JFS and RHEL5
Quick one here; If you’re thinking to yourself “why can’t I make the MySQL data partition JFS on my RHEL5 server…” here’s a good how to:...
View ArticleHow to install MongoDB on CentOS 5.4 / RHEL5 and interface with PHP 5
If you’ve been reading up on the various NoSQL offerings and have wanted to try out one but don’t know how to get started, this is one of the easiest ways. I chose MongoDB for this example because I’m...
View ArticleSAN vs Local-disk :: innodb_flush_method performance benchmarks
If you’ve been tuning your MySQL database and have wondered what effect the innodb_flush_method settings have on write performance, then this information might help. I’ve recently been doing a lot of...
View ArticleSElinux Solutions: fixing a newly provisioned server that refuses SSH...
You maybe have run into this scenario if you use dedicated servers from many providers or function as a consultant on varying implementations of SELinux enabled systems. The issue is simple but...
View ArticleOpenCode: MySQL procedures + python + shell code repositories now public
I write a fair number of scripts on this site and have posted a lot of code over the years. Generally if I am not pasting the code to be viewed on the webpage then I link to a file that a user can...
View ArticleBash scripting: an improved init.d service for LogStash
LogStash is a great program, but I’m not going to get into that topic right now. So simply put, if you are aware of LogStash being great and are using it but feel like you need an init script to run it...
View ArticleBash scripting: ElasticSearch and Kibana init.d scripts
As a follow up to the previous post about logstash, here are a couple of related init scripts for anyone implementing the OpenSource Log Analytics setup that is explained over at divisionbyzero. These...
View ArticleSuper Python: three applications involving IRC bot master, MySQL...
In my ongoing efforts to migrate my fun side projects and coding experiments from SVN to Git I’ve come across some of my favorite Python based apps – which are all available in their respective repos...
View ArticleOpenVZ and Amazon S3: how to solve the dreaded connection throttle failure
Sometimes we encounter odd application responses that seem to make no sense. One of these such issues is related to running virtual server instances (OS Containers not Para-Virtualized VMs) and...
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Building a MySQL Private Cloud: Step 1
Building clusters is usually a fun time. Here’s one of my setups at the Equinix LAX1 facility that is being used for VPN services, OpenVZ clustering, and general RADIUS and MySQL clustering...
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