LXC container gets two IP addresses assigned to it So after a little bit more research I’ve determined why this is happening. I’m using the default Ubuntu and Debian templates to create the containers and their networking is set up so as to use DHCP t...
Postfix automated backup/secondary email server with Virtualmin There are various guides online for setting up Postfix as a backup (hold and forward) mail server which knows which accounts are valid on the primary (to prevent backscatter spam, so it only accepts e...
A Simple DNS-Based Approach for Blocking Web Advertising Hal Pomeranz, Deer Run Associates Anybody who uses the Web these days has probably developed extremely good “mental filters” which allow them to ignore the blizzard of banner ads, pop-ups, and other c...
Virtualmin, Apache, and Nginx Reverse Proxy I wanted to be able to setup a reverse proxy with nginx and apache but continue using Virtualmin GPL to manage my domains. The only reason I wanted a reverse proxy is that several of the domains I hos...
Install and configure redis on Ubuntu 16.04 install redis follow these steps: Set up a non-root user with sudo privileges Install build and test dependencies: sudo apt update sudo apt full-upgrade sudo apt install build-essential tcl Set up red...
Odoo Run two or more openerp servers simultaneously How to work on two different versions of openerp simultaneously When you start openerp server by typing on terminal ./openerp-server it takes addons path- bin/addons database port: 5432 run by default...
Mastering file searches on Linux There are many clever ways to hunt down files on Linux systems. Here’s a look at the most useful commands and options. There are many ways to search for files on Linux systems and the commands can be ...
HOWTO: Protect against postfix AUTH DoS attacks I have tons of Oct 19 06:30:50 mail postfix/smtpd[14043]: connect from unknown[151.237.190.118] Oct 19 06:30:50 mail postfix/smtpd[14043]: lost connection after AUTH from unknown[151.237.190.118] Oct ...
Akeneo setup LAMP sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql php5-mcrypt php5-gd php5-intl php5-apcu php5-dev php5-curl sudo apt-get install...
Install nginx naxsi mod_pagespeed and spdy on Debian/Ubuntu This is guide to installing and configuring Nginx to serve static files. Which is to say, this is how to install and set up Nginx to serve static files whether those files are simply stylesheets, imag...
Securing an Ubuntu 14.04 Server with Fail2Ban When it comes to securing a server from malicious bruteforcers, Fail2Ban is an extremely powerful tool and my goto application on every server I setup. While that position was once held by denyhosts, ...
Automated WordPress installation with Ansible In the second article of the Ansible and WordPress series, we discussed the basic Ansible project structure and setting up WP-CLI and PHP. Today, I’ll walk you through creating a new database, adding ...