Monday, September 6th, 2010

Shoutcast servers which are running on shared hosts usually get shut down quite frequently by procwatch. While it is important to stay within system limits it is also important to have those servers running till you shift to dedicated hosting
Here’s a quick and dirty shell script to monitor and restart shoutcast services. Drop [...]

This is a quick and dirty how to on setting up a firewall + Bruteforce detection/prevention mechanism + AntiDOS system on your dedicated Linux server.
Assumes root access

APF

APF is a policy based iptables firewall system designed for ease of use and configuration.
mkdir $HOME/src
cd $HOME/src
wget http://www.rfxnetworks.com/downloads/apf-current.tar.gz
tar -xvzf apf-current.tar.gz
cd apf-0.9.6-1/
./install.sh
vi /etc/apf/conf.apf
(edit the IG_TCP line and add ports [...]

When you just can’t wait to share the moment
An implementation of this concept(with video ability also) is available for testing here
Often while travelling you come accross situations which are worthy of being shared and sometimes you wish you could do it instantly rather than wait to find a docking station. Well it’s possible.
We were recently [...]

This service works with Dreamhost post the horrible Debian update as well
It works for Bluehost servers post recent updates.

Service Options

Server Setup $50.00
Script Installation $30.00
Server Setup + Script Install $80.00

Ok we’ve been getting a few requests for setting up servers for youtube clones. The back and forth on mail is kinda “not happening” so I’ve written [...]

Keep forgetting how to setup Yum successfully on godaddy servers Here’s sthe sticky just in case I need it again!!!

rpm -Uvh ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/4/i386/libxml2-python-2.6.20-1.FC4.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-4.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/python-sqlite-1.1.6-1.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/4/i386/rpm-python-4.4.1-23.i386.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/fedora/4/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/python-urlgrabber-2.9.6-1.noarch.rpm
rpm -Uvh ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/core/updates/4/i386/yum-2.4.1-1.fc4.noarch.rpm
yum update yum

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