UCARP and Squeeze
- Sep
- 10
IP fault tolerance on Debian Squeeze couldn’t be easier than with UCARP!: Install UCARP on all nodes: apt-get install ucarp Edit /etc/network/interfaces on all nodes, replacing <CLUSTER IP> and <PASSWORD> as appropriate: iface eth0 inet static … ucarp-vid 3 ucarp-vip <CLUSTER IP> ucarp-password <PASSWORD> ucarp-xparam -n iface eth0:ucarp inet static address <CLUSTER IP> netmask 255.255.255.255 […]
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GitHub
- Jul
- 06
Whelp, I’ve gone and done it — my first Git project, hosted at GitHub. I’ve used Subversion quite a bit, but this is my first foray into the world of DVCS. Aside from the solid technology, the benefits of DVCS, the functionality of the GitHub platform … the GitHub Bootcamp and Help pages really sold me. […]
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Convert Dropbox’s Ubuntu package for Squeeze
- Apr
- 17
The Dropbox Ubuntu package almost works on Debian Squeeze … except for one dependency with a numbering scheme that differs between Ubuntu and Debian. Here is a quick script that extracts the package, corrects the one dependency in DEBIAN/control, and repackages, leaving a new .deb suitable for Squeeze. convertDropbox4Squeeze: #!/bin/sh if [ $# -ne 1 […]
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Linux Management and Monitoring: Zabbix + Puppet ?!?
- Dec
- 31
I’ve spent a good part of this week evaluating various solutions for monitoring and managing Linux servers. There are many solutions that meet some of the needs, but I have not found a single product that does everything I need. Without going into significant detail, here are my needs: Simple service up/down monitoring and alerting […]
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Enterprise, Large Scale File Services
- Oct
- 27
Admittedly, the world of file services has changed since Novell ruled the roost with Netware. All sorts of new buzzwords exist: Web Content Management, Enterprise Document Management, Document Archiving, Knowledge Management … but you still can’t beat simple file storage service like Windows offers natively. Except, it is really hard to provide that kind of […]
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