Category Archives: system administration
How to create a Fedora 7 Instance for EC2
Now that Fedora 7 is out I figured it was time to update the EC2 instance howto. It is almost exactly the same as creating a FC6 instance so if you want to know the details you can reference that article.
EC2 and NAT
Amazon just added NAT to their EC2 service. It also sounds like they will be turning the old direct addressing scheme off soon. This is probably a step towards assigning static IPs to your hosts in EC2. It may even allow you to have EC2 instances with no external IP address at all. It makes [...]
Acrobat Reader 7 and FC6
I broke down and wanted to install Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 on my FC6 box to replace xpdf. After installing it from the tar.gz version the acroread startup script bombed out with the error: expr substr 2400000000000 1 After a little searching I didn't find much help so I started looking at the script myself [...]
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Dynamic DNS with EC2 and ZoneEdit
There seems to be a lot of questions on how to set up dyndns with EC2. It is fairly easy to do but I haven't seen anyone put everything together to do it yet so I figured I would write a little example using ZoneEdit. I picked ZoneEdit because it lets you sign up and [...]
A lesson in on the limits of administrating your way out of problems: Shared MySQL
I just finished reading a post to the Media Temple blog about their MySQL problems . I think it is an excellent example of what happens when you only have one side of the house trying to fix a problem. The post leaves out some details but they make it clear that they believe their [...]
Using Oracle Instant Client and SQLPlus
Some time ago Oracle introduced their Instant Client as an alternative to needing a full install of the Oracle client to run your own apps or SQLPlus. I've been putting the Instant Client to good use these days and figured I would give a quick howto on getting it set up.
Debian EC2 AMI
After working on my FC6 AMI I started thinking about how small of an AMI I could create. The goal would be to have a 10 meg or less image that is very specialized for doing something like serving images with lighttpd or apache. I started very very small but the lack of console access [...]
Creating your own FC6 instance for EC2
I've been playing around with the EC2 service at Amazon and figured I would document a little about how you create your own FC6 AMI. The Amazon documentation goes over everything you need to know about creating your own FC4 AMI and if you don't want to roll your own you can use one of [...]
Optaros Open Source Catalogue
For anyone interested in using open source software in the enterprise Optaros just published their Open Source Catalogue 2007. The paper doesn't cover every project out there but it is a good read and a starting point for others who might want to publish a more comprehensive guide. Tags: open source, optaros
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Upgrading from Fedora 7 to Fedora 8 with yum