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    Add Linux Client to Zenoss Monitoring

    I have been getting some questions and emails about problems with adding linux client to Zenoss monitoring as explained in my post on Install Zenoss Monitoring Server on CentOS 6. I decided to post the SNMP daemon configuration i use, to add linux client to Zenoss monitoring server and write in general how to get […]

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    Apache Server Status Module

    The Apache Server Status module is an addition to Apache HTTP Server. It is a module that enables insights into the Apache HTTP Server performance and statistics. On CentOS Linux, Apache Status module is provided by the httpd RPM package, so if you are running Apache, this module is already installed and wait for it […]

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    Cron Daemon and Cron Jobs

    Cron is a daemon on linux and unix based operating systems. Cron is a job scheduler which we can be used to configure jobs or run commands at a specific time in a day, month or year. Cron is quite configurable enabling us to run jobs and commands periodically, at fixed times or dates and also […]

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    PostgreSQL Create Database and Tablespace

    This is the next post in a series of posts about PostgreSQL and is actually a continuation from post on “PostgreSQL Create User – Manage Users“. If you followed my post on “PostgreSQL Create User – Manage Users” then you successfully created your firstPostgreSQL users and also assigned them desired rights and privileges. The next step is to […]

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    PostgreSQL Create User – Manage Users

    As promised in one of the previous posts on “Install PostgreSQL Database on CentOS 6” here is a post describing how to manage PostgreSQL users (PostgreSQL create user, delete user, …). By now you have probably successfully installed and started PostgreSQL server on your linux machine, but empty PostgreSQL server is not useful in any way. The next […]

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    SSH Tunnel – Port Forwarding With SSH

    SSH has a huge number of features, SSH Tunnel being just one of them. SSH Tunnel is a secure connection between two machines and is often refered to as “SSH Tunneling” or also “Port Forwarding”. Using the “ssh” command we can bind a desired port on a local machine to a desired port on a remote […]

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    Install and Configure Postfix with Dovecot on CentOS 6

    Want to install and configure Postfix with Dovecot on CentOS 6? Or are you wondering whatPostfix orDovecot is? In case you are wondering (i hope not, since you stumbled on this page), Postfix is a mail server or a bit more fancy word for it – Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). Actually MTA tells you what this application does. It transfers the […]

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    Secure Your Linux Server With IPTables

    If you have a Linux server out there somewhere in the internet, you probably want to secure it and reflect some of the most common attacks to your server. If you are just starting out with your first server you must know, your server will be attacked. There are automated bots and scripts that scan […]

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    Configure IPTables on CentOS 6

    IPTables is a service on linux systems, which allows a system administrator to configure rules and chains in tables provides by the Linux kernel firewall. IPTables is a Linux firewall service which enables you to accept, reject or drop (,…) packages based on the rules you applied. In this post we will learn how to cofigure iptables […]

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    FSTAB: Mount Point With Space in Dir Name

    Today i was re-organizing my desktop computer running Fedora 20. Actually i installed a new SSD drive in it and been throwing data around to organize/create new partitions and filesystems – just the way i like it! 🙂 Since i decided to put my VirtualBox machine files on a separated partition i ran into the […]

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    Securing SSH Server – sshd_config

    Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication. SSH is widely used on linux machines for console access and remote management. It is a server – client oriented network protocol which enables a secure communication between two network computers. The port on which SSH Server runs by default is 22. If […]

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    Forward & Reverse Apache Proxy – CentOS 7

    There are two possible configurations for Apache Proxy Server and we will present installation and configuration of both types this how to. Forward Apache Proxy is a proxy configuration that is commonly used in companies and it enables users to access the internet. Users or clients must configure their browsers or operating system to use a proxy server (Forward Apache […]

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