Category: Servers

  • Open Speed Test

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  • RAID Levels

    RAID is a Redundant Array of Independent Disks The most commonly used types are: Zero One Five Ten ZERO RAID 0, also known as a striped set or a striped volume, requires a minimum of two disks. The disks are merged into a single large volume where data is stored evenly across the number of […]

  • Bugzilla Passwords Lost

    I had a situation where we had an old Bugzilla server that hadn’t been used for several years. As these things often happen, the “powers that be” suddenly decided we need that server to be back up and running NOW. Of course, nobody could remember their passwords any more and the email password mechanism had […]

  • Postfix and LDAP

    POSTFIX was already installed in a simple fashion using real Unix accounts. We will continue to use these Unix accounts but pass authentication duties off to an LDAP server. I used the Centos Directory Server and it was necessary to install the (75misc.ldif schema in the server to allow for mail aliases and mailing lists). […]

  • Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 16.04

    This is what I did to get a functioning Jenkins server on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. 1) I installed the default Java that comes with Ubuntu:sudo apt-get install default-jdk2) Test with “java -version” This gave me version 1.8.0_91 which worked fine for Jenkins. 3) Next I added a new repository using a PPA package. wget -q […]