by Farooq Ahmed | Feb 5, 2016 | Debian Wheezy (7)
Wake-On-LAN (WOL) is a very useful feature if you have got a LAB at home and want to make it energy efficient. I have written a small BASH script to automate the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) procedure which can be used in an instance where there is a ESXi server which can turned...
by Farooq Ahmed | Dec 24, 2015 | Debian Wheezy (7)
It’s possible to enable DNS forwarding using BIND and including reverse lookup for the zone. Once you are done with the config of a basic bind server, all you need to do is configure “/etc/bind/named.conf.options and conf.local” with the...
by Farooq Ahmed | Dec 22, 2015 | Puppet
It’s easy to setup Puppet server and a client in CentOS and RHEL by following the easy-to-follow steps given in this guide. You will need ROOT access for the install and setup. Pre-requisites (minimal): Hardware & Software CPU: 2 vCPU RAM: 2GB Hard Disk : 30GB OS:...
by Farooq Ahmed | Dec 7, 2015 | RHEL / CentOS
This article will guide you on creating a custom Self-signed SSL Certificate in no time. For creating one you would need top have Root access to the host. SSL Certificate is used for securing the access to a website or any apache based WebUI you use and that includes...
by Farooq Ahmed | Dec 7, 2015 | RHEL / CentOS
This guide is for configuring dual instances of ssh on a single server and bind them to seprate NIC’s/Interfaces/Ethernet ports. Usually this is required in DEV and Prod environments wherein you need additional security and separation of bandwidth and keep DEV...
