Step by step tutorials showing you how to install and configure various applications and services on Debian based Linux distros.
By default iptables is setup on Debian etch but there are no rules configured. In this tutorial we’ll configure some rules and load them into iptables on startup. 1. Rules file Create a new file that will contain a shell script to insert rules into iptables (pico /etc/firewall-rules.sh) and add this content as template:
admin
Monitoring PowerDNS is easy with MRTG, just install these two packages and create a config file and you’re good to go! apt-get install libsnmp-session-perl mrtg
admin
Creating a private CA can be useful if you have a lot of services encrypting data for internal use but don’t need the domain to be verified by a public CA like Verisign, Thawte etc. By importing the CA to all computers that will use these services users won’t get the a popup in IE and Firefox saying that the certificate is [...]
admin
VMware Server installs on any existing server hardware and partitions a physical server into multiple virtual machines by abstracting processor, memory, storage and networking resources, giving you greater hardware utilization and flexibility. Streamline software development and testing and simplify server provisioning as you utilize the [...]
admin
By default Debian etch 32bit allows a maximum of 4 GB RAM. The limit can be raised up to 64 GB with a single apt-get command / kerenl update: apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem That’s it, reboot your system and you will be able to install up to 64GB of RAM to your system.
admin
Compiling the kernel from source on Debian is actually pretty simple thing to do. This guide has been tested on standard etch installation but will probably work on other versions and debian-like operating systems. The system is easy to break if not done right, compile and install the kernel at your own risk! Install required packages [...]
admin
Search installed packages: apt-cache search package Get details about a specific installed package: apt-cache show package
admin
Last updated April 6, 2014 Compatible releases etchlennysqueezewheezy Notice This tutorial is for older Debian versions and may not work for current versions. Please refer to the links below to find a newer tutorial. How to add a new hard disk or partition using UUID and ext4 filesystem Adding a additional hard disk to your workstation [...]
Ástþór IP
First we’ll need to create a certificate signing request (CSR) containing the certificate application info and a private key. Make sure you don’t expose you’re private key (test.com.key) to the public or the safety of the encrypted information could be compromised. mkdir /etc/apache2/ssl cd /etc/apache2/ssl openssl req [...]
admin
The Apache web server can read .htaccess files located anywhere in your document root to perform different tasks and control settings without changing the configuration files. This may be useful where you don’t have access to change the configuration files or don’t want to mangle with the configuration files to perform easy [...]
admin