Archive for January, 2011
RHEL
by nick on Jan.18, 2011, under Administration, E-Mail, Software, UNIX 101
(..sigh) There’s a lot I like about RedHat. I like the fact that they’re worth more than a billion dollars as an OpenSource company. I like how they’ve been in the Linux game for a long time, and keep finding new ways to innovate and expand. I like how they have a competitive, yet accessible application stack, that runs on a wide variety of hardware. Their partner program, and resources are outstanding, especially when compared to other software vendors. I like a lot about RedHat. I just don’t like their operating system.
Ubuntu Apache2 Auto Config BASH script
by nick on Jan.12, 2011, under Administration, Software, UNIX 101
Man, I’ve been busy… I’ve recently been promoted to being a System’s Administrator! This has forced me to program a few BASH scripts. This one is for a customer that wants a managed system, but wants to be able to add websites at will. It’s pretty simple, and relies on an existing example.com template. Why example.com? Because I follow RFCs dammit! The template allows me to adjust the Apache specific settings, without recoding the script. A little REGEX here, and a pipe to sed there, some error checking, formatting and a dash of some SUDO magic and voila! The customer doesn’t need to email/call me to add a website. Sure beats paying for a crappy control panel 
