All Entries in the "Debian" Category
Virtualization With Xen On Debian Lenny (AMD64)
Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called \”virtual machines\” or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0).
Virtualization With Xen On Debian Lenny (AMD64) – Page 2
how you can set up LVM-based virtual machines instead of virtual machines that use disk images. Virtual machines that use disk images are very slow and heavy on disk IO.
Chrooted SSH/SFTP Tutorial (Debian Lenny)
Since version 4.8, OpenSSH supports chrooting (see http://openssh.org/txt/release-4.8), so no patches are needed anymore. This tutorial describes how to give users chrooted SSH access. With this setup, you can give your users shell access without having to fear that they can see your whole system. Your users will be jailed in a specific directory which [...]
Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer (With Failover and Session Support) With Perlbal/Heartbeat On Debian Etch Page 2
This article explains how to set up a two-node load balancer in an active/passive configuration with Perlbal and heartbeat on Debian Etch. The load balancer sits between the user and two (or more) backend Apache web servers that hold the same content. Not only does the load balancer distribute the requests to the two backend [...]
Setting Up A High-Availability Load Balancer (With Failover and Session Support) With Perlbal/Heartbeat On Debian Etch
This article explains how to set up a two-node load balancer in an active/passive configuration with Perlbal and heartbeat on Debian Etch. The load balancer sits between the user and two (or more) backend Apache web servers that hold the same content. Not only does the load balancer distribute the requests to the two backend [...]
How To Install Django On Debian Etch (Apache2/mod_python)
This tutorial explains how to install Django on a Debian Etch server. Django is a web framework that allows to develop Python web applications quickly with as much automation as possible. I will use it with Apache2 and mod_python in this guide.
How To Patch BIND9 Against DNS Cache Poisoning On Debian Etch
This article explains how you can fix a BIND9 nameserver on a Debian Etch system so that it is not vulnerable anymore to DNS cache poisoning.
Creating Simple Virtual Hosts With mod_mysql_vhost On Lighttpd (Debian Etch)
This guide explains how you can use mod_mysql_vhost to create simple virtual hosts on a lighttpd web server on Debian Etch. With mod_mysql_vhost, lighttpd can read the vhost configuration from a MySQL database. Currently, you can store the domain and the document root in the MySQL database which results in very simple virtual hosts. If [...]
How To Set Up WebDAV With Lighttpd On Debian Etch Page 2
This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with lighttpd on a Debian Etch server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the lighttpd server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. [...]
How To Set Up WebDAV With Lighttpd On Debian Etch
This guide explains how to set up WebDAV with lighttpd on a Debian Etch server. WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allow users to directly edit files on the lighttpd server so that they do not need to be downloaded/uploaded via FTP. [...]