learning virtualization and want to try to set one up
so I am completely new to this, but I am interested in setting up a server (a Dell T20) up as a NAS, Plex, and web app development server. My limited understanding of VMs is that they run separate OS's...
View Articlecobbler buildiso and vmware workstation on windows
I need to install esxi on a bunch of hosts in the next coming weeks and can't use PXE boot nor can I do vmware's AutoDeploy. I installed Cobbler in CentOS 7 in vmware workstation 12 VM running on...
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View ArticleRemote Duplicate File Detection Across Enormous File Sets
Crosspost from /r/debian: link; someone suggested trying here too, i guess for a broader audience.basic setupsomewhere in the cloud, i have an enormous bittorrent seedbox i use to download and share...
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I get the impression over 90% of the people here are maintaining server environments supporting web apps, core services (dns, dhcp, logging, time services, etc), databases and other similar things.Is...
View ArticleCentOS7 MOTD is not displaying at user login. Not sure why. I also ran the...
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View ArticleHelp upgrading samba (already installed)
Hi guys,I know just enough about Linux that I can muddle through most sysadmin tasks, but not enough that I'm comfortable doing some things. This is one of them.We had a security audit and it turned up...
View ArticleLinode is giving out credit for downtime -- but they're being real shady...
on a $500 monthly bill, Linode credited the account for $135 However, on another similar account I own, with also a $500 monthly bill they only credited $55. I asked them why such a big discrepancy and...
View ArticlePython package installation: pip vs yum, or both together?
I've just started administering a Hadoop cluster. We're using Bright Cluster Manager up to the O/S level (CentOS 7.1) and then Ambari together with Hortonworks HDP 2.3 for Hadoop.I'm constantly getting...
View ArticleHow to restrict ssh-git user to one repo
How to restrict a ssh-git user to one repo (directory) on a Linux server?I use git-shell, but the concept of letting users pull git anywhere in the machine, restricted only by fs permission, seems...
View ArticleHelp with FreeIPA
Trying to setup FreeIPA for the first time. Server (CentOS7 IPA 4.2) and client (CentOS6, IPA 3) are communicating, authentication (using password auth not cert) is working. However, user can...
View Articlenginx server never resolves
I have set up an nginx server which is a proxy for port 80 to http://127.0.0.1:3000, but the request never gets through. It just infinitely loads.I have tried sudo /sbin/iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m tcp...
View Articlehigh-performance DIY linux router article
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View ArticleWhich mail client do you use?
Hello fellow linuxadminsI use Icedove. But it's bugging me that its using up all CPU on a single core. It gets slow and sometimes wont close or send an email when i press the buttons. I tried every...
View ArticleRsync not working on CentOS 7.
Im implementing a local repo solution for Centos boxes behind a corportate firewall. I stood up a Centos7 box with internet access outside this firewall. I plan to rsync from public repos to this box...
View ArticleThis site has some nice tutorials on Linux/MySQL/NFS/HighAvailability/Log...
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View ArticleNagios / NSTI and Automation
I built a nagios server in Debian, its working great, pretty satisfied with how it is set up, doing inherited configurations for hosts and service checks. All is well. I installed NSTI. I have the web...
View ArticleLinux AntiVirus
Hi, I'm new to the Linux Admin role (full time). Ive spent the last 2 years studying and self teaching and learning as much as I can, I have recently landed my self my first Linux admin role. I just...
View ArticleELK server slow after running -XDELETE command on an index?
Hey guys, so I created an ELK server to centralize logging for my FreeIPA server. I got Filebeat running on the IPA server to send log data to my ELK server. It was running great, super fast, had...
View ArticleLooking for help on setting up a QA environment with Apache's virtualhost
Hello everyone,At my new job, I've been tasked with setting a new environment for our Q.A. team. The objective is to obtain a single dynamic Apache virtualhost that can point to different releases of a...
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