... Server Technical Administration Tips And Queries

• Redirect sub-domain to ip and port

Can you redirect a sub-domian like me.mysite.com to 11.11.11.11:1234? I've tried everything but can't do it, is it possible to do in the .ht file?

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• Append Affiliate ID to RSS feeds

Anyone got a foolproof way of appending an affiliate ID onto an rss feed? Or even point me in the right direction? ######## Sorry was meant...

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• non www domain redirect to www domain

Hi, I'm new to all this and am just learning as i go... I'm setting up my first site which is www. portumna .net My domain is accessible...

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• Automated file back up

Hey guys, I'm looking for an automated file back up solution for one of my domains. I looking for something that can create a directory archive which...

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• personal content delivery network ...

Came across this article and found it a pretty interesting read Turn Google App Engine into your own Personal Content Delivery Network (CDN) - Nick...

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• MAPS spam protection - PleskVPS

I configured MAPS on a VPS yesterday to help deal with some spam issues, using zen.spamhaus.org. It borked all email - 'Sending' reported error...

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• Sites Running IPv6

If you know of any sites that are running IPv6 please list them. It would be interesting to see how many are out there :) Here's a couple to start...

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• Not really too sure what Im supposed to do

Hi guys, I'm basically at beginner level of coding, and website creation etc. Lately I've just been messing around and making fairly simple websites and forums. Lately I've made a large scale website (or planned it) - it uses a template I downloaded for free, so I'm editing the template and using it for each html page on the site - and I'm wondering about how to put the whole thing together. Now, theres basically 2 pages (Dreamline: About This Template (http://www.sonicoctave.com/software.html) and Dreamline: About This Template (http://www.sonicoctave.com/vst.html)) that have about 100 links on them, and then in each of those 100 links, there will be about about another 100 links. I think I'm basically looking at over a thousand links and html pages. Someone was saying that I can use a php database or mysql to make a normal page, and then have variables on it for each page instead of making a html page. Sorry if I'm not explaining this well. Basically what I was wondering is am I doing it right? Should I have over a thousand html pages for a site, or is that wrong lol? I'll be uploading probably around 3000 pieces of software to it aswell, so i need one html page for each piece of software. Is there any easier way to do it?

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• Cube PCServer Recommendations

Just wondering if anyone is using a Cube PC or the like? I'm looking to build extremely small servers that can be easily transported across the country. Anyone have any recommendations?

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• Bandwidth Monitoring

Does anyone have any recommendations on network bandwidth monitoring for a linux server? Been looking at bandwidthd and mrtg.

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• dovecot fails to start

Hi folks, Ubuntu 6.05.3 drake amd64 Postfix 2.2.10 dovecot-common 1.0.beta3 dovecot-imapd 1.0.beta3 dovecot-pop3d 1.0.beta3 I'm following; Ubuntu Server Guide https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/index.html to build this LAMP server w/o having encountered much problem. After completion I started testing it and found postfix can't receive mails. Remark: having run update and upgrade several times $ telnet localhost pop3 Code: --------- Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused --------- $ sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot restart Code: --------- Restarting mail server: dovecotError: Can't use SSL certificate /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem: No such file or directory --------- $ sudo locate dovecot.pem No printout $ ls -al /etc/ssl/certs/ Code: --------- total 24 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2008-05-19 22:27 . drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-04-18 07:28 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2008-04-18 07:28 a69cfdd6 -> ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1208 2008-05-19 22:25 cacert.pem -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 904 2008-05-07 20:39 server.crt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 895 2008-05-19 22:20 smtpd.crt -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1139 2008-04-18 07:28 ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem --------- /etc/dovecot/dovecot.conf Code: --------- ssl_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem ssl_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem ssl_disable = no disable_plaintext_auth = no --------- Remark: Previously dovecot.pem were there. $ telnet localhost pop3 Code: --------- Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. +OK Dovecot ready. quit +OK Logging out Connection closed by foreign host. --------- It worked prviously. Please help. TIA B.R. satimis

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• Opening my site in VS 2005

I don't know if this should be in hosting, apologies if it should: I have a website that I created in ASP.NET 2.0. When I make changes to it I open it from logging in to my hosting company (register365) and going to "File Manager". I am sure you are all familiar with this. The only problem is that when I open a page for editing (say an aspx page) it is not colour-coded and the indentation is all messed up. It is confusing sometimes to see what is going on. Is it possible to open this site in Visual Studio and edit it the same way as I do in "File Manager"? That way it would be much easier to work on the code. I tried doing it by selecting "File-Open-Web Site" in VS and selecting "Remote Site" but this only works for sites "Configured with FrontPage Server Extensions" (I checked the box that says "Connect using SSL"). Any replies appreciated.

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• spam from 111.ie

Is anyone else getting spammed by 111.ie?

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• Problem on running svn co https:lampserversvn

Hi folks, Ubuntu 6.05.3 drake amd64 I'm following; Version Control System https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/version-control-system.html to perform this test. Creating Environments:- $ sudo mkdir /var/lib/svn $ sudo mkdir /var/lib/svn/lamp Remark: svn = repos lamp = ProjectName $ sudo svnadmin create /var/lib/svn/lamp $ svn co file:///var/lib/svn/lamp Code: --------- Checked out revision 0. --------- $ svn co file://localhost/var/lib/svn/lamp Code: --------- svn: 'lamp' is already a working copy for a different URL --------- Edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf Code: --------- ServerName lampserver --------- $ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 force-reload Code: --------- * Forcing reload of apache 2.0 web server... Apache/2.0.55 mod_ssl/2.0.55 (Pass Phrase Dialog) Some of your private key files are encrypted for security reasons. In order to read them you have to provide us with the pass phrases. Server lampserver:443 (RSA) Enter pass phrase: Ok: Pass Phrase Dialog successful. [ ok ] --------- $ svn co http://lampserver/svn Code: --------- svn: PROPFIND request failed on '/svn' svn: PROPFIND of '/svn': Could not read status line: connection was closed by server. (http://lampserver) --------- Fail. However; $ svn co https://lampserver/svn Code: --------- Error validating server certificate for 'https://lampserver:443': - The certificate is not issued by a trusted authority. Use the fingerprint to validate the certificate manually! - The certificate hostname does not match. Certificate information: - Hostname: Stephen - Valid: from May 3 03:47:58 2008 GMT until May 3 03:47:58 2009 GMT - Issuer: IT, Satimis, HK - Fingerprint: 0c:3a:2f:08:a6:15:ff:24:28:6b:fb:52:7f:5d:6a:28:20:e9:c9:6e (R)eject, accept (t)emporarily or accept (p)ermanently? svn: PROPFIND request fa iled on '/svn' --------- "https" works but NOT "http". Strange? Because I have no idea what to select, just cancel it wiht [Ctrt]+C. It prompts Code: --------- PROPFIND request fa iled on '/svn' svn: PROPFIND of '/svn': Server certificate verification failed: certificate iss ued for a different hostname, issuer is not trusted (https://lampserver) --------- Please advise how to fix the problem. What shall I select? TIA B.R. satimis

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• document root on nfs share

Hi, We are planning to move our servers to a load balanced solution with 2 application servers, a database server, and a server for storage. I plan on mounting a directory from the storage machine as an nfs share on both the application servers and using this as the apache document root, thus , effectively , implementing shared storage. I also plan on storing php session data in the same fashion in order to avoid any problems with session stickyness. I would like to know peoples opinions on using nfs in this way as a simple shared storage solution for load balanced websites. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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• Crawlers robots and excessive bandwidth

Not sure if this is the correct board for this... I host a clients site on a shared server with 50gb bandwidth allowance per month. At the moment Googlebots are using the entire 50gb and more crawling the site. Total bandwidth for my shared server this month is about 130gb and most of this is robots crawling various sites. I have a robots.txt file which is only allowing the major search engines and it is restricting access to all directories on the site. I have also used Googles webmaster tools to slow the crawling of the googlebots but nothing seems to be working. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to dramatically slow the crawling of googlebots? Thanks! Barry

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• VPS servers and OS upgrades

With virtual servers, not shared, who is responsible for the O/S upgrades. If I install any software obviously I am responsible but the O/S? Who patches it? Does the providers admin team do it? It is done through whatever control panel is used? Do you have to request it or is it automatic?

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• Migration

Hi guys, looking for some expert advice. I have 3 sites at the moment on 1 server, doing a new comprhensive web.20 site, widgets rich content information, social networking and so on. Can you tell me what type of framework i might need for this new sites and typr of migration problems l might face moving exisiting site into this new site? I know its a bit unclear, but ope you get what l mean, any thoughts owuld be greatly appreciated Regards Sean

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• Moving a clients site to a new web server

Hi all, I have a situation that I hope someone can help with. I have designed a website for a client and require a windows server to install it on. I have done this. The client domain currently points at a linux server. It stores its email etc. What I want to do is, change the domain name and point it at the windows server. I hope to minimize downtime. The main issue is with the email address. I do not want a situation the client dont lose emails or not receive them during the changeover. What is the best approach to this? Please ask questions if I havent explained myself clearly. Thanks.

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• Computer Server Problem...

Hello there Two messages continues to pop up stating,"Incoming server pop 3 cannot be found", the other states,"Outgoing server SMTP cannot be found-verify that you are connected to the Internet & the server address is correct, then try again". What is the problem here?

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