Tag Archives: server

February, 2010

• 8 February

  Enabling bootlogd on Debian Linux servers

  Question: I am concerned about some services loaded during my Linux server’s boot up, but it does not seem to keep any log of it. How do I fix this? Answer: If you are running a Debian-based server, boot-logging is disabled by default. The only way to find out what …
• 5 February

  Managing your Ubuntu server

  When most people think of Ubuntu, they think of the award-winning community-driven desktop Linux distribution created by South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth and his army loyal supporters. But Shuttleworth is still a businessman, and part of his investment is making sure people who use Ubuntu at the server level have …
• 5 February

  Before you commit your data…

  When you have a small to medium-sized business (SMB), it is tempted to take lowest service offer, especially when a vendor makes big promises. There are plenty of database vendors on the market, and some of them offer very attractive custom proprietary packages or cloud computing solutions. But before you …
• 4 February

  Monitoring your server from your iPhone

  Picture this. You’re on the go, traveling, working, going on a date, or even just taking a nap, and you suddenly start getting phone calls. Little do you know that those phone calls are from angry customers or your boss. The server went down two hours ago, but you had …
• 4 February

  Apple's open source streaming server

  In a previous post, we learned about two streaming media servers, one proprietary (Shoutcast) and one open source (Icecast). But there are other free and open source media servers, and one worth noting is Darwin Streaming Server (DSS), which is based on Apple’s Quicktime Streaming Server (QTSS). DSS supports RTP …
• 2 February

  Using Webmin for Linux commands and tasks

  Question: Is there any way to configure a dedicated Linux server without having local access and without logging in to the command line through SSH? Answer: The short answer is that it is highly unlikely you will never need to use the command line interface on a Linux server, and …
• 2 February

  What is 127.0.0.1?

  Question: I have been setting up my own server, and a lot of help documents refer to the 127.0.0.1 address. What is 127.0.0.1? Answer: 127.0.0.1 is the standard ip address assigned to the lookback network interface in IPv4. Because it is a standard, all server should conform to it, and …
• 1 February

  Speed up Google Analytics on your server

  The Problem: You have a frequently visited website and use Google Analytics to gather important statistical information about your users. Unfortunately, every time a user accesses your main page, it takes longer load whenever they have to download the urchin.js file that Google’s server sends. The essentially technical problem is …

January, 2010

• 29 January

  What is Putty?

  PuTTY is a free terminal emulator that supports SSH and many other protocols. Most users, particularly on Windows, find it very useful for connecting to a Unix or Linux SSH server. PuTTY has a graphical configuration interface with many useful features: storage of connection data for quick reconnection port forwarding …
• 28 January

  Monitoring a Linux server with Logwatch

  On a Linux server, there are numerous separate logs that contain vital information about your web server, mail server, database servers, and other important systems and services. While you could periodically check each log, this is time consuming and will not always identify the problems as they occur. Logwatch is …