Remove Old Kernels Ubuntu

by | Nov 19, 2015 | Servers, Uncategorized, Work

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

by | Nov 19, 2015 | Servers, Web Sites, Work

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...

Add User to Nagios

by | Oct 23, 2014 | Servers, Work

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

by | Oct 21, 2014 | Servers

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...