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Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 6.4 Server
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: virtualization, centos, kvm •
Comments: 11 Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 6.4 Server This guide explains how you can install and use KVM for creating and running virtual machines on a CentOS 6.4 server. I will show how to create image-based virtual machines and also virtual machines that use a logical volume (LVM). KVM is short for Kernel-based Virtual Machine and makes use of hardware virtualization, i.e., you need a CPU that supports hardware virtualization, e.g. Intel VT or AMD-V.
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.4
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: centos, lighttpd, web server •
Comments: 0 Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.4 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 6.4 server with PHP5 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi.
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Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (OpenSUSE 12.3)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: security, storage, suse •
Comments: 0 Encrypt Your Data With EncFS (OpenSUSE 12.3) EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. It is a pass-through filesystem, not an encrypted block device, which means it is created on top of an existing filesystem. This tutorial shows how you can use EncFS on OpenSUSE 12.3 to encrypt your data.
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Running ActiveCollab 3 On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, nginx, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 0 Running ActiveCollab 3 On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10 This tutorial shows how you can install and run activeCollab 3 on a Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu 12.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.
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How To Run LinOTP On OpenSuSE 12.3 With PostgreSQL
Author: cornelinux •
Tags: security, suse •
Comments: 0 How To Run LinOTP On OpenSuSE 12.3 With PostgreSQL This tutorial describes the installation of LinOTP on OpenSUSE 12.3 using PostgreSQL as a token database. LinOTP is a two factor authentication solution with One Time Passwords. In the following Howto we are showing how to enable SSH authentication with LinOTP.
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Nagios 3.x.x/Icinga 1.x.x Server Integration For SMS Alerts Via FoxBox Devices On Debian Squeeze
Author: luca177 •
Tags: monitoring •
Comments: 6 Nagios 3.x.x/Icinga 1.x.x Server Integration For SMS Alerts Via FoxBox Devices On Debian Squeeze This tutorial explains how to integrate a standard Nagios (or Icinga) monitoring server with an SMS notification external device, the FoxBox.
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How To Upgrade OpenSUSE 12.2 To 12.3 (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, suse •
Comments: 3 How To Upgrade OpenSUSE 12.2 To 12.3 (Desktop & Server) This guide shows how you can upgrade your OpenSUSE 12.2 desktop and server installations to OpenSUSE 12.3.
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OpenSUSE 12.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: samba, storage, suse •
Comments: 0 OpenSUSE 12.3 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on OpenSUSE 12.3 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
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Running PrestaShop 1.5.x On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, nginx, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 3 Running PrestaShop 1.5.x On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Wheezy/Ubuntu 12.10 This tutorial shows how you can install and run a PrestaShop 1.5.x web site on a Debian Wheezy or Ubuntu 12.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files.
