Archive for 'Techno Babble'
Linux VPS speed test
Posted on 06. Oct, 2011 by wiredgorilla.
TweetNeed to test the read and write speed of your VPS , checking your I/O speed ? try this : dd if=/dev/zero of=test bs=64k count=512 oflag=dsync
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Classic Nintendo CEO statement
Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by wiredgorilla.
Tweet Video games don’t affect kids. If Pacman had affected us as kids , we’d all be running around in darkened rooms , munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music!
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How to change the hostname in Linux
Posted on 16. Jul, 2011 by wiredgorilla.
TweetIf you are new to linux you probably will wonder how to change the hostname of your computer or server. (A hostname is the unique name by which a network attached device is known on a network.) If you enter the wrong hostname during the installation, and you need to change the hostname, here is [...]
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How to install CPAN libwww-perl
Posted on 02. May, 2011 by wiredgorilla.
TweetWhen installing the CSF firewall on your CentOS server, you need to make sure that you have libwww-perl installed This is easily done by installed it with yum on CentOS 5 yum install perl-libwww-perl
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E-mail Alert on Root SSH Login
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by wiredgorilla.
TweetWant to be notified instantly when someone logs into your server as root? No problem, check out this nice tutorial on email notification for root logins. Keeping track of who logs into your server and when is very important, especially when you’re dealing with the super user account. We recommend that you use an email [...]
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Turbo charging MySQL by setting up the query cache
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by wiredgorilla.
TweetTo make sure MySQL uses the query cache, there are a few variables you need to set in the configuration file . Usually its my.cnf or my.ini so check on your server with the shell command locate , in our case we are running on a CentOS 5.2 distro and to its my.cnf located in [...]
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Moving mySQL DBs between servers
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by wiredgorilla.
TweetMoving mySQL DBs from one server to another: mysqldump -uUSER -pPASSWORD txp_database > txp_database.sql puts the entire thing in one nicely portable text file. on a new server it takes mysql -uUSER -pPASSWORD txp_database < txp_database.sql to import it.
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Linux Cron Jobs Explained
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by wiredgorilla.
TweetCron allows users to automate repetitive system administration tasks such as tape backups, database reorganization, and general file cleanups (such as emptying log files and queues). The Crontab File’s Syntax To tell cron what you want it to run, and how often you want it to run it, you need to create a crontab file. [...]
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Taking backup of mysql database using cron
Posted on 27. Mar, 2009 by wiredgorilla.
TweetTaking backup of mysql database using cron Create a file called database_backup.sh and also an empty directory called mysql_backup. The database_backup.sh script should have the following info :
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PRM (Process Resource Monitoring) in Linux Servers
Posted on 26. Mar, 2009 by wiredgorilla.
TweetThe great people from R-FX Networks are bringing us a number of powerfull tools for the Linux Server enviroment PRM (Process Resource Monitoring) monitors the process table on a given system and matches process id’s with set resource limits in the config file or per-process based rules. Process id’s that match or exceed the set [...]
