Tag: CentOS

Use Puppet to manage yum version lock


I periodically update the my lab servers by running yum update all. But for some packages that I want them to stay at  specific versions. For example, I don't want the httpd and bind get updated when I run yum update. According to the results of 'yum update httpd bind', I can see there are … Continue reading Use Puppet to manage yum version lock →

CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat


The announcement from the CentOS team:With great excitement I'd like to announce that we are joining the Red Hat family. The CentOS Project ( http://www.centos.org ) is joining forces with Red Hat. Working as part of the Open Source and Standards team ( http://community.redhat.com/ ) to foster rapid innovation beyond the platform into the next … Continue reading CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat →

Install WordPress on CentOS 6.3


Steps of installing WordPress on CentOS 6.3 minimal installation. 1) Install prerequisite packages. [root@CentOS ~]# yum -y install php php-mysql mysql* wget unzip 2) Download the latest version of WordPress. [root@CentOS ~]# wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip [root@CentOS ~]# unzip latest.zip [root@CentOS ~]# mv wordpress/ /var/www/html/ 3) Configure mysql database server. [root@CentOS ~]# service mysqld start [root@CentOS ~]# … Continue reading Install WordPress on CentOS 6.3 →

ESXi 5.0 PXE Install


ESXi PXE install has no differences from other PXE installs, you need DHCP server, tftp server and the installation ISO. In my example, I build the DHCP server and tftp server on CentOS 6.3 minimal installation. 1) Install and configure the DHCP Server yum –y install dhcp cd /etc/dhcp/ cp –a dhcpd.conf dhcpd.conf.bak Modify dhcpd.conf … Continue reading ESXi 5.0 PXE Install →

Install syslog-ng on CentOS 6.3


syslog-ng is an open source syslog server that can be installed on many *nix servers. In my example, I installed it on a 64bit CentOS 6.3 server with minimal package. 1) Download and extract the source code. wget http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files?path=/syslog-ng/open-source-edition/3.4.0alpha3/source/eventlog_0.2.12.tar.gz wget http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files?path=/syslog-ng/open-source-edition/3.4.0alpha3/source/syslog-ng_3.4.0alpha3.tar.gz tar xvzf eventlog-0.2.12.tar.gz tar xvzf syslog-ng-3.4.0alpha3.tar.gz 2) Install dependencies. yum -y install kernel-headers* glibc-headers-* … Continue reading Install syslog-ng on CentOS 6.3 →