Tag Archives: virtual machine

Google Android* OS for Intel® Architecture

Google Android* OS has arrived for Intel® Architecture

When building your Android VM dont forget to add a second disk for your virtual SD card and change the kernel boot params as follows

  • DATA=sda1 SDCARD=sdb1

android intel X86
android intel X86

AWS quickstart with TurnKey Linux Hub

The TurnKey Linux Hub (AWS console replacement) lets you bypass most of the security features of AWS enabling you get up and running on Amazon AWS much quicker.

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ovh vps cloud vms

Just in the process of moving all my web hosting to OVH VPS cloud VMs and thought it’d be useful to document how to turn a vanilla OVH VPS into a personal multi-site webhost !

  • use OVH control panel to replace debian with centos
  • add a user
  • disable root ssh login
  • restart sshd
  • disable/uninstall unnessesary services such as smartmontools yum-updatesd
  • yum check-update
  • run system-config-security
  • yum install redhat-lsb
  • rpm install rpmforge-release
  • yum install fail2ban
  • replace sendmail with postfix (unless you like sendmail)
  • install LAMP (inc httpd,mod_ssl and PHP 5.3.3)
  • secure mysql (change root pwd and delete guest accounts & dbs)
  • chkconfig httpd and mysqld on
  • yum install perl-Crypt-SSLeay perl-Net-SSLeay
  • yum install webalizer
  • install webmin
  • secure webmin (change user & port)
  • install virtualmin
  • enable https
  • disable virtualhost mail handling (unless your not using goog apps)
  • install rrdtools
  • install webmin systemstats
  • create virtual hosts
  • scp public_html tgz and mysql sql dumps from old webhost
  • untar tgz and mysql < sql
  • change DNS ip addresses from old webhost to new webhost
  • wait 1 min !
  • check new site is running !

VMware W2K3 Guest Network Cards

When creating a VMware Windoz 2003 Server guest its probably a good idea to switch all its virtual network cards from VMXNET to E1000 as soon as possible and certainly before installing any Service Packs !

w2k3.vmx

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"

Magento Open Source eCommerce

Magento Open Source eCommerce gives your "flexibility and control over your online store"

https://www.ukko.com/ are one of their happy customers !

and Magento is available as a JumpBox Software Appliance !

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SilverStripe Open Source CMS

How to turn a 10 second SAAS install into a 19 minute video !

Sean Tierney, co-founder and COO of JumpBox, spends 19 minutes demonstrating how to create a complex database server within seconds by using JumpBox.

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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS & Ubuntu JeOS have landed

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long Term Support) Desktop and Server Editions are now available !

If you want to run Ubuntu VM guests you might be very interested in Ubuntu Server Edition JeOS or if you want a lightweight Ubuntu for old low spec hardware (ie PII with 256M of RAM) you could try Xubuntu !

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My JumpBox Proving Grounds Profile

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rPath Webinar Archive (see technote to view on rPath distros !)

rPath webinar archive

http://www.rpath.com/corp/webinars.html

  • Ingres Icebreaker BI Appliance: The Intelligent Way to Deliver Business Intelligence Software
  • How to Achieve Efficient Software Appliance Production with Agile Methods and Distributed Resources Using rPath's rBuilder™ and GlobalLogic Velocity™
  • How Digium Makes the Phones Ring Off the Hook for the Asterisk Appliance
  • Using Software Appliances to Deliver SaaS Value — Minus the Headaches
  • Zimbra (now Yahoo ?) Software Appliance Case Study

http://www.rpath.com/corp/webinars.html

There is a technote that explains how you can use rPath GNU/Linux or Foresight GNU/Linux and the Firefox web browser to access WebEx  Use the process described in this guide to prepare your rPath Linux computer for use with WebEx. The process involves installing a Java runtime environment and some additional libraries for compatibility.

After installation, you can test WebEx by visiting their live demonstration site, or by using rPath's trial installation as detailed in the Resources section of this document.

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