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Pluto not finding interface on a ipsec VPN
I'm trying to setup ipsec however pluto appears not to bind to a public IP and IPsec Kernel requires updating.
This is what I've come up with so far:
-IPSec Verify states my kernel is not supporting ...
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Configure distant terminal behaviour
I just installed debian 7 on a VPS, created users, configured ssh ..etc
The problem is that the terminal application changed its behavior just after connecting with my new username:
Autocompletion ...
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virtualbox mail server postfix+dovecot
I'm setting up a mail server(ubuntu14.4 serverX64) for development/testing purposes (using virtualBox bridged-mode) and I just finished this tutorial
and everything seams to work.
Now I'm not able ...
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VPS SSH and my OWN IP
Is it possible to to stay in total anonymous mode for the VPS provider?
I have got a VPSVZ machine with UBUNTU server.
Is it possible to do anonymous tunneling:
VPS1 -> VPS2 -> VPS3 (all UBUNTU) ...
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Port multiplexer sslh: why is it so resource-intensive?
I've just discovered the existence of sslh.
I tried to install it on my 512MB RAM VPS running Debian 7 wheezy. After having configured sslh, I tried to connect to one of my apache2 virtual hosts, and ...
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How not to write kernel warnings into /var/log/messages?
I keep getting these log warnings due to a bug in kvm.
Jun 30 19:12:31 server kernel: kvm: 28882: cpu0 ignored rdmsr: 0x345
Jun 30 21:12:31 server kernel: kvm: 31191: cpu0 ignored rdmsr: 0x345
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bad inodes reappear after fsck() for vps guests
I have several vps guests that were created by virt-resize. I do daily backups on the guests by creating a snapshot and rsync file contents. But some of them don't have a clean disk image.
As soon as ...
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Securing VPS against access by server company
I have a few linux VPS boxes that contain the private keys to Bitcoin. I've taken a few steps to harden them:
Blocked all ports except those needed for my server with uncomplicated firewall
Disabled ...
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yum - No package httpd available (new VPS)
So I have a new VPS that only has the bare bones. Not what I was expecting at all and I may be well past my depth but I'm trying to get the essentials running. The host is Swedish and aggressively ...
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VPS/Cloud configuration management automatization for small environments [closed]
What would be an appropriate tool/approach for configuration management of a relatively small number of VPS/VMs (1-5). Even though it's a small number I'm a big fan of "nuke 'n boot" in case of any ...
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speed up linux server [closed]
On my VPS, I have centOS 6.5 installed with 2 virtual cpu 2048 MB memory, 60 GB disk and 300 GB monthly data. Doing a speed test today resulted in 168.62 Mbit/s dload and 37.39 Mbit/s upload.
Then my ...
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How to setup a HTTPS Private Proxy Server on Debian 6 vps?
I have no a Debian 6.0 64 bits vps with 29 IP's, this is my first time using this system and I need a little help. First of all, what software do I need, and how can I setup a private proxy server on ...
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How to manage authentication with multiple VPS's and GoogleApps?
I have a bunch of VPS's and every now and then I have to create another. Currently I use AWS, Rackspace and DigitalOcean as my IAAS providers. Most of them are Ubuntu-based. Besides, I have the users ...
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Problems connecting to IRC server from VPS
So I'm running a CentOS 6 VPS that I've got irssi installed on. I'd like to run irssi as a permanent connection to an IRC server so I can log in from anywhere and not lose my conversations.
Irssi ...
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I've just purchased a VPS: What are the first things I should do to keep it secure [closed]
So I've just purchased a VPS to mess around with and host some of my sites.
I've changed the password to a 15 digit alphanumeric string via SSH, but I would like to know what basic security measures ...
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Shutdown Red5 failed on every attempt
I'm at my wits end. I have asked everywhere. I've uninstalled - reinstalled countless times in countless different ways and STILL Red5 fails to shutdown.
Can someone please give me a clue?
Not even ...
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How to back up VPS
"It is highly recommended in the event a system is compromised that a backup of the VPS be taken and an operating system be performed." I have no idea what they meant by second part either.
How is ...
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memory consumption alert
My VPS has reported a memory consumption alert says reached 273% and I cannot access any of my sites.
But I checked on the terminal today and it does not look like a memory problem. Am I correct in ...
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Is there a right way to use one VPS backup file to build a clone VPS with it?
I tried many times to restore a tar ball from a different server to a fresh installed VPS with the same Linux Debian version (exactly the same) but every time when I restore the tar ball on a ...
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How to find out which virtualisation technology is used on Linux VPS server? [duplicate]
I have access to some Debian Linux vps servers, however I cannot access their controls panel directly: only server administrator himself can do that.
Is there any way to find out what visualization ...
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Linux VPS host with graphical interface using RDP (not VNC)
Our CEO's latest brain-waive is "More people will use our software product if it were all accessible from the web". He wants to dump a lot of (but not enough) resources in to taking a complex ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - setup a user, when ssh login gives me /etc/bash.bashrc: Permission denied
I setup a user on my Ubuntu 12.10 server named "deploy" and I believe i added the user to the sudoers properly.
However, whenever I SSH into the server with this user, I get:
-bash: ...
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Persistent script to check if my webserver work with low budget vps?
I have a low budget vps and they constantly change a lot and my webserver is often unable to reach. Is there a shell script that is persistent and can check my webserver is running and if not make it ...
