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Change the MySQL datadir

Simple but useful, you will find below the steps on how to change the MySQL datadir. It is based on the following information (you have to adapt them according to your environment) : current datadir : /var/lib/mysql new datadir :

Configure proFTPd with TLS and IP address restriction

If you want to secure your proFTPD server to use TLS, follow these steps : Edit the file proftpd.conf vi /etc/proftpd/proftpd.conf If don’t need IPv6, disable it : UseIPv6 off Force listening on one specific IP address and a specific

Remove group membership from multiple domain

The Powershell cmdlet Remove-ADGroupMember have a problem to remove group membership in this case : user account from Domain1.domain.local group from Domain2.domain.local If you run the command : Remove-ADGroupMember -Identity “CN=GroupName,OU=Groups,DC=Domain2,DC=domain,DC=local” -Members “CN=UserName,OU=Users,DC=Domain1,DC=domain,DC=local” -confirm:$false -server “dc01.Domain1.domain.local” You will have the

Move system partitions to another volume on a HP Proliant server

In this tutorial, I will show you how to perform the following steps on your HP Proliant server: create a new volume with hpssacli create the physical volume, volume group and logical group with lvm transfer the system from the

Monitor and graph your Linux Bind servers with Grafana

The purpose of this tutorial is to help you to configure the following components : bind : configure statistics influxdb : time series database collectd-proxy : program written in Go that will act as a gateway between collectd and influxdb

WordPress, apache server status collectd and mod_rewrite

WordPress, apache server status collectd and mod_rewrite If you have configured the apache server-status on your WordPress, you will have, probably like me, troubles to make it work. The problem is related on the mod_rewrite configuration. First, your server-status should

Submit an openssl request file to a Microsoft PKI with certreq

This procedure will show you how to generate a certificate with this following requirements : a linux web server : a certificate request file is generated with openssl command a Microsoft Certificate Authority that will issue a certificate Follow these

Update multiple Bind zone files with sed

Problem description: Your DNS infrastructure is running on Bind and the operating system is linux. You need to update a host record (A) “private”. The current ip address is : 10.1.0.22. The new ip address is 10.45.2.1 Solution: To check

Automatic security update process with unattended-upgrades

If you use/administer a Debian/Ubuntu system, you can automate the security update process by using the program unattended-upgrades. This tool provides a simple way to manage this task. To install it : apt-get install unattended-upgrades dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades After selecting “Yes”,

Create a custom array

Create a custom array with Powershell I will describe in this post how to create a custom array with Powershell. With “custom array”, I mean array with custom column name. In some case, you will probably need to build an