Solving "Unknown table engine 'InnoDB'"
In case you run into such an error after tuning / tweaking your MySQL configuration: Unknown table engine 'InnoDB' ... you should make sure that you clear all of your ib_logfile[01]: (Yes — it's safe...
View ArticlePuzzling with OS X's date
Currently I am building bash based toolkit to troubleshoot and analyze SSL certificats and certificate requests. In favour of that I had to fiddle around with date and ran into a confusing problem. Let...
View ArticleCircular dig or odig
As you might know I work for a small web hoster. We have have several shared web servers to manage and host our clients. Now if we need to find out which shared web server is responsible for a specific...
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The CentOS disc was not found in any of your drives
I had to install several CentOS 6 virtual machines via the minimal installation image in the past time and ran into a slightly weird problem during the installation. The assistent wants you to check...
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AndTek Agent - Menu bar App to control call center queues
We use an AndTek call center at work which is an extension for an exisiting Cisco Unified Communications Manager environment. Due to my job design, I often have to get up from my desk to walk to our...
View ArticleTrouble with initramfs-tools and too small /boot
The last days I had to struggle with Ubuntus new kernels and a too small /boot partition. I am used to allocate 150 MBs for that partition, so you have space for about 3-4 kernels. There is no...
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chrooted SFTP environment
Today I had to struggle with a weird chroot + SFTP problem. I am actually familiar with those environments because i've set them up several times before, so I couldn't explain what the fuck was going...
View ArticleCommunigate Pro on Ubuntu LTS
Since there is no package for Debian based ditributions, here's a short guide how to install Communigate Pro 6.0 on Ubuntu LTS 12.04: First of all, we need alien to convert the .rpm based installer to...
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Java 7 on OS X Yosemite
If you want to install Java 7 on OS X 10.10 you probably already came across this annoying message: There is an easy way to fix this while customizing the installer and disabling the OS version check....
View ArticleHow to set up proper start/stop services (Ubuntu, Debian, Mac OS X and more)
I’ve noticed that there are a lot of faulty or non properly working start/stop scripts out there in the wild. That’s why I made the decision to build some example or default services for the common...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi VPN Gateway
Netflix finally arrived in Germany, but guess what? It's library is heavily limited in comparision to the US one and if you like TV series as much as I do, you don't want to wait until they eventually...
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Install Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL and phpMyAdmin on OS X Mavericks or Yosemite
Recently I've got a new MacBook Pro and decided to set it up from scratch, because I use the same Time Machine backup to migrate from since about four years. Perfect time to get rid of the web...
View ArticleBackscatter due to loopback MX
At work we have a relatively large shared webhosting system which consists out of two main parts: Database and web server (MySQL and Apache) Mail server (Postfix and Dovecot) However, recently the web...
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Install OS X 10.10 Yosemite in VirtualBox
The guide below explains how to install OS X Yosemite 10.10 in a virtual machine using the free and powerful VirtualBox. It's based on this pastebin I've found via Google, markdownified and adjusted to...
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iOS 9 / Xcode 7 and "Untrusted Developer" message
You might have heard that you are allowed to deploy applications to your physical iOS device since iOS 9 even if you don't participate in Apple's developer programm. If you managed to compile and...
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