After upgrading my Ubuntu 7.01 Server to Ubuntu 8.04 Server without incident I decided to upgrade my Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop install that I have set up in a Parallels virtual machine. I’d originally installed Ubuntu 7.04 then upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10. So now it would be an upgrade to Ubuntu 8.04.
The upgrade went as [...]
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Even though I’m still in the middle of building my Ubuntu test server I decided to go ahead and upgrade it to Ubuntu Server 8.04 (Hardy Heron). Sure, I’m still learning all this stuff and this will make it harder to troubleshoot problems. Upgrade issue? My configuration error? Oh well, it’s all for fun [...]
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Things are moving along with the Ubuntu Server Project but there’s a bunch of small tasks and configuration changes that will make life easier going forward. This article will cover installing vsftpd, setting up a self-signed SSL certificate in Apache, and configuring my local Mac to access the Ubuntu server virtual machine by name. [...]
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The previous article in my Ubuntu Server Project series covered the installation of Apache. Now it’s time for some configuration. I’ll start off by looking around the Apache installation ten make some minor configuration changes.
The Apache config folder is /etc/apache2 which contains the following files & folders:
The names in blue are folders.
The sites-available [...]
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Now that MySQL is installed the only remaining server software is Apache, PHP and WordPress. This time around I’ll install Apache & PHP. The installation is quick & easy. I’ll use aptitude to install both of them. As a refresher, if you haven’t read the previous articles, I’m building a WordPress test environment on [...]
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Last night I decided to see how OpenSUSE installed on VMware Fusion. I figured it would be a good way to kill a couple hours while watching TV. No such luck. I managed to make it all the way through the install but it died in the final phase where it does the hardware [...]
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