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19″ Compaq 7142 Server Rack Cabinet

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Malgent
on July 7, 2008
in Stuff for Sale and server
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My data center is getting downsized and upgraded, so there are a few surplus items to put on Craigslist again. The first of which is this COMPAQ 19″ Rack cabinet manufactured by Rittal. What self respecting geek would be caught without a rack filled with servers?

The purpose of this post is to provide additional information and photos of this item to those that are interested. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below. Continue reading ‘19″ Compaq 7142 Server Rack Cabinet’

Linux Apache MySQL PHP

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Malgent
on November 23, 2007
in Reference, server and software
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tux.pngThe acronym LAMP refers to a solution stack of software, usually free software / open-source software, used to run dynamic Web sites or servers. The original expansion is as follows:

  • Linux, referring to the operating system;
  • Apache, the Web server;
  • MySQL, the database management system (or database server);
  • PHP, the programming languages.

The combination of these technologies is used primarily to define a web server infrastructure, define a programming paradigm of developing software, and establish a software distribution package.

I’ve made this small graphic (80×15 pixels) that you can use to designate your usage of this type of server. L.A.M.P.

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Problems with Vanilla 1.1.4

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Malgent
on November 17, 2007
in server and software
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Several attempts at installing Vanilla have all ended in disappointment.500-error-01.jpg As a platform for a forum community, Vanilla looks promising, however, the server gods have thus far prevented me from trying it out on my on server.

I could just use phpBB, but I am really sick of it - primarily the constant spam problems. So for the time being I suppose I will just do without a forum and rely upon the antiquated comments in the blogs for discussions.

This installation is on my shared hosting account at Hostgator. It appears the problem is that the built in file manager of cPanel does not tranfer the files correctly.

Resolved - I deleted everything and started over using an ftp client. In this case Fetch 5.3 on Mac OS X 10.5, now everything appears to be working well. The forums are available now and being tested at forum.malagent.com until I have a better use for them.