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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ppa:ubuntu-desktop/gnome3-builds aptitude update aptitude install gnome3-session Note: This repository is outdated !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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
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/
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