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Compile Apache 2.4 From Source
Compiling Apache 2.4 from source is easy and allows for more customization later on. It also allows for control over where it is installed Install some required depedencies: yum install -y wget pcre-devel openssl openssl-devel expat-devel First get the latest version, at the time of writing this it is 2.4.25. The link to download the […]
Hot Clone A CentOS Server With Rsync
Hot Clone is the term used to describe to completely clone a Linux server using r-sync across the network. This is useful in situations which you would like to create a clone with little to no downtime that would be typical of taking the original server offline. You can use this to perhaps move a single […]
MySQL Replication Master Slave Setup
MySQL Replication allows you to synchronize slave copies of a MySQL server. You can then use the slave to perform backups and a recovery option if the master should go offline for any reason. MySQL needs to be installed on both servers. Install MySQL on both servers: yum install -y mysql-server mysql-client mysql-devel Edit /etc/my.cnf […]
PHP-FPM With PHP7 From Source
PHP 7 has great performance benefits and combining that with Nginx when using php-fpm you can get seriously impressive load times! Compiling from source offers more control over where packages are installed and what modules are enabled. If you would like to read more about php-fpm, you can visit the project page Download the dependencies […]
Nginx Compile From Source On CentOS
Nginx (pronounced (“Engine X”) is a high performance web server. It can be used as a web server, proxy server, load balancer, media streaming and more. It can serve static content and supports SSL. Compiling from source does not take long at all and compiling from source allows you to be in control the configuration […]
Bridged Networking Setup For KVM Virtualization
A bridged networking setup is typically used in KVM(Kernel-based virtual machine) to allow the virtual machines to access the LAN/WAN over the IP address on the physical host. This guide is focused on a CentOS or similar derivative configuration setup. This is the second part of a multi-part series in setting up KVM services on […]
KVM installation on CentOS
KVM(Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization software for linux. You can run multiple virtual server instances under one physical host. This allows you to seperate services and run them on different virtual machines. The link to the project can be found here. Running virtual servers is often used to condense many physical machines into […]
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