VMX /opt/vmware/ovftool/ovftool /path/to/vm.ovf /path/to/vm.vmx Convert VMX to OVF /opt/vmware/ovftool/ovftool /path/to/vm.vmx […]
Adding an additional local storage to an existing XENServer
Add the new physical device „/dev/sdb“ as second local storage to an existing Citrix XENServer installation: (Note: I use XENServer 5.6) xe sr-create content-type=“local SR“ host-uuid=(uuid of your xenserver host) type=(ext or lvm) device-config:device=/dev/sdb shared=false name-label=“Second local storage“ The command returns the UUID of your new storage repository (SR). Example: xe sr-create content-type=“local SR“ host-uuid=d06d7c86-08af-4f87-9188-bd287daac20b […]
How to Use VNC to access VMware Servers
Die „.vmx“ Datei der virtuellen Maschine bearbeiten und folgende Zeilen anfügen:Edit the „.vmx“ file of your virtual machine and add this lines: RemoteDisplay.vnc.enabled = „TRUE“ RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = „5900“ RemoteDisplay.vnc.password = „YOUR_PASSWORD“ Bemerkung: Für jede virtuelle Maschine einen anderen Port verwenden.Note: Use a different port for each virtual machine. Links: * http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=1246
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 […]