Top 10 Linux Virtualization Software: ===================================== Virtualization is the latest buzz word. You may wonder computers are getting cheaper every day, why should I care and why should I use virtualization? Virtualization is a broad term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources such as: 1. Platform Virtualization 2. Resource Virtualization 3. Storage Virtualization [...]
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Top 10 Linux Virtualization Software:
Posted in Articles, LINUX, VPS on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Preventing Brute Force Attacks
Posted in Articles, LINUX, SECURITY, VPS on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Blocking and preventing brute force attacks is one of the main things you want to do on your web server to add a layer of security. –How the brute force attack works Hackers can try to get into your system using a few different methods. 1) Manual login attempts, they will try to type in [...]
Securing PHP
Posted in LINUX, Php, SECURITY, VPS on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
First off you want to figure out how you can edit php.ini This is the main configuration file for PHP. You can find it by logging into shell and typing in the following: # php -i |grep php.ini –Turn on safe_mode Safe mode is an easy way to lock down the security and functions you [...]
Yum Update Error
Posted in Dns, GENERAL, LINUX, VPS on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Error: === [root@host ~]# yum update Loading “installonlyn” plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Could not retrieve mirrorlist http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=5&arch=i386&repo=os error was [Errno 4] IOError: Error: Cannot find a valid baseurl for repo: base Fix: === This error is due to the disabled recursion queries in /etc/named.conf file. \ From: ==== options { directory [...]
Change server time in VPS.
Posted in GENERAL, LINUX, VPS on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How to change server time in VPS. ====================== Actually it is not possible to to change time inside the VPS however it is possible to change timezone. The timezone can be changed using standard Linux method by replacing the /etc/localtime with correct timezone which we want. This can be done by just copying the required [...]
MRTG-network interface error in VP after installing…
Posted in INSTALLATION, VPS on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you are getting the below error while restarting mrtg service in vps, then the exact fix as follows: root@host [~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mrtg restart Shutting down MRTG: [ OK ] Starting MRTG: Daemonizing MRTG … root@host [~]# WARNING: Problem with External get ‘/etc/mrtg/system network eth0′: Expected a Number for ‘in’ but got ” WARNING: Problem with [...]
VPS error while restarting: “vzquota : (error) Quota destroy syscall”
Posted in VPS on June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Error: ~] vzctl start 227 vzquota : (error) Quota destroy syscall for id 227: Device or resource busy Cause: The error msg means that some files/ processes are already opened by another terminal in the vps node. Fix: Just kill the process that already opened . you can get the process id in /vz/root/227 or [...]
