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Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu 18.04

Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu 18.04

Introduction If you are disabling IPv6 then you likely know why you are doing it and the reasons may be varied. Disabling IPv6 only requires a brief search to find the sysctl change required but the Ubuntu bug issue is

David Messenger 26th May 201917th November 2019 IPv6, Linux, Ubuntu 1 Comment Read more

Install Apache2 mod_wsgi Ubuntu

Introduction First place to start is the docs: https://modwsgi.readthedocs.io/en/develop/user-guides/quick-installation-guide.html Advises to install dev packages for apache and python if not installed. Use the latest version from source rather than using the versions in the repos. Once you’ve built from source,

David Messenger 9th February 2017 Apache, Linux, Ubuntu, Web Hosting No Comments Read more

Find Network Interface Card Ubuntu

Introduction If you’ve added an interface on ubuntu and wondered what interfaces you have on the system, you need to use the following to find out: ls /sys/class/net This will list the interface names for all NICs on your computer.

David Messenger 11th August 2016 Linux, Ubuntu No Comments Read more

Ubuntu Disable IPv6 on a Single Interface

Introduction Ever needed to disable IPv6 on a single interface? Solution All that’s needed is a simple line adding to the appropriate conf file sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf Add the following line to the bottom of the file obviously substituting <interface>

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Stop Apache Asking for SSL Passphrase after Restart

Stop Apache Asking for SSL Passphrase after Restart

Introduction After upgrading my sites to SSL/TLS I had an annoying issue where after a reboot, I would have to kill the Apache process and start it again manually because it would fail first time because it did not have

David Messenger 22nd February 201623rd February 2016 Apache, Certificates, Linux, openssl, SSL, Ubuntu, Web Hosting, Wordpress No Comments Read more

Install Cacti on Ubuntu 12.04

Install Cacti on Ubuntu 12.04

Introduction I am really just linking some other great content here but there was something I had to figure out before I could follow the great guide by digital ocean. I was getting these errors on the server after install

David Messenger 3rd June 20153rd June 2015 Cacti, Linux, Network Monitoring, Ubuntu No Comments Read more

Kernel Panic-not syncing

Kernel Panic-not syncing

Introduction I tried to upgrade my Ubuntu Server but it didn’t boot up after rebooting. I jumped on via the console and saw the following: kernel panic-not syncing: VFS: unable to mount root fs on unknown block(0,0) I panicked and

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Install VMware Tools Ubuntu

Install VMware Tools Ubuntu

Introduction Installing Vmware tools on a linux box is a straightforward affair from the terminal. Installation Procedure The first step is obviously mount the ISO to install VMware tools. Just a right click on the guest and then guest, install/upgrade

David Messenger 23rd February 201517th November 2019 Linux, Ubuntu, VMware No Comments Read more

RANCID Setup on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Introduction This post was supposed to be a post on how to install RANCID on the latest and greatest Ubuntu Server version 14.04. However I’m still working on it as it is not as straight forward as it should be!

David Messenger 22nd February 201525th February 2015 Linux, Network Monitoring, Ubuntu 2 Comments Read more

Configuring an Apache Reverse Proxy for Multiple Domains

Configuring an Apache Reverse Proxy for Multiple Domains

Introduction I was given a task by my new employer to implement a reverse proxy. This is something in my career I had never done before or was even aware was used on a daily basis to protect back-end web

David Messenger 15th February 201516th November 2019 Apache, Linux, Ubuntu, Web Hosting No Comments Read more

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