How to upgrade VMware Operations Manager VM Tools
In rolling out the latest vCenter and ESXi host updates that have come about in the last couple of days, the other part of that step is making sure that…
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Installing a LEMP server with WordPress and Google Pagespeed
If you are looking to host a webserver and want a really reliable, stable platform that has excellent performance, a LEMP server using the latest flavor of Ubuntu – 14.04…
Use WinSCP commandline to copy from Windows to Linux
WinSCP is a great Windows GUI utility to copy files to and from Linux boxes, but many don’t know about the powerful WinSCP commandline functionality that are extremely useful to…
Install all updates besides select few Ubuntu Server
Recently, in working on updating an Ubuntu server for a client that was running a customized version of Nginx compiled with Google Pagespeed and other mods, we wanted to install…
How to troubleshoot MySQL connectivity issues
So you have setup a wordpress or drupal site and you need to access MySQL to be able to work on your database. However, you can’t seem to connect to…
Linux redirected output not showing in file
Recently, when working with Nginx, I wanted to export out the details of my Nginx build so I could see all modules the webserver was compiled with. However, each time…
How to install the latest software updates Ubuntu 13.04
Keeping your software up to date in your Ubuntu 13.04 installation is important for stability and security reasons. It is very painless to do in Ubuntu 13.04 either from using…
Install the coolest Ubuntu terminal software – Guake
If you want to have a really cool and highly customizable terminal installed in your Ubuntu distribution, look no further than Guake! Guake was inspired by the console pop up…
How to Install Pinguy OS 12.04 Step by Step
Pinguy OS is a great Linux distribution that is based on the very popular Ubuntu distro that basically contains anything and everything a user would want in the OS for…
How to hack a forgotten Windows password step by step
We have all been there before either ourselves or we have had a close friend who knows that we are a IT professional or at least knows that we know…