AWS news analysis and DevOps guides.

AWS news analysis and DevOps guides from the engineers who run production AWS for regulated teams. The Linux and sysadmin archive goes back to 2009.

SysAdmin

Install and Configure Bandwidthd – Per IP Bandwidth Monitor

6 July 2011·1 min readArchive

It is important to know traffic usage of your client if you’re a Linux network administrator. You can monitor your client in text mode, graphic mode or html exported like mrtg, cacti or bandwidthd...

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How to create a self-signed SSL Certificate

17 June 2011·2 min readArchive

How to create a self-signed SSL Certificate which can be used for testing purposes or internal usage Step 1: Generate a Private Key and CSR aws@AWSadminz:~$ mkdir ~ssl aws@AWSadminz:~$ cd ~ssl...

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Ubuntu 11.04 Broadcom wifi problem Fix

23 May 2011·1 min readArchive

Please follow the Steps: 1. Remove the Broadcom STA wireless Driver from Additional Drivers. 2. Type bcm in Ubuntu software center, 3. Install “Installer Package for firmware for the b34 driver”...

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Chroot users with OpenSSH : An easier way to confine users to their home directories

5 January 2011·3 min readArchive

With the release of OpenSSH 4.9p1, you no longer have to rely on third-party hacks or complicated chroot setups to confine users to their home directories or give them access to SFTP services....

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xp run commands

1 January 2011·8 min readArchive

Accessibility Controls access.cpl Add Hardware Wizard hdwwiz.cpl Add/Remove Programs appwiz.cpl Administrative Tools certmgr.msc Character Map charmap Check Disk Utility chkdsk Clipboard Viewer...

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How to setup an apache VirtualHost in Ubuntu

8 November 2010·1 min readArchive

Setting up example.com virtual host in local system ######################################################### Requirements:apache2, php, mysql, mysql-server. Install these softwares using Ubuntu...

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Now Enjoy Bollywood Songs through Google Music

4 November 2010·1 min readArchive

While you can find and listen to almost any Hindi movie song or music album on YouTube, there ’s now a better way. Google India, in partnership with In.com and Saavn.com, today launched an online...

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How to Create an Ubuntu-based Bootable USB Anti-virus Rescue Kit to Scan a Windows Drive

30 October 2010·2 min readArchive

One thing I like about Linux is its versatility. It has no hardware restriction, unlike other operating systems. So versatile, in fact, that you can even install the whole system on a bootable USB...

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free online scenner -prevent from virus

25 August 2009·1 min readArchive

These are some websites to scan your documents for the virus infection. not only the documents you can scan all your files to check or scan to prevent from virus 1. VIRUSTOTAL.COM 2. VIRUSCHIEF.COM...

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To change drive letters

6 August 2009·1 min readArchive

To change drive letters (useful if you have two drives and have partitioned the boot drive, but the secondary drive shows up as “D”) Go to Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer...

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Enabling Auto Shutdown

6 August 2009·1 min readArchive

1)Right click on an empty space on your desktop. 2)Go to New=>shortcuts,then type shutdown -s -t 3600 Here the number represents the number of seconds before shutdown. 3)Click on next 4)Name it...

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20 things you didn’t know about Windows XP

6 August 2009·6 min readArchive

You’ve read the reviews and digested the key feature enhancements and operational changes. Now it’s time to delve a bit deeper and uncover some of Windows XP’s secrets. 1. It boasts how long it can...

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