I’m building mail server

I want to build mail server on my VPS (ubuntu). What I want to have is: multiple domains and users; users’ accounts in MySQL database; Courier package to control my pop and imap access to the emails. So.. let’s do it.

Subversion server, with web access on ubuntu

Today I will present how to install subversion server (+ repository) with the apache module and web access protected by password.

PHP via apache on the server with nginx and django

I already described how to configure Wordpress on nginx + lighttpd + FastCGI + php (via spawn-fcgi), as well as how to configure php-fpm on server with nginx. Now… I will try to describe alternative way to serve php scripts on the machine with python apps (django) and nginx installed – via installed apache.

I want to serve php via Php-fpm on my ubuntu

My plan is to have one server for my python and php applications. I already wrote about configuring nginx + apache for django applications. As well as configuring Wordpress on nginx + lighttpd + FastCGI + php (via spawn-fcgi). Today I will to present how to serve my php applications via php-fpm.

Wordpress said: PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10)

I had an issue… I couldn’t upgrade my Wordpress to 2.8.5 because of an error: ‘PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10)’. What is it and how to fix that problem?

I’m building production environment for my django apps

I’m building production environment on my VPS for all of my django applications. What I need is: Django framework, Apache (with mod_wsgi) and nginx. I will do it on ubuntu 9.04.

MySQL said: The total number of locks exceeds the lock table size

Two days ago I checked logs of my MySQL server and saw an error: “The total number of locks exceeds the lock table size”. What’s that and how to solve the problem?

Background processes in linux

Why to add process to background? How to do it, while executing script and when it is already running? Just a few quick examples.

Change e-mail address of recipient for mysqlcheck on debian/ubuntu

Yes, I’m back and I need to apologize for so long downtime. However… now I will go straight to the more interesting things. Mysqlcheck is executed after each start/restart of mysql daemon. After the checking of our databases – it sends e-mail message with warning and/or errors. How to change recipient of this e-mail message?

Change default editor in linux

In most situations… default editor in “clean” linux is nano. However… you can always change it.