If you ever wanted to know how to host your own apt repository on Debian or Ubuntu then this article is for you. We’ve tested multiple solutions and have found that using Freight is by far the easiest way to get a private repository up and running quick. Freight is a modern take on Debian… Read More
If you are using ISC DHCP Server on either Debian or Ubuntu, you may have the need to setup static leases for network clients such as printers, switches, etc. If that is the case, then this article is for you. Below we will show you how to assign a static dhcp lease to any network client… Read More
All IP devices need addresses, and ISC DHCP is the easiest and most efficient way to provide them. ISC DHCP is open source software that implements the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for connection to an IP network. It is production-grade software that offers a complete solution for implementing DHCP servers, relay agents, and clients for small… 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
Recently I ran into an issue with upgrading a Dell PowerEdge 4400 BIOS. This specific server is currently running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I needed an easy way to update the bios while in Ubuntu or Debian. The official option from Dell consist of a windows based bios update tool. Obviously that is not going… Read More
Previously I wrote and article detailing how to Monitor HP RAID Array on Debian, unfortunately since that writing I have found a fatal flaw in it’s methodology. While our automated monitoring system using cciss-vol-status will in fact report a failed drive/array, it’s flaw lies in not reporting a predictive drive failure. The hpacucli tool is… Read More
If you’ve ever looked into high-availability, you are well aware that there are probably one hundred different solutions. In this article we will show you our no nonsense solution using software called UCARP. Using this simpler approach you will have a pair of hosts each of which is prepared to take over a single Virtual… Read More