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Server virtualization and consolidation with Innotek VirtualBox

This is a short technical review of the Innotek VirtualBox software showing the pros and cons of server virtualization and consolidation as a whole. In this article I will show you how to install the VirtualBox application and get running, as a proof of concept, an Ubuntu Linux on top of Microsoft Vista...

Minimal FreeBSD Installation

This article shows you how to install one of the most stable OS in a virtual environment using the VMWare virtualization server. This however should not frighten or disappoint you, as the technique is pretty much the same for non-virtual environment. First lets start with the Requirements A computer...

Minimal Gentoo Installation

Gentoo OS Installation from Minimal Disk This artlicle will show you how to install Gentoo OS from a minimal installation CD on your computer. Before proceeding, please ensure that you have the following: A computer infront of you. Available connection to internet – you will need to download...

How to access your database remotely on a cPanel hosting

First of all, it is important to explain how the database/database user names are formed. The names consist two parts — your cPanel username and the actual database/username name. For example — if your username is “user” and if you named your database “databasename”...

Setup your own server with Ubuntu 7.10 server edition

In this article we will guide you through the Ubuntu 7.10 server edition installation process. If you have an old piece of hardware and would like to make it a server or you need a LAMP server where you can host your website you can easily setup the Ubuntu server edition and take advantage of one of...

How to secure your local file sharing server with Samba

For this guide, we will use samba. It is popular enough, so any problems with it, should have a published solution on the internet. First off, we will need Samba installed on our box. Different operating systems have various ways of installing it. for gentoo: emerge -av samba for debian based: apt-get...