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)
| 1 | mkdir ~/.ssh |
2. Change permissions on the “.ssh” folder to 700
| 1 | chmod 700 ~/.ssh |
3. Generate keys
| 1 | ssh-keygen -t rsa |
You will be prompted for a location to save the keys… 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 »
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 »
Expand LVM Volume on Linux
Overview Logical Volume Manager (LVM) is a logical volume manager for the Linux Kernel; it manages disk drivers and similar mass-storage devices. The term “volume” refers to a disk drive or partition thereof. Assumptions This document assumes LVM is installed on the following Linux (LVM-aware) distributions: Arch Linux CrunchBang CentOS Debian Fedora Gentoo Mandriva… Read more »