Centos: How to make splunkstorm forwarder autostart at boot.
I love Splunk for log aggregation and searching through it. It’s a great tool that comes is various versions http://www.splunk.com/view/free-vs-enterprise/SP-CAAAE8W including a limited free cloud based version https://www.splunkstorm.com. I use…
VPS : Basic checks for performance of a VPS and or a Server
There is more than one way to check the performance available on a VPS Server but I go for a 1st quick shot to test if something is falling over.…
Ubuntu / DigitalOcean indicator applet
Update 03.03.2015: Added author link and changed the installation procedure to match the latest. I hate searching for something more than 10 minutes … twice. I have some things running…
Import MySQL Dumpfile *.sql into my Database
I recently switched to backwpup to backup my wordpress sites. Its a nice handy tool to make and sql dump a wordpress xml export zips its all up and uploads…
Owncloud: Updating self hosted Owncloud to latest version
There is a build into Owncloud updater, which for whatever reason didn’t work for me. There is also a guide on how to update a self hosted Owncloud under http://doc.owncloud.org/server/6.0/admin_manual/maintenance/update.html However…
(Obsolete) CentOS 6.x / Nginx / Zpanel: Install Zpanel with Nginx on Centos 6.x server (and a few additional modules)
Obsolete, do not use. A) Zpanel is not designed for Nginx b) Zpanel has moved on and is forked as http://sentora.io/ Full credit for the first part goes to khanhicetea http://blog.ndksolution.com/install-zpanel-nginx-with-nginx-integrated/ Installation zpanal…
RedHat / Centos 6.x: Upgrade or install MySQL 5.6 (fixed again)
MySQL 5.6 has been released as GA and as per Oracle Notes http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/1904335 “With increased performance, scalability, reliability and manageability, MySQL 5.6 helps users meet the most demanding Web, Cloud and…
RedHat 6.x / Centos 6.x: How to install in WordPress in less than 10 minutes
Assumption: clean fresh minimal installed RedHat or Centos (or any similar linux) registered and updated to the latest revisions: rhn_register #with your details yum -y update #to get latest updates…
WordPress: When installing Themes or Plugins its asking me for ftp details
I had that on one custom installation I took over where I didn’t want to change anything or rework the whole installation. The fix was extreme easy. the WordPress directory…