The following example will focus on standalone installation of Chef Server. Firstly, we will need to download the Chef Server package from http://downloads.chef.io/chef-server/ to which I will be installing the package on an Ubuntu Linux 14.04 operating system. Once the package is downloaded I uploaded the package to the standalone server and installed the package from the … More Installing Chef Standalone Server
Firstly, import the MongoDB public GPG key to require that the that the package is signed by the distributor. I also was required to enable outbound connections on TCP service port 34898 to communicate with the key server using the hkp protocol: sudo apt-key adv –keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 –recv 7F0CEB10 Now add the distribution for the … More Install MongoDB on Ubuntu
Add the following entry to /etc/apt/sources.list to use the RabbitMQ repository: deb http://www.rabbitmq.com/debian/ testing main To remove warnings about unsigned packages add the RabbitMQ public key to the trusted key list: wget http://www.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc sudo apt-key add rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc Update the respoitories and install RabbitMQ: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server To confirm the status of … More Install RabbitMQ Server On Ubuntu
The following details the steps to deploy MongoDB on a CentOS using .rpm packages and basic configuration following deployment. For deploying MongoDB on alternative platforms, check http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/installation/ for deployment steps. First of all we will need to configure the package management system to hold the configuration information for the MongoDB repository: by creating the following file … More Install MongoDB on CentOS
I have recently deployed a XenServer environment and was required to install the XenServer Tools on a virtual machine with Ubuntu install. First I was required to switch to running commands with elevated root privelages. sudo -s Now, we are required to mount the XenServer Tools ISO on the virtual machine and then to run … More Install XenServer Tools on Ubuntu
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