Installing The Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Protocol Responder For Linux On Debian Lenny

November 13th, 2010 by jennyamy 
This document describes how to install and configure the Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Protocol – Responder Source Code from Microsoft. The lld2d daemon allows linux systems to display in Vista’s Network Map. This How-To should be easily adaptable to other distros. Credits I initially found info on http://www.jcxp.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=19789 about how to get this working....

Xen Cluster Management With Ganeti On Debian Lenny

November 12th, 2010 by jennyamy 
Ganeti is a cluster virtualization management system based on Xen. In this tutorial I will explain how to create one virtual Xen machine (called an instance) on a cluster of two physical nodes, and how to manage and failover this instance between the two physical nodes. This document comes without warranty of any kind! I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you! 1 Preliminary Note In...

NIC Bonding On Debian Lenny

November 12th, 2010 by jennyamy 
Ethernet bonding refers to aggregating multiple ethernet channels together to form a single channel. This is primarily used for redundancy in ethernet paths or for load balancing. This page refers in particular to performing ethernet bonding under Linux, and so does not limit itself to discussion of 802.3ad Trunk Aggregation. Ethernet Bonding Types The Linux kernel bonding module supports a number...

Using iSCSI On Debian Lenny (Initiator And Target)

November 12th, 2010 by jennyamy 
This guide explains how you can set up an iSCSI target and an iSCSI initiator (client), both running Debian Lenny. The iSCSI protocol is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows iSCSI initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) iSCSI target using normal ethernet cabling. To the iSCSI initiator, the remote storage looks like a normal, locally-attached hard drive. I do not issue any...

Using ATA Over Ethernet (AoE) On Debian Lenny (Initiator And Target)

November 12th, 2010 by jennyamy 
This guide explains how you can set up an AoE target and an AoE initiator (client), both running Debian Lenny. AoE stands for “ATA over Ethernet” and is a storage area network (SAN) protocol which allows AoE initiators to use storage devices on the (remote) AoE target using normal ethernet cabling. “Remote” in this case means “inside the same LAN” because AoE is...

Managing OpenVZ With The WebVZ Control Panel On Debian Lenny

November 12th, 2010 by jennyamy 
This guide explains how you can install WebVZ on a Debian Lenny OpenVZ host. WebVZ is a light web-based control panel for OpenVZ. It has its own web server (Webrick) and database engine (SQLITE 3). I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you! 1 Preliminary Note I’m using a Debian Lenny server with the hostname server1.example.com and the IP address 192.168.0.100 here. I’m...

How To Install Openbravo ERP On Debian Lenny

November 12th, 2010 by jennyamy 
This document describes how to set up Openbravo ERP (enterprise management system) on Debian Lenny. Openbravo is an open source ERP solution designed specifically for the SME (small to midsize firm). Developed in a web based environment, it includes many robust functionalities which are considered part of the extended ERP: procurement and warehouse management, project and service management, production...

Using The BTRFS Filesystem On Debian Lenny

November 11th, 2010 by jennyamy 
This tutorial shows how you can build the kernel and tools to use the new BTRFS filesystem on Debian Lenny.  Btrfs is a new copy on write filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Obtaining And Compiling A 2.6.29 Kernel First, we must download the kernel source, unpack it and copy the actual kernel configuration...

How To Install VMware Server 2 On Debian Lenny

November 11th, 2010 by jennyamy 
This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on a Debian Lenny desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems (“virtual machines”) such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and...

Installing MyDNS-NG & MyDNSConfig 3 On Debian Lenny

November 11th, 2010 by jennyamy 
In this tutorial I will describe how to install and configure MyDNS-NG and MyDNSConfig 3 on Debian Lenny. MyDNS-NG (based on MyDNS originally writen by Don Moore – http://mydns.bboy.net/) is a DNS server that uses a MySQL database as backend instead of configuration files like, for example, Bind or djbdns. The advantage is that MyDNS simply reads the records from the database, and it does not...

Installing SugarCRM Community Edition On Debian Lenny

November 11th, 2010 by jennyamy 
SugarCRM is a webbased CRM solution written in PHP. SugarCRM is available in different flavours called “Editions” (“Community” (free), “Professional”, and “Enterprise”). For a detailed overview of the different editions, have a look at the SugarCRM website. In this tutorial I will describe the installation of the free Community Edition on Debian Lenny....

Xen Live Migration Of An LVM-Based Virtual Machine With iSCSI On Debian Lenny

November 11th, 2010 by jennyamy 
This guide explains how you can do a live migration of an LVM-based virtual machine (domU) from one Xen host to the other. I will use iSCSI to provide shared storage for the virtual machines in this tutorial. Both Xen hosts and the iSCSI target are running on Debian Lenny in this article. I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you! 1 Preliminary Note I’m using the following systems...