How do I get Lighttpd to work with PHP Instal Lighttpd web server Follow the following tutorial: “Lighttpd and Centos 5” Add PHP support to Lighttpd web server Install lighttpd-fastcgi and php-cli # yum install lighttpd-fastcgi php-cli Configure the Config files to enable PHP for [continue...]

What is Lighttpd “Security, speed, compliance, and flexibility — all of these describe lighttpd (pron. lighty) which is rapidly redefining efficiency of a webserver; as it is designed and optimized for high performance environments. With a small memory footprint compared to other [continue...]

Scenario / Question: How do I monitor Yum updates on a remote linux server Solution / Answer: Use the check_yum plugin and NRPE Download check_yum Plugin on Remote Host Server Downlaod check_yum plugin to /usr/local/nagios/libexec/ from www.monitorexchange.org check_yum 1. Download the plugin to [continue...]

Scenario / Question: How do I monitor a remote linux system using Nagios Solution / Answer: Use th NRPE daemon to execute Nagios plugins on the remote server and report back to the monitoring host server. NRPE Remote Server Installation and Setup Create Nagios user account on remote server to be [continue...]

Installing Nagios server and network monitoring on Centos 5 server The official documentation can be found at http://support.nagios.com/knowledge-base/official-documentation Install necessary packages yum install httpd gcc glibc glibc-common gd gd-devel php Create Nagios User account and [continue...]

Scenario / Question: How do I setup freeNX on a remote server system and connect to it. Solution / Answer: Installing the freeNX server software on the remote server machine and using the NoMachine freenx client to connect to it from you local machine. Installing freeNX Server: On the server you [continue...]

Scenario / Question: How do I remove a third party boot loader from the MBR Solution / Answer: Erase the first 512 bytes of the harddrive to remove the bootloader Erase MBR Using a linux boot cd: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1 Windows dos boot disk: fdisk /mbr Windows XP recovery [continue...]

Scenario / Question: How do I install software packages using rpm. How do I list what software packages are installed. How do I list information about a package. How do I list files associated with a package. How do I remove software packages I do not need. How do I verify an installed package [continue...]

The linux top command is the Command Line equivalent to Task Manager in windows. Question / Scenario: How do I determine CPU and Memory utilization, based on running processes. Answer / Solution: Use the TOP command in linux. TOP Top command provides a real-time look at what is happening with [continue...]

Scenario / Question: A drive has failed in my raid 1 configuration, and I need to replace it with a new drive. Solution / Answer: Use mdadm to fail the drives partition(s) and remove it from the RAID array. Physically add the new drive to the system and remove the old drive. Create the same [continue...]