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How To: Enable Bacula TLS Encryption, Protect Your Data

August 22, 2015 Steve Talley 8

Note that this is an updated version of an earlier post on enabling Bacula TLS encryption (TLS is a subset of SSL). We would love […]

Postfix with Gmail relay and IPv6

August 20, 2015 Steve Talley 0

If you notice a message in maillog similar to the following, an easy fix (for now at least!) is to set Postfix to use IPv4: […]

Add CentOS or RHEL Agents for Unitrends Backup

January 16, 2015 Steve Talley 0

Client Computer Tasks First, download the agent for your OS from the Unitrends agent update pages: http://www.unitrends.com/support/latest-agent-releases Next, install the downloaded agent with the following […]

Fixing locale and setlocale LC issues in CentOS and RHEL

February 10, 2014 Steve Talley 5

Locale and setlocale LC error messages You may receive the following errors when logging in to your CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system […]

Change the default runlevel in CentOS and RHEL

February 9, 2014 Steve Talley 0

Most servers are run without a GUI, although some administrators will install the GNOME desktop on a server in order to perform some tasks. By […]

Old PC as AirPlay receiver with Shairport & Ubuntu

January 14, 2014 Steve Talley 4

The steps in this tutorial are designed to allow an old laptop with Ubuntu server – without any desktop environment installed – to output audio […]

Postfix relay using Gmail on CentOS

May 14, 2013 Steve Talley 25

Many ISPs block sending email over port 25. This means that you won’t be able to send mail from your Linux server through simple commands […]

FAN Hyper-V Kernel Panic Fix for switchroot: mount failed

May 14, 2013 Steve Talley 29

Fully Automated Nagios 2.4 is based on CentOS 5.9, so these instructions also apply to any upgraded or new installation of CentOS 5.9 on Hyper-V. CentOS […]

How To: Networking in CentOS under Hyper-V

April 12, 2013 Steve Talley 5

Set up a new Hyper-V virtual machine using the wizard, and install CentOS in the Hyper-V virtual machine. Next, download the Linux Integration Components (LinuxIC) […]

How to: Set up Openswan L2TP VPN Server on CentOS 6

February 22, 2013 Steve Talley 26

Have you ever wanted to set up your own VPN server? By following the steps below, you can set up your own L2TP VPN server […]

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