VMWare Server on Linux (VMWare Server 1.04 on Ubuntu 7.10 Server)
- Physical Network Interfaces that will only be used by VMWare Guests:
Even though you may have a physical interface that a Host will not use, you need to set-it-up in /etc/network/interfaces. This will activate the network interface for the Host, which will only then [...]
Archive for December, 2007
VMWare Server Tips
Posted in Linux, Virtualization on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Network Troubleshooting Tools
Posted in Advanced Topics, Linux, Networks on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My toolbox – an incomplete list:
MTR – Link Diagnostics
IPerf – bandwidth test
TCPTrack – track tcp connections per interface
MTR:
An indespensbile trouble shooting tool is MTR. It is already a part of my favorite distro, Ubuntu. It combines the functions of ping and traceroute, and the info provided is excellent for diagnostics. More [...]
Linux System Monitoring from the CLI using LM-Sensors
Posted in Linux, Quick Tips on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Check out http://www.lm-sensors.org an open source project for embedded “sensors” for your Linux system.
I needed an easy way to check the CPU temperature for my new PC from the command line. This is yet another great example of what open source has to offer.
On my Ubuntu 7.10 server, it was too easy:
sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
sudo [...]
Install Webmin
Posted in Uncategorized on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Real quick – Webmin on Ubuntu 7.10.
Get Dependencies:
sudo apt-get install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl
Download:
sudo wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.380_all.deb
(or whatever version is latest – browse to the webmin site, and paste the link for the current version download)
Install:
sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.380_all.deb
