Quick Intro Some time ago I setup a PXE boot server at work so we could deploy different operating systems to our servers and computers quickly. I’m lazy like that. We use it to deploy Centos 5.3, Centos 4.4, and a few different versions of the Mirth Appliances. Here’s how I added Centos 5.4 to [...]
When you’re bouncing around from one directory to another in Linux or OSX, or even Cygwin in windows, remember you can use alias to save you time. For example, I’ve been working a lot on these two directories in my pxeboot server ((The xxxx is just a placeholder)). /opt/xxxx/sources/linuxdistros/centos/x86_64/5.3 /opt/xxxx/sources/linuxdistros/centos/x86/4.4 Typing those in each time, [...]
I found this article while doing some research. I knew Linux was prevalent in the webserver world. Most of the web servers out in the world run on Linux so I wasn’t surprised to see this, but it is still very interesting to know that 19 out of 20 of the world’s supercomputers run a [...]
The MySQL Administrator is a GUI for the popular MySQL Database. I find it very useful to manage databases. It works well. I find it useful right after I give myself remote access permissions. This way I can access mysql server instances from a remote location. Most hosts ((Dreamhost allows this btw.)) will allow you [...]
Just enough Operating System, JeOS, pronounced like Juice. Is a term used to describe an operating system that has been stripped down from unecessary packages. It is a bare bones system for all intents and purposes. Some of the JeOS releases have optimized kernels for various virtualization platforms making this type of distro favorable if [...]
Tree is a simple and unique utility. It sticks to the Unix motto of doing one thing and doing it well. As stated in the info page, it list contents of directories in a tree-like format If you’re a visual kind of person, this utility is very useful at times. I use it when I [...]
My previous post about CentOS 5.3 ended up somewhat incomplete, and I wanted to finish up by showing how I did a little bit of troubleshooting to fix it. I now can install CentOS 5.3 64bit automagically just by selecting the entry from the PXEboot menu; Love it! There were two problems with the kickstart [...]
Getting Started I needed to add a CentOS 5.3 64bit to our pxeboot environment. Here are the steps I had to take to get this done. Get the DVD iso Mount the dvd somewhere on the system & copy the files to the proper location Create the TFTP supporting files Bonus: Get kickstart working for [...]
Virtualization is the next big thing in computing. I’ve been using VMware, Qemu, MS Virtual PC and a couple others for years, so it is obvious that virtualization isn’t new. I regularly work on OpenVZ environments where we run dozens of servers in one physical box, and in some cases we’ve been able to reduce [...]
