From MediaWiki site: MediaWiki is a free software open source wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. I decided to give MediaWiki a try as a scripts repository so I thought I’d write a quick guide of how to install it on a Linux/Apache/mySQL server. Assumptions A fully qualified domain name with a… Read more »
How to Install Curl into PHP5 and Apache
Curl is a library that lets your make HTTP requests in PHP. Most hosting providers have cURL installed already but if you have to install it on your self managed server with Apache and PHP5 installed, then follow this step by step process. 1. Install packages
| 1 | apt-get install curl libcurl3 libcurl3-dev php5-curl php5-mcrypt |
2. Open php.ini and add extension (my php.ini… Read more »
Install Varnish on Linux Debian or Ubuntu for WordPress
What is Varnish? (From Wikipedia) Varnish is an HTTP accelerator designed for content-heavy dynamic web sites. In contrast to other web accelerators, such as Squid, which began life as a client-side cache, or Apache and nginx, which are primarily origin servers, Varnish was designed as an HTTP accelerator. Varnish is focused exclusively on HTTP,… Read more »
Deploy Android Operating System on VMware ESX
The Android-x86 Project has ported Android to the x86 platform, from ARM so now you can install it on your favorite virtualisation platform (in my case I will be using VMware but you can use others like Virtual Box etc). Requirements 1. A virtualisation platform (I will be using VMware in this example only) 2…. Read more »
Installing and Configuring Exim4 to Smarthost on Linux Debian or Ubuntu
1. Update source repositories
| 1 | apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade |
2. Install Exim4
| 1 | apt-get install exim4-daemon-light |
3. Create and edit the following file location:
| 1 | vi /etc/exim4/passwd.client |
4. Add the following line
| 1 | smarthostaddress:login:password |
example: smtp.example.com:chris:password 5. Create the following file
| 1 | vi /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.localmacros |
6. Add the following line
| 1 | AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS = 1 |
7. Reconfigure Exim4
| 1 | dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config |
7a. Select “mail sent by smarthost, no local mail” 8. Apply settings by resetting… Read more »