Wsgi on cPanel improved
March 27, 2011, 3:36 p.m.
There is a long time now from my original post on running Django with python 2.6 on cPanel based servers, and as time passed there was some issues while deploying Django in such a way. So I decided to post another post with some updates regarding deployment of any ...
[ cPanel ] [ Django ] [ Linux ] [ Python ]
Django on cpanel with python2.6, virtualenv and mod_wsgi
Aug. 14, 2010, 6:52 p.m.
So here is the simple to follow step by step tutorial on howto run latest Django on cpanel powered servers with python 2.6, virtual env and mod_wsgi. If you are running cpanel on your server it's most probably a rhel or centos distro, and those will have by ...
[ cPanel ] [ Django ] [ Linux ] [ Python ]
SSH port forwarding
Feb. 16, 2010, 6:51 p.m.
In one of my previous post I made a tutorial how to bypass corporate firewalls and gain access into your office computer. It work well if you are at your home and you need ssh access (or any other service) to your office computer. However if the situation is reversed ...
[ Linux ] [ Networking ] [ security ] [ shell ] [ ssh ]
Howto create rsync server
Oct. 21, 2009, 6:46 p.m.
There are tons of reasons why would one want to create a rsync server. For example you wish to backup your data to a remote server but you don't want to backup everything every time.
rsync is an open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. rsync is ...
[ Linux ] [ Networking ]
Munin centralized monitoring on Centos
Oct. 9, 2009, 6:45 p.m.
So recently I went nuts having to login onto each server to look at its munin graphs. While you have few servers it's doable, but managing large farms and checking up on them while having to login into each is just pain in the ass.
So what to do ...
[ cPanel ] [ Linux ] [ monitoring ] [ Networking ]
Tail -f in python, truncate aware
Aug. 11, 2009, 6:43 p.m.
So while doing a little coding I tried to find some tail -f class in python that will recognize when file that we tailing is been truncated. All I found was some tail -f classes that brakes on file truncate or rotate.
Eventually I came up with this:
import time ...
[ Linux ] [ programing ] [ Python ]
Firewalling xen bridge
April 19, 2009, 6:28 p.m.
Occasionally you will wish to block certain ports to your DomUs from Dom0. By default you wish to allow any traffic from and to DomU but for some security considerations, I found it to be wise to block some ports to and from my clients DomUs. One such port range ...
[ Linux ] [ Networking ] [ security ] [ Virtualization ]
Ubuntu Intrepid on Dell XPS M1530
Dec. 29, 2008, 6:24 p.m.
By default my Dell xps M1530 came with preinstalled windows vista, Media direct and all those fancy stuff, naturally it all had to go away. For some time I used it with dual boot, and installed Dell Media direct. Naturally I used anything else then Ubuntu so rarely it didn ...
[ Linux ] [ Networking ] [ Ubuntu ]
Migrating to new web hosting
Dec. 9, 2008, 6:23 p.m.
No, I'm not moving to new hosting company this post is for your easier migration. For some reason your current web hosting is not appropriate anymore, either by price, availability or supported services. I won't get in any discussions like “this hosting company is better than this one ...
64-bit Adobe flash player for Linux
Nov. 21, 2008, 6:19 p.m.
After very big noise from Linux community, Adobe recently issued alpha version of its 64-bit flash player for Linux architecture. Surprisingly even if it's alpha it works perfectly.
To install it you will have to remove any existing flash player on your system. Running two flash players will only ...
SSH basics
Nov. 17, 2008, 6:17 p.m.
Using ssh and its functionality should be a second nature to all Linux sysadmins, for some users some aspects of ssh are still a mystery, so let's shed some light on it. Here you will not learn basics shell commands and usage, I will simply try to explain usage ...
[ Linux ] [ Networking ] [ security ] [ shell ] [ ssh ]
Gnome global hotkeys
Oct. 29, 2008, 6:14 p.m.
Gnome global hotkeys
This ain’t really rocket science procedure, but I find it to be very useful in my daily work. I’ve familiarized myself with standard gnome hot keys and keyboard shortcuts, but there is always something missing. I found myself extensively using gnome-terminal but they ain’t ...
Preventing ip conflicts in xen
Sept. 22, 2008, 11:18 a.m.
So lately I’m playing with xen kernel and virtualization, and I came across one relatively big problem. Let’s say i want to share my guest machines to… let’s say clients. You must give them root… because that’s whats vps-es all all about… having root access to ...
[ Linux ] [ Virtualization ]
Vodafone mobile and Ubuntu
March 10, 2008, 12:58 p.m.
A while a go, I've tried a Vodafone's Mobile connect pciexpress card on my laptop running Ubuntu, it worked perfectly! I've installed the Betavine's vodafone linux driver and managed to get online without a sweat. While in testing I managed to physically hurt my pciexpress slot ...
[ Linux ] [ Linux Desktop ] [ Networking ] [ Ubuntu ]