Why does my linux server boot so slow? (systemd)
Some users have asked me in the past: "Why does my server boot so slow?" or "My server takes forever to boot -- why?" Typically, the reason is the processes that start up when the...
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Having a VPN server can be crucial for many reasons. If anything, it should be used in most cases for all activities especially when you're connected to a public Wifi connection to keep your information...
Some users have asked me in the past: "Why does my server boot so slow?" or "My server takes forever to boot -- why?" Typically, the reason is the processes that start up when the...
When attempting to update sendmail configuration, some times an error will be received using m4: # m4 /etc/mail/sendmail.mc > /etc/mail/sendmail.cf m4:/etc/mail/sendmail.mc:10: cannot open `/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4': No such file or directory # m4 sendmail.mc > sendmail.cf m4:sendmail.mc:10:...
Introduction Configuring a high-availability configuration is key to keeping the business running. Of course, instead of just duplicating every single thing, you should perform some risk assessments to see where the critical services are and...
Introduction The need for load balancing and high availability is necessary to more businesses now than it ever was. It won't fix *ALL* of your problems, but it certainly doesn't hurt especially if the website...
Introduction I like to monitor things. I like to have data. As much of it as I can. I'm the software version of a hoarder, never wanting to delete anything and to have a long,...
Introduction I wanted to monitor things. That's one of the *visions* in IT. Having visibility and transparency is important and you want to have documentation and history of <insert all the things here>. Not only...
What led up to this VPN? Recently I was playing around with a cloud network that I *normally* would VPN into so that I could connect. The OpenVPN Server was managed and packaged with IPFire,...
Don't die on me! So you've created your RAID1 with two drives using mdadm. Now, you need to monitor it. How? With mdadm, of course! Run the following and change the obvious to your own...