Contents 1 Server Provisioning 2 System Restoration and Migrations 3 Programming 3.1 Perl 3.2 Python 3.3 Bash 3.4 RRD 4 Command Line Tips 4.1 RAID 4.2 Software Installs 4.3 SSL Docs 4.4 Networking 5 Mail 6 Apache 7 PostgreSQL 8 MySQL 9 Virtualization 9.1 Xen 9.2 Vservers 9.3 Virtuozzo 9.4 vmware 10 Miscellaneous

Server Provisioning

• Ubuntu 10.04 preseed file
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS preseed

System Restoration and Migrations

• Account Migrations
• Rsync Backup Script
• Repair ext3 journal errors
• Restore multiple accounts
• Pipe tar over ssh
• Dump partitions over ssh
• Dump partitions to new drive
• Restore VPS from Backups
• migrate vps using rsync
• restore account mysql databases

Programming

Perl

• Perl examples
• random number script
• audacious random album script
• Monitor_drive_temperature_with_perl_and_snmp

Python

• Google Charts module for Python
• Remove spaces from file names
• Random album playlist script

Bash

• Bash Style Guide
• Log Rotation Script
• Fix suPHP permissions
• rdiff-backup script

RRD

• tune max value in RRD file

Command Line Tips

• Send SSH root login alert
• SSH key upload script
• Sed One Liners
• Set Bash Prompt
• awk one liners
• Build custom kernel RPM
• Stop sudo from asking for a password
• grep examples
• convert audio files
• Backup using tar
• Cacti
• Augeas

RAID

• RAID controller commands
• Create RAID using megarc

Software Installs

• Install audio scrobbler plugin for audacious 2.3

SSL Docs

• Create a self-signed cert
• OpenSSL Commands
• Verify an SSL Certificate
• SSL Certificate Conversions

Networking

• Disable IPv6
• Enable trunked networking in Debian
• iptables script

Mail

• Exim Cheat Sheet
• Mail Tips
• Mail Benchmarks

Apache

• Redirect HTTP traffic to HTTPS
• Enable Server Status
• Use custom php.ini file with suPHP
• Fix out of space/semaphore issues
• Create a self-signed cert

PostgreSQL

• Postgres Tips
• Postgres Backup Script
• Postgres Reset Password
• Change database owner

MySQL

• MySQL Tips
• MySQL Backup Script
• innobackupex script
• MySQL Change Default Character Set
• Transfer MySQL Privilege Data
• Reset MySQL Root Password
• Recover from mysql log read failure

Virtualization

• Convert VirtualBox disk image to other format
• Sample KVM config

Xen

• Xen Tips
• Xen Servers
• Xen Backup Script
• Xen Kickstart config for CentOS 4
• Xen kickstart for CentOS 5
• Create a new virtual server
• Benchmarks
• Windows Config File
• Move LVM based domU to a zvol
• Install Xen on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope (9.04)

Vservers

• Resize vserver partition
• How to Build a CentOS 3 Template
• vserver block IP

Virtuozzo

• Initialize VPS quota
• VPS Quota Fix
• VPS Upgrade Guide
• Create new templates
• Fix vzfs name collision

vmware

• vmware notes
• convert VMware disk to other format

Miscellaneous

• Add TTF Fonts in Debian/Ubuntu
• Enable IP Masquerade
• How to convert video files
• Firefox Addons
• Netmask Cheat Sheet
• GPG Guide
• PXE Boot Server
• Task List