Have you ever wondered how you could access your external hostnames, internal to your network connected via wifi, mobile devices or just plain old desktops? Today we found out we needed to. Our mobile devices require the use of external hostnames to sync data against. And it’s nice being able to use our external hostname [...]
Many of us need to run Support Software to keep on top of client needs and requests, as well as remove some of the burden from our support staff.
Because of this need, we are using Kayako SupportSuite for our helpdesk application. While setting it up, we noticed that the latest release has a little bit [...]
Gone are the days of tedious console only configuration of Nagios. While it’s an excellent system monitoring tool, it can be a little daunting to configure and setup. Not to mention editing 5 or 6 configuration files when adding one host.
In April 2008, Nagios Administrator was released, which promises to deliver an easy to use [...]
You may have some difficulty with Ubuntu Server and VMWare Tools. Here’s how we got it working in the end:
start vm
# sudo mount /cdrom
# cd /cdrom
# cp *.tgz /tmp
# cd /tmp
# apt-get install build-essentials
# apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
# tar xzvf vmtools<yourversion.tgz>
# cd vmtools<yourver>
# perl vmware-install.pl
That’s it. You might want to modify your console settings so [...]
If you’re running debian or ubuntu, your ssh keys are vulnerable. Follow these steps to regenerate them and secure your box back up.
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
cd /etc/ssh/
rm ssh_host_dsa_key
rm ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
rm ssh_host_rsa_key
rm ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
ssh-keygen -t dsa (filename as /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key)
ssh-keygen -t rsa (filename as /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key)
/etc/init.d/ssh restart
Many of you are project managers, and may be using Activecollab or ProjectPier.
We were tired of their lame editor, so we decided to add TinyMCE into our installed version, both for ease of client use, and internal use.
The instructions are very simple.
1. Go to ProjectPier, grab the latest version (or svn)
2. Install ProjectPier as you [...]
