Setup a not so simple blog for the coder
Well looks like the first post needs to be about how to setup a blog off all things! It should be so simple really…these things have been around for ages! But no complications ensue, after much mucking...
View ArticleConrete5
Concrete5 calls its self a CMS, but it looks more like a powerful website builder to me! It’s not in Debian Lenny but it is php and I’m dying to try it when I have a need to build or rebuild a web...
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VPS, vps, vps! Yes my first VPS.
Although I have been running servers from various connection for several years now there is something very exciting and special about my first commercial VPS. My affair with running websites started...
View ArticleRunning a custom or distribution kernel on a VPS
My VPS host rolls their own Xen custom kernel but I wanted to run the Debian distribution supplied kernel simply so that it gets updated by the Debian security updates. MammonthVPS has a nice tutorial...
View ArticlePrevent Tomcat Starting at Boot
If you use Tomcat occasionally you may want the package installed but not have it startup at boot time. These notes are for Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) and the supplied Tomcat 6 package. Tomcat can simply be...
View ArticleBackupninja rsync handler
…because the rsync support for backupninja (or at least the Debian one) is a bit naff…or I just simply do not understand it. Very true if a little surprising since all the other backupninja handlers...
View ArticleTweaking Debian Squeeze
All my systems have been upgraded to Squeeze for a couple of months now. Initial impression was that there are lots of nice new toys and the GNU tools and base Debian system feel even more solid than...
View ArticleMany ways to skin a war file
Web application war files can quickly grow. Here are some of the options to deploy a war to production. Copy Simply copy the war from the build machine to the production machine then deploy it. Pro –...
View ArticleOracle (Sun) Java JDK for Debian, Ubuntu, Linux Mint
Between Oracle and the various GNU/Linux distributions the damn Java ball has been dropped! Really unprofessional from both sides, I don’t care for the technicalities, both sides screwed up and your...
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Check which Apache modules are loaded on a shared host
B1 How to test which Apache modules are loaded in a shared hosting environment. It can be hard to tell but I think I have found a nice light way. Particularly for shared hosts that are strongly...
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