If you have a WordPress installation that has issues with scheduled posts or certain plugins that rely on wp-cron, then this article is for you. There are two ways I have found that will pretty much fix your situation whether your site is self hosted or you are hosting your site using a paid solution… Read More
If you would like to install PHP 5.5 and prefer using the package manager like me, the following steps below will enable you to install PHP 5.5 from the Dot Deb repositories.
Download the newest version of java available from Oracle. Depending on your OS architecture, download either the “Linux x86” or “Linux x64” tar.gz file. Once downloaded, fire up WinSCP and copy the file to your Debian or Ubuntu Server /tmp directory. Next in terminal run the following commands:
I will preface this article by saying the setup used in this article is more or less the defacto corporate setup I have used for years. I know there are many ways to skin this cat, however this setup is time tested and in my opinion has proven itself worthy of an article. In this… Read More
It seems to have been a long time since I’ve needed to setup remote logging. Our previous article Remote Logging for Mailgraph was based on Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS, however since that time a few things have changed. So once again we will be setting up remote logging for mailgraph but now on Debian Server…. Read More
If you are running ProFTPD on Ubuntu 14.04, you may have noticed the server is being stopped weekly. Upon further investigation it turns out that the error seems to be happening when log rotation is taking place. If this is indeed the problem you are having then the log will reflect the following. The problem… Read More
In this article I will describe how to update the BIOS of your ALIX or PCEngines device using a serial console with XMODEM. For this process I will be using my favorite terminal emulator Tera Term. You will also need to grab the new BIOS here. Default serial console settings for your ALIX/PCEngines device (can… Read More
With Samba4 becoming more relevant everyday as a drop in replacement for AD, I am regularly fielding questions regarding password management. Below I will describe the basics of password management in Samba4 using the samba-tool. The following code shows the commands dealing with passwords and account expiration.
I recently had a customer in an absolute panic because their Exchange Server was stuck at the screen “Preparing to Configure Windows” and had been for several hours. This server is running Windows 2008 R2 and Exchange 2010, my fist step was turning to my trusty old friend “Google“. A brief search led me to… Read More
Hyperbox is an open-source Java client-server software that manages your virtualized infrastructure across your different hypervisors. It aims to provide a free alternative to commercial products like VMware vCenter/ESXi and Citrix XenCenter/XenServer. It is primarily used with Virtualbox, its favorite hypervisor backend, but is designed with a modular architecture in mind and could use any… Read More