Zero Free Space on Linux Ubuntu under Hyper-V
Linux is hard. Stuff that is simple in Windows takes forever to figure out. In this case, I wanted to archive a Hyper-V virtual machine (export it and zip it …
OpenLiteSpeed for WordPress on Azure Pre-Configured with Extra User
OpenLiteSpeed looks like a nice WordPress environment and I’ve been working on deploying the image found in the Azure marketplace. However I discovered that the image comes pre-configured with a …
Check and Change PHP Version in Azure WordPress on Linux
I’ve been testing setting up WordPress on Linux as an Azure Web App. Checking and setting the PHP version has been quite a challenge. Here’s how I finally got it …
Connect to Windows Server from Ubuntu under Hyper-V on Windows 10
I’m testing the “Hyper-V Quick Create” version of Ubuntu 18.04 under Windows 10 Pro joined to a Windows domain. Had some difficulty at first connecting to a share on a …
Cron Failed to Fork and DB Update Failed
I got this in a cron email from a Bitnami Linux machine hosted on Azure: /etc/cron.daily/apt: FATAL -> Failed to fork. following by this one for a few days once …
Find the Largest Files on a Linux Machine
The PBX in a Flash machine at a client site sends me a daily Logwatch email (setup described here). At the bottom of that email are a few lines telling …
Manage and Monitor Dell PERC RAID under Linux
I’ve repurposed an old Dell PowerEdge 1500SC with a PERC 3/SC RAID card for use as a Linux phone server running Asterisk. Unfortunately, the only version of Dell OpenManage that …
SNMP ssCPUIdle Incorrect on CentOS 5.2
I use SNMP to monitor ssCPUIdle on CentOS 5.2. Today, after 248 days of uptime, it started returning 0% idle: $snmpwalk -v 1 localhost –c public .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.11 UCD-SNMP-MIB::ssCpuIdle.0 = INTEGER: …
SNMPUtil on Server 2008 R2
Yes, SNMPUtil from the Server 2000 Resource Kit, available here, works on Server 2008 R2. The package also includes the handy SNMPUtilG with a graphical interface.
Linux Daily Delete Job with Logwatch
I have PBX in a Flash set up to create a daily backup and FTP the file to a Windows server. But how do I get rid of the old …