Just a quick note on how to change the package mirror in Ubuntu or Debian in one command: sed -i ’s%http://.*/ubuntu/%http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/ubuntu/%g‘ /etc/apt/sources.list A list of mirrors can be found for Ubuntu here and Debian here. Enjoy Keine verwandten Artikel gefunden.
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Connect to a remote docker host with docker-machine using TLS certificates
My target is to use a local shell to connect to my remote docker host on my home server, so that I can develop my Dockerfile or docker-compose files locally and easily deploy them to the remote machine, were they should run in the end. Configuration on the host I use systemd as system and […]
From Gentoo no-multilib to multilib without reinstalling
When I installed my server I though I will have a only 64bit system. Well that proved to be wrong, whereas the reason is irrelevant. But going back to a multilib profile from a no-multilib one is nearly impossible without some external help, the outside help being a VM with a Gentoo running. Prerequisits Get […]
Gentoo Linux on Hyper-V
These days I faced to need to have a Gentoo Linux running on my local computer. Since I’m currently testing a lot of Stuff with Docker on my Windows 10 Pro I have Hyper-V active and other Hypervisors like Virtual Box or VMWare will not work. So these are the Steps how I got the […]
Let’s Encrypt nginx configuration
I’m a very happy user of the letsencrypt.com closed beta programm and wanted to share the configuration for this very vhost on nginx. While researching possible configuratiuons I stumbeled upon a site from the Mozilla Project, that generates SSL configurations for your webserver. Prerequisites Before we can start using the letsencryt there are a few […]
Setting up a hosting environment with Froxlor on Gentoo
In the webhosting environment I will use Nginx, PHP 5.5 FPM and MariaDB. For customer management Froxlor will be used. To successfully set up our hosting environment on Gentoo, we need to install a few packages beforehand. Afterwards we will use the configuration files provided by froxlor. USE Flags Before the packages for the base […]
Gentoo with systemd on a Hetzner Server (Part 3)
Now that the server is running let’s do a quick resumé on the installation process. Compared to a few years ago the installation process as a whole has become a lot easier and stable. Some systemd tools like hostnamectl, localectl etc. can not be used, but it is always possible to get the same effect […]
Gentoo with systemd on a Hetzner Server (Part 2)
Installing the base system After preparing the system’s disks the operating system can now be installed. The best resource for installing Gentoo is the Installation Handbook which I will follow as well. I will add explainations to the process and commands when nessesary for a better understanding. Mounting the disks mkdir /mnt/gentoo mount /dev/md1 /mnt/gentoo/ […]
Gentoo with systemd on a Hetzner Server
I got myself a new Server on which I’m going to install Gentoo with systemd. The Serverspecs are: CPU1: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1245 V2 @ 3.40GHz (Cores 8) Memory: 15960 MB Disk /dev/sda: 3000 GB (=> 2794 GiB) doesn’t contain a valid partition table Disk /dev/sdb: 3000 GB (=> 2794 GiB) doesn’t contain a valid […]
VMWare Workstation could not sync disk
I’m a Windows user primarily, but lately I had to use Linux quite a lot for my master’s thesis. So i thought „Why not use the best of both worlds?“. So in installed VMWares excelent virtualization Tool VMWare Workstation. I then added the whole disk as SCSI drive for the VM, did a few kernel […]