This is a quick HowTo for Tomcat7 on Redhat Enterprise Linux and CentOS 7. The shortest answer to how to install Tomcat7 is to download it, extract it and start it. It runs natively on port 8080 so adjust your firewall accordingly or change the port that Tomcat wants to
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Failed to write to disk Owncloud
After a fresh install of Owncloud you may get the following error after uploading a file larger than a couple of MB. “Failed to Write to Disk” This is a pretty quick and easy one to fix, it is just a setting in the php.ini file, for example on Gentoo
Read moreRoll your own Dropbox, Installing Owncloud
I love the idea of my files being at my finger tips when I need them no matter where I am… I hate the idea of other people having my files at their finger tips when ever they want them. Good thing there is Owncloud, Owncloud is written in php
Read moreAnsible as a Puppet Replacement
AGIX is a Linux only (well, 90%) service business so we spend every day installing, upgrading, changing and troubleshooting Linux servers of all types for clients across the world. For the past two years we’ve been using Puppet where suitable and have found it reasonably useful. But as time goes
Read moreMasking your WebServer’s Name, Version and the OS it’s running on
Recently i wrote about the version information that WebServer’s make available to the web browser. It’s was pointed out to me (by David Fosdike, a security expert) that it would be useful to discuss masking those details for security reasons. The recent article is here. This article is about changing
Read moreDetermine a WebServer type (Apache, IIS, etc)
You might be curious about what brand of web server a company is using to host their website. It’s simple to find out. This example is based on a Bank. Yes a bank, and one that’s using Windows servers for their Internet Banking login server. I’m not saying Windows servers
Read moreApache with LDAP authentication (Active Directory)
Apache has the ability to restrict access to websites (and sub directories within websites) based on users within Active Directory. Apache can also require that users be in a specific group. EG, if Sally exists in AD, she can log into the Apache served website. <VirtualHost *:80> <Location /> AuthBasicProvider
Read moreForce to HTTPS for Basic Authentication | Apache & .htaccess
This article demonstrates how to force a browser from “http” to “https” before sending credentials across the Internet. Put the following into your “.htaccess” file. If will first force the connection to “https” and then it will prompt for the credentials. Notice the “commented out” IF statement. IF statements only
Read moreSecure your Web Site with a .htaccess file
A simple way to secure your website is with a “.htaccess” file. When i say “secure” i simply mean the website (or sub directory) will require a password to gain access. This is great for when you are still developing the website or when you have a directory within the
Read moreConfigure Squid to Filter Based on MAC Address
In this article we are going to add some details to squid in order to allow it to filter based on MAC address and block certain clients from having full access. Alternatively you could reverse the rule and only allow the listed clients to have full access. First we are
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