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Installing ionCube

ionCube protects software written using the PHP programming language from being viewed, changed, and run on unlicensed computers. 1. Download ionCube loaders wget http://downloads.ioncube.com/loader_downloads/ioncube_loaders_lin_x86.tar.gz

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Installing PowerDNS on etch/lenny

The PowerDNS Nameserver is a modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only nameserver. It is written from scratch and conforms to all relevant DNS standards documents. Furthermore, PowerDNS interfaces with almost any database. This tutorial has been tested and is working on Debian etch and lenny 1. Install the PowerDNS server [...]

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Installing Zenoss monitoring system

Zenoss is an award-winning open source IT monitoring product that effectively manages the configuration, health and performance of networks, servers and applications through a single, integrated software package. Start by adding a zenoss entry to your apt sources (pico /etc/apt/sources.list): deb http://dev.zenoss.org/deb main stable

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Remote backups using rsync

rsync is a software application for Unix systems which synchronizes files and directories from one location to another while minimizing data transfer using delta encoding when appropriate. An important feature of rsync not found in most similar programs/protocols is that the mirroring takes place with only one transmission in each [...]

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Setup PostgreSQL database system

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. 1. Install packages apt-get install postgresql postgresql-client

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Setting up NFS client/server

Network File System (NFS) is a network file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems in 1983, allowing a user on a client computer to access files over a network as easily as if the network devices were attached to its local disks. Server 1. Install the server package apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

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Increasing screen resolution in VNC on X

When connecting to a server without a monitor by VNC, X won’t allow you to select screen resolution higher than 640×480 on next restart. This can be easily fixed: Open /etx/X11/xorg.conf using a text editor (pico /etx/X11/xorg.conf) and add these two lines in the Monitor section of the config file: HorizSync 31-95 VertRefresh [...]

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