by CBrown | Jun 17, 2010 | Notes, Servers, Uncategorized, Web Sites, Work
If you are going to use MyDNS on a VPS you must remove Bind first. It is preinstalled on most VPS images.
by CBrown | Jun 17, 2010 | Notes, Servers, Technology, Web Sites, Work
Server Install Dirvish, rsync and ssh on the backup server: apt-get install dirvish ssh /etc/dirvish/master.conf should look something like this: bank: /data/backup Runall: expire-default: +15 days expire-rule: #MIN HR DOM MON DOW STRFTIME_FMT * * * * 1 +3 months * *...
by CBrown | Apr 23, 2010 | Notes, Servers, Work
Recently on our VPS servers there has been no admin group on a default Ubuntu install. Here is the solution. Add an admin group to the Ubuntu install. [cc lang=’bash’ ]addgroup admin[/cc] Now you will need to add any users you want to have root privileges...
by CBrown | Apr 9, 2010 | Notes, Servers, Work
After fighting getting this setup on Tuesday and Wednesday I ended up succeeding and didn’t take any notes. So of course here I am this morning having the exact same problem and trying to go off memory. Now lets review what has been done so far. I have had a...
by CBrown | Mar 20, 2010 | Servers, Work
The IntoVPS VPS server we purchased for MPL ended up not working out. The server ended up going down a couple different times within the first we acquired it. Obviously this is not expectable when dealing with multiple clients websites, including MPL’s own. I...
