Ubuntu 14.04 comes with Apache 2.4, rather than the 2.2 of 12.04, and as such has new bits that require some changes. I struggled for some time to get the database driven http authentication working with 2.4, and here’s how I finally got it working, along with some pitfalls I ran into.
sysadmin hacks
hacks for various sysadmin duties, including tips and tricks for various servers
Varnish 3.x Throttling
I’ve been using varnish throttling lately to mitigate attacks and crawlers, and thought I’d share how I was able to get the module implemented on my ubuntu hosts.
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building an ubuntu 10.10 recursive DNS server
DNS servers are pretty simple things from a service standpoint, but can be annoyingly difficult to setup and configure if you aren’t used to it. the variety of packages, and options within those packages, makes this even more daunting. with that in mind, i’m going to cover just a couple of what i think are pretty useful options using bind9 on ubuntu 10.10, though the bind and OS version here aren’t too important and what i provide here will likely work with little change on similarly versioned platforms.
since i’m dealing with a recursive DNS server instead of an authoritative one, we won’t need to worry about many of the more complex options for bind, and we can have a pretty stock install work for us.
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iphive – demo
i’ve got a demo instance of iphive running, so if you want to see how it works feel free to email me and i can get you access to try it out. the demo is using the latest version of the code as of 2011.4.4 and is using private address space for the example database.
the next version is being written to accommodate IPv6, and will also have better user-accounting facilities to better track the who-does-what aspect of inventory management. at that time i’ll also be upgrading to the newest version of the mite framework, which will unlock a whole slew of possible enhancements and improvements.