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The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5.1 And FreeBSD 9

The Perfect Database Server: Firebird 2.5.1 And FreeBSD 9

Here is the guide on installing Firebird 2.5.1 from FreeBSD 9 Ports
and
creating your first test database; also we show you how to install
Flamerobin GUI (administration tool) and the PHP driver for it. This was
tested on fresh FreeBSD 9 on a kvm-linux virtual machine.

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Virtualization With Xen On CentOS 6.2 (x86_64) (Paravirtualization & Hardware Virtualization)

Virtualization With Xen On CentOS 6.2 (x86_64) (Paravirtualization & Hardware Virtualization)

This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 4.1.2) on a CentOS 6.2 (x86_64) system. Xen lets you create guest operating systems (*nix operating systems like Linux and FreeBSD), so called “virtual machines” or domUs, under a host operating system (dom0).
Using Xen you can separate your applications into different virtual
machines that are totally independent from each other, but still use the same hardware.

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Converting A VMware Image To A Physical Machine

Converting A VMware Image To A Physical Machine

This tutorial shows how to convert an existing CentOS VM to a
Physical machine. This tutorial covers the cloning of the VM to an
unpartitioned HDD and troubleshoot some of the possible errors that you
may have booting the OS on your new hardware. To illustrate this
procedure I will use VMware Workstation 7 as the handler to transfer the
VM installation to a physical HDD.

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Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD (Relinux)

Creating Your Own Distributable Ubuntu DVD (Relinux)

This article is about how to create a DVD image of your machine with the exact same software included on
the disk. This can be done using a software called Relinux.
Relinux is a fork of the recently discontinued Remastersys.

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Dualbooting Windows 7 And Linux Mint 12

Dualbooting Windows 7 And Linux Mint 12

Dualbooting means having installed two operating systems on one hard disk and being able to boot
from any of them. This tutorial will explain how to install Linux Mint
12 alongside Windows 7 – the procedure however should be the same for
all Ubuntu based distributions and only slightly different for every
other.

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AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Postfix Mail Server

AVG Antivirus For Linux/FreeBSD Plus Postfix Mail Server

This document describes how to deploy AVG Antivirus for Linux/FreeBSD to a Postfix mail server.
It is usable for AVG version 8.5, 10 and 2012.

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VBoxHeadless – Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.1 On A Headless Ubuntu 11.10 Server

VBoxHeadless – Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 4.1 On A Headless Ubuntu 11.10 Server

This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 4.1
on a headless Ubuntu 11.10 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI
to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop
environment. Fortunately, VirtualBox comes with a tool called
VBoxHeadless that allows you to connect to the virtual machines over a
remote desktop connection, so there’s no need for the VirtualBox GUI.

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RedHat Cluster Suite And Conga – Linux Clustering

RedHat Cluster Suite And Conga – Linux Clustering

This how to describes an easy step by step installation of the RedHat
Cluster Suite on three CentOS nodes and prepare them as nodes of a
cluster. You will also install the Management suite which is web based
and is known as Conga.

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The Perfect Server – CentOS 6.2 x86_64 With nginx [ISPConfig 3]

The Perfect Server – CentOS 6.2 x86_64 With nginx [ISPConfig 3]

This tutorial shows how to prepare a CentOS 6.2 x86_64 server for the
installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3
is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the
following services through a web browser: nginx web server, Postfix mail
server, MySQL, BIND nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV,
Mailman, and many more. Since version 3.0.4, ISPConfig comes with full
support for the nginx web server in addition to Apache; this tutorial
covers the setup of a server that uses nginx, not Apache.

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How To Set Up Multi-Master Replication Using Tungsten And MySQL-Proxy For MySQL High Availability On Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS

How To Set Up Multi-Master Replication Using Tungsten And MySQL-Proxy For MySQL High Availability On Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS

This tutorial is based on my experience setting up Tungsten Replicator and MySQL-Proxy for a client’s production setup.

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