This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL using an SSL connection for encryption (to make it impossible for hackers to sniff out passwords and data transferred between the master and slave). MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), […]
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Ok well today I’m going to outline how I managed to install VMWare Server 2 on my Quad core Xeon 3.2GHz rack server running Ubuntu Server 10.04 as the host operating system… In the past I have used VMWare Server on Microsof t Windows based operating systems but in all truth I would much prefer […]
On my Ubuntu Servers I use the apt-get command to install and remove packages from my Ubuntu servers. So for example, this weekend I installed and started playing with Cacti (A front end for SNMP) however after installing it I found I had several issues with the software and wanted to revert the operating system […]
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SQLite, you’ve heard of it…
Ok I’ve been mentally blue-printing a new application in my head to do various tasks but thats not important, however I want this scalable application to be able to allow the end user to be able to connect to different ‘selectable’ databases such as a training database, UAT and production. Instead of having a seperate […]
I had a little hunt around online this evening for a graphical user interface for MySQL on my Linux workstation which is running Ubuntu 10.04 – In the past I’ve always just used the terminal and raw MySQL commands but to be honest this can be some what time consuming so I thought I’d share […]
This blog entry shows how you can easily change the appearance of your Ubuntu 10.04 desktop so that it looks and feels like an Apple Mac. This is done using freely available software and only take you about 10-15 minutes. I will be installing Elementary and Docky to make this happen! Elementary is a project […]
Creating a VB.net web browser is an extremly simple task. So much so that itâs a great way to introduce yourself the the language. We shall be using the full version of Visual Basic .Net 2008, but the express editions will work Perfectly fine. Letâs get started shall we? First open VB and create a […]
These days many more companies are using mixed IT enviroments using a mixture of Windows, Linux, UNIX and Mac’s and I for one am using a mixture of Microsoft Windows and Linux (Ubuntu). On my network I use a Microsoft Active Directory and want to be able to get all Server (Linux & Windows) as […]
In this post I will be showing you how you can install a fresh copy of Ubuntu on a server using two Hard disk drives either ATA or SATA drives, I would recommend using proper server hardware as if one of the HDD controllers fail then you still wont be able to reboot your server […]
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DynDNS Client Setup on Ubuntu
After getting three old Dell Dimension L1000R desktop PC’s after work was going to throw them out I decided to turn one of them into a Linux server mainly for me to have sitting on the internet mainly to use for remote backups and remote access to documents and other stuff I want to keep […]