There are several places on the web to find tutorials on setting up a DNS-323 for Time Machine (for example: http://dns323.kood.org), but I couldn’t find sites that discussed setting it up a DNS-321. Here is what I did to get it working. Root the DNS321 by installing fun_plug Download fun_plug and fun+plug.tgz Share the […]
Category Archives: Servers
Redirect Old Webpages in Apache with mod_rewrite
Sooner or later, you’re probably going to point an old webpage to a new one. If you’ve spent a bunch of time with search engine optimization (SEO), you can retain your work by redirecting the old URL to the new one, and letting search engines know its permanent. Here’s how you can do that with […]
Create a Golden Image of Ubuntu Server in vSphere
If you’re virtualizing server workloads, do yourself a favor and create a golden image. Go ahead, be as meticulous as you want, because you’ll only have to do it once. I’m a fan of using Ubuntu for Linux servers, simply because of Ubuntu’s “free-forever” mantra and aggressive update cycle. Don’t get me wrong, I love […]
Setup WordPress on Ubuntu
Here are the steps I use when setting up WordPress on new Ubuntu server. Log into the console and grab a root shell Note: I don’t like typing sudo in front of every command $ sudo bash Install an ssh server to make remote management easy # apt-get install openssh-server Install a LAMP stack Note: […]
Build an ESXi server on the Cheap
If your a network admin, and you’re not using virtualization in your disaster recovery, then you’re probably being negligent. VMware ESXi is free. You can’t do all of the fancy stuff, like VM motion, but it is the same bare-metal hypervisor as ESX. You can register, download, and obtain a free license for ESXi here. […]