July 2008

How to Install Openfire in Debian Etch

Submitted by Richard on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 04:30

What is Openfire

Openfire formerly known as Wildfire is a popular jabber/XMPP server written in Java and dual-licensed under both a proprietary license and the GNU General Public License. Openfire is easy to setup and administer, administration is done through a web interface, moreover Openfire offers numerous features, there are also several plugins available in Openfire to extend its functionalities. You can check the list of its features here and plugins here.

How to Install and Configure Net SNMP in Linux

Submitted by Richard on Sat, 07/05/2008 - 07:10

Cacti and other Network monitoring tools requires SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) to monitor your server's network bandwidth, cpu loads, total ammounts of RAM and Hard Drive etc. To monitor your Linux server, you must have net-snmp installed.

Installing Net-SNMP on Debian or Ubuntu

For Debian, Ubuntu and other Debian-based distro, type this command:

apt-get install snmpd

Edit the /etc/default/snmpd file

vi /etc/default/snmpd

find this line

How to install Cacti in Debian Etch

Submitted by Richard on Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:43

What is Cacti?

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How to setup a LAN DNS server using Bind9 under Debian Etch and Ubuntu 8.04

Submitted by Richard on Sat, 07/05/2008 - 00:41

This is a step by step tutorial on how to install and configure DNS server for your LAN using bind9. The DNS server will provide caching and name resolution as well as reverse name resolution for your local network. In this tutorial, we will use the domain "debian.lan" and this will be the domain of your local network. The domain "debian.lan is not accessible from the internet; its private ip address is "192.168.100.1".