How to: Find a file in Ubuntu using complex criteria (or not)
How to: Find a file in Ubuntu using complex criteria (or not) Sometimes you need to find a file and all you know is the extension or the beginning of the file name. A powerful flexible...
Monthly Archive: December 2013
Useful Ubuntu Service commands
Useful Ubuntu Service commands Ubuntu daemons/services/etc. have a few commonalities that are worth knowing when working with them. For example, from what I have read there is a way to reload the configuration changes...
Custom NginX Distribution
Custom NginX Distribution I created a custom NginX distribution to address the need of NginX with the purge cache plugin in newer Ubuntu versions. The source can be obtained from Github: https://github.com/JCBauza/NginX/ and the PPA for your system at: https://launchpad.net/~cloudingenium/+archive/nginx-mainline....
How to: Build your own version of NginX
How to: Build your own version of NginX I was following a tutorial on how to use NginX with WordPress and the NginX Fast CGI cache caught my interest. The only problem is that...
Recommendations when Deploying Ubuntu VMs in Windows Azure
Recommendations when Deploying Ubuntu VMs in Windows Azure Below are a few recommendations to keep in mind when deploying Ubuntu VMs in Windows Azure. From networking to deploying applications and collecting metrics. With no...
How to: Resolve slow Logging in issues and Sudo rights use when using your own DNS in Windows Azure
How to: Resolve slow Logging in issues and Sudo rights use when using your own DNS in Windows Azure Another issue I encountered while using a Linux VM inside Windows Azure is that the...
How to: Enable proper domain DNS search in Ubuntu when using Windows Azure
How to: Enable proper domain DNS search in Ubuntu when using Windows Azure So as part of the latest using your own DNS server with Linux machines inside Windows Azure I had a bit...
How to: Enable dynamic DNS updates to a Microsoft DNS Server using an Ubuntu client workstation
How to: Enable dynamic DNS updates to a Microsoft DNS Server using an Ubuntu client workstation To my surprise it seems that the beauty of Windows being able to dynamically update corporate DNS servers...
Make your DHCP server dynamically update your DNS records on Ubuntu
Make your DHCP server dynamically update your DNS records on Ubuntu (Obtained as is from: http://lani78.wordpress.com/2008/08/12/dhcp-server-update-dns-records/) The steps in this post shows how to configure the DHCP server to automatically update the DNS records...
How to: Configure Purging on Varnish reverse proxy (works with W3 Total Cache)
How to: Configure Purging on Varnish reverse proxy (works with W3 Total Cache) Purging and banning¶ One of the most effective ways of increasing your hit ratio is to increase the time-to-live (ttl)...