This is another one of those "I know this, but I can never remember how" type things.I'm currently reconfiguring a machine on the other side of the globe, so I want to get it to work to IST instead of EST.A quick google brought up a rather complex way of doing it which sounded really wrong to me, so I refined my query and found the sane solution in the Ubuntu … [Read more...] about Changing Server Timezone On Ubuntu
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Configuring Multiple Services on Port 80
Until yesterday evening I had never had any reason to configure multiple services on the same port, so I'd never had any reason to delve into the configuration changes to make this happen.In order to get this working you have to have more than one IP address available. In my case I have 3 assigned to the server in question. The main IP is used for serving most of the sites, … [Read more...] about Configuring Multiple Services on Port 80
Firefox 3 (beta) On Ubuntu – Test Drive
I downloaded a copy of Firefox 3 (beta) for linux earlier this evening to see how it was. I've been having very annoying issues with Firefox 2 on Ubuntu locking up randomly, so I was hoping to see if the new version would help.Unfortunately there isn't an official Ubuntu release as yet, but you can easily use the standard download for linux.I'm trying desperately to be … [Read more...] about Firefox 3 (beta) On Ubuntu – Test Drive
EVMS Bit My Ubuntu Upgrade!
I knew that upgrading Ubuntu had been far too easy.There had to be a "gotcha" and of course there was.EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System) is no longer supported as part of the core Ubuntu distribution, but as a couple of my servers were running very old versions of Ubuntu apt did its job all too well and upgraded it for me. End result - Siracusa, where several of my … [Read more...] about EVMS Bit My Ubuntu Upgrade!
Upgrading Ubuntu Is Fun – Sort of!
Today was upgrade Ubuntu day!For some inane reason I hadn't kept ANY of my Ubuntu servers up to date in terms of releases (they were up to date in terms of security patches). Part of the reason why I hadn't upgraded was laziness - they were all working properly, so I didn't see any reason to fix something that wasn't broken... Of course that meant that when I finally decided to … [Read more...] about Upgrading Ubuntu Is Fun – Sort of!