http://codex.eidolons.org/ 2010-06-10T21:47:01-04:00 http://codex.eidolons.org/ http://codex.eidolons.org/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-06-09T15:33:33-04:00 Alaan Wyrr http://codex.eidolons.org/arch/installation?rev=1276112013&do=diff Here's a basic guide to configuring a new Arch Linux install. Initial update (say Yes to all): pacman -Syu Install some “essential” packages: pacman -S vim openssh acpid sudo screen alsa-utils pm-utils rsync \ keychain cpufrequtils lm_sensors lshw dnsutils uml_utilities \ bridge-utils iptables alpine aspell-en gnu-netcat inetutils ethtool Then run: text/html 2010-04-05T10:42:02-04:00 Alaan Wyrr http://codex.eidolons.org/start?rev=1270478522&do=diff Here lies a collection of documents describing configuration of technology I've used in recent memory that I don't want to forget in my old age. Perhaps something here would be useful to you as well. Or take a look at my transient thoughts on technology... text/html 2009-09-04T23:12:35-04:00 Alaan Wyrr http://codex.eidolons.org/ubuntu/apache?rev=1252120355&do=diff This describes a simple set up of Apache, with MySQL and PHP5. Installation Thanks to the Debian/Ubuntu developers installation should be as easy as: apt-get install apache2 php5 mysql-server php5-mysql openssl (create a MySQL password when prompted) text/html 2009-08-19T10:23:25-04:00 Alaan Wyrr http://codex.eidolons.org/ubuntu/openldap-server?rev=1250691805&do=diff * Install OpenLDAP apt-get install slapd ldap-utils dpkg-reconfigure slapd Now it's time to populate LDAP with some data. Use a migration script if you have a lot of Unix accounts somewhere. A simple example would be: dn: uid=USERNAME,ou=People,dc=example,dc=com uid: USERNAME sn: LAST givenName: FIRST cn: FIRST LAST objectClass: inetOrgPerson objectClass: posixAccount objectClass: shadowAccount userPassword: {crypt}1R14waNZxBjGS shadowLastChange: 12345 loginShell: /bin/bash uidNumber: 12345 g… text/html 2009-08-14T09:25:09-04:00 Alaan Wyrr http://codex.eidolons.org/ubuntu/xen_host?rev=1250256309&do=diff KVM is nice and all, but not all servers I'd like to run virtual guests on have virtualization capable processors. Also, Xen makes it simple to set up guests without any sort of requirement for a GUI. These are instructions for setting up an Ubuntu server as a Xen host. text/html 2009-07-31T16:36:22-04:00 Alaan Wyrr http://codex.eidolons.org/ubuntu/ldap_auth?rev=1249072582&do=diff LDAP Authentication * Install LDAP client apt-get install libnss-ldap When prompted enter: LDAP Version 3 Make local root Database admin? No Does the LDAP database require login? No * Edit /etc/ldap.conf host IP1 IP2 #uri ldapi:/// * Set up nss and pam to use LDAP text/html 2009-07-17T11:25:31-04:00 Alaan Wyrr http://codex.eidolons.org/ubuntu/xen_guest?rev=1247844331&do=diff Here are instructions for setting up new guest servers in Xen. Make sure you have your Xen host set up correctly. Specifically the xen-tools configuration, which is what we use to create the guests. If an install fails, read the log in /var/log/xen-tools.