Problem We have a cluster of servers all running the same software. Upgrading a node is as simple as extracting a zip file and overwriting the existing installation. This sounds a simple task but at some point the number of nodes might become large enough to make the upgrade a tedious process. Upgrading our cluster
The rsync command can be used to sync files between Unix machines or between a Unix machine and Mac computer. Here is the syntax What if you want to copy files from a Unix machine to a local Windows machine. Here is how: Install http://sourceforge.net/projects/grsync-win on the windows Machine then launch it and fill as
I wanted to monitor the log files of 8 server nodes in a cluster installation. I used notepad at the beginning and it was a painful experience. I tried nodepad++ and the tail command for windows but it was not that better. I did a quick research and found an amazing free and easy to
I wanted a proxy server installation with basic authentication. Squid proxy server is a well known open source proxy server but it is mainly for Unix. If you want to try Squid for Windows follow the steps below: Downlaod squid for windows: http://squid.acmeconsulting.it/download/squid-3.0.STABLE23-BZR-bin.zip Extract to C:\\squid Go to c:\\squid\\etc Rename squid.conf.default to squid.conf Rename mime.conf.default
This tutorial is not about installing Linux on bare metal nor about dual booting along with Windows however we are going to do it the easy way. The magic word here is virtualization. We will run Linux on Windows using virtual machines. There are so many advantages of virtualization in general but this topic is
Get vs Post Describe the basic differences between http methods post and get Answer POST Method: By default no proxy server or web browser is caching this data. You will always get the real data from your web server. The length of data you can send to the web server is only restricted by the
Problem You are trying to access a website but you get an error message that says the website is not reachable. What actions you should do to isolate the problem Solution There are several ways to troubleshoot connection to a website. The following is a list of suggested steps to isolate the problem: The ping
