Author : Darcy Bottaro

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  So you have an unmanaged VPS Server, so why not install ZPanel to manage the server. So these are the steps I took to install ZPanel.   Did a mininal Centos 6.5 installation. After the installation I make sure I have certain basic software installed and that the server is up to date. # ..

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Here I have collected the information to tuning your Nginx Web Server for better performance. Now of course you can tune your operating system, or purchase better hardware.   So you need to tune Nginx for your server. Example: how many CPU cores do you have on your server. So you need to setup Nginx ..

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  Want to do some performance testing on your Centos 6.4 Server.   Try UnixBench   OK, lets login to your server and install all the need application etc. # yum install gcc gcc-c++ make libXext-devel mesa-libGL-devel perl-Time-HiRes   # wget -c http://byte-unixbench.googlecode.com/files/unixbench-5.1.2.tar.gz   # tar xvzf unixbench-5.1.2.tar.gz   # cd unixbench-5.1.2   # make # ./Run Let ..

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I've been wanting to try out Openstack for a while and I finally made the time to do a test setup. Now there is a Devstack setup which was really easy to setup. So here are the steps I took. Of course I haven't added all the information here. I do have a reference section ..

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  Reinstalling Windows XP Media Center SP2 with all the current updates and problems I ran into to and how I fixed them.   Reinstall Windows XP Media Center SP2 1. Install Windows. Restart when needed. 2. Install Service patch 3 which is WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86-FRA.exe a network installation download. 3. Install Internet Explorer 8 update service. IE8 WindowsUpdateAgent30-x86.exe. 4. ..

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Trying to find better performance on my WordPress websites.   WordPress 3.6.1   Login to Amazon Web Services. Click on CloudFront Click on Create Distribution Go with Download and click on Continue Enter in the domain name you want to use with CloudFront, leave the rest at their defaults. Then click on Create Distribution..   ..

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Citrix XenServer 6.2 is now Open Source. So it is free to setup and use. If you want Maintenance and Support you get it for a price from Citrix.   Installation and setup of XenServer 6.2 Download XenServer iso and XenCenter msi file from http://www.xenserver.org/open-source-virtualization-download.html Burn ISO to cd and start installation. Went with default installation, ..

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This is a test setup on VMware Fusion on my MacOSX. I wanted to try out this software. So here are my steps.   Do a basic installation of Centos 6.   I like to make sure the OS in up to date. # yum update   Set a static ip address, edit the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ..

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I've been wanting to try out Openstack for a while and I finally made the time to do a test setup. Now there is a Devstack setup which was really easy to setup but I wanted to do a full production setup. So here are the steps I took. Of course I haven't added all ..

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Would you like to have your own Cloud? Or your own local storage that has clients etc, then maybe ownCloud is something you may want use. I like it for all the devices etc it supports.   Do a basic installation of Centos 6, I like to use the minimal install iso image. Make sure ..

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