Compile dynamic nginx modules
My notes for compiling modules in nginx. As of nginx 1.9.11, you can dynamically load modules using load_module in nginx.conf. To compile the module, if not available in…
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From Linux Install to WordPress
A typical installation of Debian 8.x (Jessie) precedes this where I only select base system and ssh server options during operating system installation. After installation, this is a…
How to Join a Debian Linux Server to a Windows Domain
I've added a few servers to a test Windows domain and some of those servers include Debian Linux operating systems. Here are the basic steps on joining a…
Mixing Stable, Unstable, Testing and Experimental Packages in Debian
This is a very useful article from ServerFault on installing mixed packages in Debian. Many people seem to be afraid of mixing stable with testing, but frankly, testing…
Observium Notes
A few notes on my Observium setup on a Debian 8 Jessie system. All configuration options and details can be found at the Observium documentation page. Bad Interfaces…
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus MSP – Bind to Specific IP
I'm testing out ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus MSP and trying to get it to bind to a specific IP address on my Linux server to no avail. Documentation from…
Windows 10 with Ubuntu: Bash + Conky + Firefox
Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta) Set Windows 10 Developer Mode Install X Server in Windows I prefer Xming; get it and install it from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/files/latest/download…
Observium nfsen configuration notes
Hacked my way through getting Observium to pick up the nfsen RRD so that I see the Netflow tab in the device in Observium. Here's what I did...…
ISPConfig, Dovecot, Postfix and LetsEncrypt SSL
Please See: https://www.howtoforge.com/community/threads/lets-encrypt-working-with-ispconfig-interface-postfix-dovecot-tls-pure-ftpd-monit.75546/ ARCHIVEDI successfully configured Dovecot and Postfix to use my LetsEncrypt SSL certificate for my mail domain. Generate SSL Certificate When I installed ISPConfig 3.1b, I…
Test Internet Speed on Linux Terminal
Instead of visiting sites like Speedtest.net through a browser, you can install speedtest-cli package on Linux and test bandwidth speeds from the command line. $ apt-get install speedtest-cli…
DNS Caching for Spamassassin RBLs
So I'm tweaking the mail filter server which is a Debian Linux server running Postfix, MailScanner and SpamAssassin. I just wanted to share some of the performance improvements…
ldapsearch to get all SMTP email addresses
Cooked this up in a few minutes. Should return all proxyAddress that are SMTP and all SMTP default addresses for all users not disabled in a specified Organizational…
Automate Telnet Login in BASH
This method will basically automate telnet login and run a command on a router. It doesn't use TELNET, it uses ncat. The alternative to this approach would be…
Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 'Qiana' Installation from LiveCD Screenshots
Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 'Qiana'
Linux Mint 17 Cinnamon 'Qiana' has reached RC status. Here are some screenshots of the new release. Places where changes were made, noted by the Mint Team: Update…