Entries in the ' sysadmin ' category

Written November 12, 2007 in sysadmin

It’s easy to miss the single line in the auth_nz_ldap documentation that says “When using mod_auth_basic, this module is invoked via the AuthBasicProvider directive with the ldap value.”

It would help, of course, if someone provided a complete example for an auth_nz_ldap configuration, so here you go:

<Directory /path/to/my/web>

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Written November 6, 2007 in linux, sysadmin

Ok, so you’ve got this [ hot new APC unit, new RAID array, network switch, router ]. The vendor, in their infinite wisdom, supplied a driver disk. But the device got a web management interface, so you just monitor things through there and watch for any problems to pop up. …

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Written September 6, 2007 in centos, linux, sysadmin

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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Written March 30, 2007 in linux, sysadmin, webdev

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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