Setting the locale in Linux Debian or Ubuntu is quite easy, usually it is because you get the following errors: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = (unset), LC_ALL = (unset), LANG = "en_AU.UTF-8" are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to the… Read more »
Mount Amazon S3 Bucket on Ubuntu
Mount Amazon S3 Buckets on Ubuntu I wanted the ability to mount a S3 bucket straight onto my Linux server so I wouldn’t have to rely on local storage, I have a write up on how to do this: You can do this without installing FUSE just by installing s3fs but that only allows the… Read more »
Setup SSH Keys for Linux Key Based Authentication
Generating RSA Keys 1. Create a folder called “.ssh” under the root folder (change ~ for the full path of the user if you are using a user account) mkdir ~/.ssh 2. Change permissions on the “.ssh” folder to 700 chmod 700 ~/.ssh 3. Generate keys ssh-keygen -t rsa You will be prompted for a… Read more »
Installing and Configuring Exim4 to Smarthost on Linux Debian or Ubuntu
1. Update source repositories apt-get update && apt-get -y upgrade 2. Install Exim4 apt-get install exim4-daemon-light 3. Create and edit the following file location: vi /etc/exim4/passwd.client 4. Add the following line smarthostaddress:login:password example: smtp.example.com:chris:password 5. Create the following file vi /etc/exim4/exim4.conf.localmacros 6. Add the following line AUTH_CLIENT_ALLOW_NOTLS_PASSWORDS = 1 7. Reconfigure Exim4 dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config 7a. Select… Read more »
How to Install WordPress on Linux Ubuntu or Debian
Install WordPress on Linux Ubuntu or Debian Assumptions: A working Debian or Ubuntu server (ideally headless) A working knowledge of Linux (view this post for some useful commands) A standard Linux account preconfigured Apache 2 installed and configured correctly Ideally a preconfigured vhost (not required but a good idea, refer to this post) PHP5 installed… Read more »
