This is a followup to an article i just posted “Building Zabbix 1.8.6 from source on Centos 5.5″. Once you have the Zabbix server up and running you will want the agent installed on your other Linux servers so you can monitor them.
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Building Zabbix Agent 1.8.6 from source on Centos 5.5
Building Zabbix 1.8.6 from source on Centos 5.5
Zabbix can be extremely useful for monitoring and trouble shooting. It is my weapon of choice for monitoring Linux and network devices. This brief tutorial covers the steps i went through in order to get the latest release of Zabbix installed on Centos 5.5 (i386). I have not mastered SE Linux yet so this tutorial assumes that SE Linux is disabled.
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Zend Server CE Centos 5.5 via Yum
This is mostly for my reference since you can find the instructions on Zend’s Website here: http://files-source.zend.com/help/Zend-Server-Community-Edition/zend-server-community-edition.htm
I follow the instructions for Manually “Installing Zend Server Community Edition” here http://files-source.zend.com/help/Zend-Server-Community-Edition/zend-server-community-edition.htm#rpm_installation.htm
log in as root, disable SE Linux, make sure you have Apache and MySQL installed. »Read More
Adding a MySQL user via command line
There are times when you are stuck adding MySQL users via command line if this is one you are in luck.
On the machine MySQL is installed on run the following command. NOTE: there is no space between -p and ‘password’ and that ‘password’ is your password for root or the user you specify after -u.
Installing MySQL on CentOS 5.x (please don’t laugh)
This how to is probably muscle memory to most folks, that’s why i say “Please Don’t Laugh”. However it is important to cover since several future articles will start with the assumption that MySQL is already installed.
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Any Ideas
If you have any special requests please ask by posting a comment. So far I have just been posting stuff that I have battled with but some subjects that seam trivial to me may be helpful to you.
I would love to do some Magento modules but am unsure of what is needed out there.
CentOS VDed Hosting – Getting your own virtual dedicated server up and running for $1
Over the years I have always been on the lookout for inexpensive hosting. If your hosting needs are basic, shared hosting is fine (this site is low volume and runs on GoDaddy). Once you want to run more powerful applications and need more control, the only way to go is a dedicated server. Dedicated servers can cost a lot to keep up and running, so the next best thing is a Virtual Dedicated Server. »Read More
Configuring Varnish on CentOs 5.5 to cache for multiple sites
This is not the only way to have varnish cache for more than one site. This article assumes you already have Varnish running. If you are looking for instructions on installing varnish please see my previous article article titled “Installing Varnish on CentOs 5.5 for a single site” or check the documentation on the Varnish site. »Read More
Magento 1.5.1 IE does not log into admin sessions do not work php 5.2 5.3
I just installed Magento 1.5.1 and could not log in with IE (Internet Explorer 8). I did a bunch of searching and found a whole bunch of garbage about commenting out Varien’s code. The final solution was setting the correct time on the server. »Read More
Installing Varnish on CentOs 5.5 for a single site
I hope this is not too much of a rip off… you should have some sort of web server running on 127.0.0.1 port 80 in order to test.
Follow then instructions here: http://www.varnish-cache.org/installation/redhat
For my reference i will repeat the steps here: »Read More