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Open Fusion Nagios Plugins

Written September 6, 2007 in centos, linux, sysadmin

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I really, really like the check_yum plugin. Here’s a link: http://www.openfusion.com.au/labs/nagios.

If you’re installing on CentOS, you’re going to want to
yum install elinks
, then run cpan as root and install
install Nagios::Plugin
… after that, you can install and add to your nagios command config. I usually run it in NRPE on …

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Best Practices for Managing Releases with Subversion

Written March 30, 2007 in linux, sysadmin, webdev

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Subversion is a software package that helps you manage versions and releases of your software, similar to the older CVS (Concurrent Versioning System).

There are several strategies for managing software releases with Subversion, mostly dealing with how you branch and merge branches back into the trunk. The proper one for your organization will depend on what kind of software you write, and how you schedule and label your releases.

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PHP 5.1 on RHEL / CentOS 4

Written October 26, 2006 in centos

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PHP 5.0.4, which is the most recent PHP release (current PHP release is 5.1.6) available for CentOS and RHEL 4, has a bunch of bugs that have been fixed in more recent branches. It’s also significantly slower than the 5.1 branch, and several modules like APC aren’t released for 5.0. …

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