Monthly Archives: November 2010

Installing PHP

In order to install PHP with MySQL support you first need to install mysql, mysql-lib, mysql-server and mysql-devel. Install instructions for MySql libs. Also you may need to install libxml2-devel in order to get xml2-config. yum install libxml2-devel Finally generate … Continue reading

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Installing MySQL

In order to install MySQL you need to install these: mysql mysql-server mysql-lib mysql-devel yum install mysql mysql-lib mysql-server mysql-devel After php and php-mysql are installed you may start MySQL: /etc/init.d/mysqld start And you should get this: PLEASE REMEMBER TO … Continue reading

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Apache IP based access

In order to use Apache to allow or deny access based on a specific IP you need mod_authz_host.

Hardware commands

Named-based virtual hosting

First you need to declare the IP used for virtual hosting with the NameVirtualHost directive: NameVirtualHost 192.168.0.1 # ip above is just an example # the above directive specifies that requests for this IP must be further devised Second you … Continue reading

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Main Apache Directives

The main Apache configuration directives The complete Apache directives list. Listen This directive sets the ip(s) and port on which the Apache server listens for connection. Listen: 192.168.0.1:80 Instead of 192.168.0.1 the actual IP must be used. Port 80 is … Continue reading

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Apache structure

The /bin folder Contains various binarie: httpd This is the server binary itself apachectl This controlls the server (start, stop, restart) htpasswd This creates user data for Apache passworded directories. ab This is used for benchmarking apxs Apache extension tool: … Continue reading

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Apache installation

Compile options Implicit options (DSO) ./configure –prefix=/install_path –enable-so –enable-mods-shared=all –enable-mods-shared=all This enables the installation of all available modules. –enable-so This enables modular support (DSO)

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dig

Query the local DNS server dig @localhost domain Reverse resolution query on local DNS server dig @localhost -x ip Query MX record from 8.8.8.8 DNS server dig @8.8.8.8 -t MX domain Query all records dig -t any domain

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rndc

Flush the DNS cache with Bind 9.2.0 or later rndc flush For previous versions simply kill named and restart it. Reload bind rndc reload rndc reload domain rndc reload domain1 domain2 …

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nslookup

Non-interactive mode Get the A record for domain nslookup domain Get the reverse resolution for an IP nslookup ip Get the reverse resolution using an alternate server nslookup ip dns_server Get the MX record for a domain using an alternate … Continue reading

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