http://www.lamoree.com/machblog/ Lamoree Software Blog en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 14:53:33 -0700 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:35:00 -0700 MachBlog http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss admin@lamoree.com admin@lamoree.com http://www.lamoree.com/machblog/index.cfm?event=showEntry&entryId=E65EF826%2D1A86%2D4C07%2DBD52A9EC3F048EE0 I wrote about this topic several years ago, but I'll be darned if I can find it. I run several Linux virtual machines using VMware Fusion, and I'd rather the console text stay visible for the purpose of identification and to see any console mess... CentOS Linux VMware Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:35:00 -0700 entryId=E65EF826-1A86-4C07-BD52A9EC3F048EE0?event=blog&showEntry= http://www.lamoree.com/machblog/index.cfm?event=showEntry&entryId=9B9C3851%2D6930%2D41C2%2D8A89148F172E06E6 I document changes to web application cluster nodes to make the procedure repeatable, and for future reference. Recently I installed FusionReactor on CentOS 5 servers using the manual installation instructions. I couldn't use the installer program... CentOS ColdFusion Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:41:00 -0700 entryId=9B9C3851-6930-41C2-8A89148F172E06E6?event=blog&showEntry= http://www.lamoree.com/machblog/index.cfm?event=showEntry&entryId=C84FE5A3%2D1B69%2D47C5%2DA464A86B8BAEB601 Nagios is awesome. I recently configured a VPS to monitor all the servers in a hosting facility. Although I've been using Nagios for several years, I hadn't used the NRPE plugin until now. It's quite easy to add support on the Nagios server and th... CentOS Nagios Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:41:00 -0700 entryId=C84FE5A3-1B69-47C5-A464A86B8BAEB601?event=blog&showEntry= http://www.lamoree.com/machblog/index.cfm?event=showEntry&entryId=76E96445%2D7638%2D40DF%2D9F74008109326388 Today I learned a bit about how Linux, specifically Red Hat Enterprise Linux, knows about the local time zone of the server. The GNU C library (glibc and glibc-common) includes localization information. It also provides a tool to chose a time zon... CentOS Linux Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:17:00 -0700 entryId=76E96445-7638-40DF-9F74008109326388?event=blog&showEntry= http://www.lamoree.com/machblog/index.cfm?event=showEntry&entryId=8147A28E%2D375D%2D4E27%2D987015A730250AAE While copying various old repositories to a new server, I found that some of them needed to be updated to the current version of Berkeley DB. If the new svnadmin is used on an old repository, it outputs an error like so: svnadmin: Berkeley D... CentOS Subversion Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:32:00 -0700 entryId=8147A28E-375D-4E27-987015A730250AAE?event=blog&showEntry= http://www.lamoree.com/machblog/index.cfm?event=showEntry&entryId=47D6A83B%2DFCB6%2D4FFA%2DBD9E660F95833F9F I've just finished building up a couple production servers to host web applications. The servers are Xen guests on an AMD Quad-Core Opteron x86_64 host. The VPS template is a minimal installation of CentOS, to which I added packages as needed. Th... Apache CFML CentOS Java Linux Open BlueDragon Tomcat Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:22:00 -0700 entryId=47D6A83B-FCB6-4FFA-BD9E660F95833F9F?event=blog&showEntry= http://www.lamoree.com/machblog/index.cfm?event=showEntry&entryId=48753DC8%2D1820%2D40B5%2D80EE372FF5B0A486 I created a pretty awesome CentOS 5.1 virtual machine. It's quite lean, using only 256 Mb of RAM and a 2.0 Gb virtual disk. One issue that I encountered when doing the installation from a DVD (virtual CDROM using an ISO image), was that the install... CentOS Linux VMware Sat, 31 May 2008 12:33:00 -0700 entryId=48753DC8-1820-40B5-80EE372FF5B0A486?event=blog&showEntry=