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ppa:ubuntu-desktop/gnome3-builds aptitude update aptitude install gnome3-session Note: This repository is outdated !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 […]
Enable SNMP on Citrix XenServer 5.6
Open XenServer Console or open a SSH connection to your XenServer for this howto: 1. Firewall Settings Open „/etc/sysconfig/iptables“ with „vi“ editor and add the following line to allow SNMP connections: -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -m udp -p udp –dport 161 -j ACCEPT Restart iptables service: service iptables restart 2. Configurate SNMPD Edit […]
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 […]
Resize images (folder) with imagemagick (mogrify)
Before upload pictures to my online gallery i want to resize them to a smaller size. I don’t want to open all with a tool or something. I want to run a small script on my netbook without GUI. First install imagemagick: aptitude install imagemagick Now „cd“ into the directory with your images and execute: […]
Change DNS-Server in XenServer 5.6 FP1
Citrix removed the change DNS from their console. But to change DNS-Server in „/etc/resolv.conf“ are not solid settings. If you reboot the server the settings will be changed back to the initial configuration. You have to change it with „xe pif-reconfigure-ip“. Change DNS-Server First use xe pif-list to get the UUID of your PIF. You […]
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 […]
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 […]