Ubuntu Release Upgrade Broke Apache2

After doing a release upgrade do-release-upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to 14.04 my websites were going to the default vhost for apache.  After looking at /etc/apache2/apache2.conf it had changed from looking for .cfg to .conf for the vhosts files.  I just added the .cfg...

Remove Old Kernels Ubuntu

Try to do a release upgrade I ran into the issue of /boot not having enough free space.  Here is how to resolve that.   Check which kernel you are actively using. DO NOT REMOVE THIS ONE! uname -r View all kernels installed on your system. dpkg –list | grep...

Run Vhosts Under Separate UIDs/GIDs Apache2

To run vhosts under separate UIDs/GIDs in apache is very easy with mpm-itk.  This will help secure your sites on your shared server. First install apache2-mpm-itk apt-get install apache2-mpm-itk Next add a group and user groupadd web1 useradd -s /bin/false -d...

Allstar Dial Installation

Dial Install on RPi2 This assumes you have already completed the correct steps in your allstarlink.org and echolink accounts.   This install is very easy and the most difficult part of the whole install was finding the default password for the fresh install...

Add User to Nagios

It is not exactly easy to add a new user to Nagios but this is how it can be done.   If using ubuntu you will need to modify /usr/local/nagios/etc/cgi.cfg The important one to view the information on the web interface is...

Restart Networking Ubuntu 14.04

Of  course they had to change the way you restart interfaces in Ubuntu 14.04.  Here is how to restart your interface.  Make sure you select the correct interface, the example below is for eth0.  You can check you interface name in ifconfig. ifdown eth0 && ifup...

GnuTLS and Secure Key Files

GnuTLS can’t use an encrypted key file.  To create a duplicate key file with no encryption.   openssl rsa -in server.key -out server-insecure.key   It is also best to set your keys to 400 and your certs to 444.    ...