Category: Linux

OpenLiteSpeed Binary Installation
You can download latest version of OpenLiteSpeed web server from

https://openlitespeed.org/downloads/

There are 2 download links for each version of OpenLiteSpeed, here we use the binary download. To install verison 1.7.1, run
```
cd /usr/local/src
rm -rf openlitespeed*
wget https://openlitespeed.org/packages/openlitespeed-1.7.16.tgz
tar -zxvf openlitespeed-*.tgz
cd openlitespeed
./install.sh
```
To start/stop OpenLiteSpeed, use the following commands
```
/usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl start
/usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl stop
/usr/local/lsws/bin/lswsctrl status
```
OpenLiteSpeed control panel available at
```
https://SERVER-IP-ADDR:7080/
User = admin
PW = 123456
```
Default password for admin user is 123456.
March 3, 2020
newrelic
- https://newrelic.com/
- Auto restart newrelic-daemon if crashed
February 8, 2020
cagefsctl
Enable CafeFS for all cpanel users
```
cagefsctl --enable-all
```
February 6, 2020

Upgrade EasyEngine

To upgrade EasyEngine, run

ee cli update

It is recommended you run this in tmux or screen to avoid disconnection while upgrading.

Example

root@ip-172-26-9-39:~# ee cli update
Note: It is recommended to run EasyEngine update in tmux/screen. Update at times may take some time.
To view progress, tail logs in a different window using `tail -f /opt/easyengine/logs/ee.log`.
You have version 4.0.14. Would you like to update to 4.0.17? [y/n] y
Downloading from https://github.com/EasyEngine/easyengine/releases/download/v4.0.17/easyengine.phar...
md5 hash verified: cb9041faecdae54e51aafdc9adccc4e5
Updating EasyEngine to new version. This might take some time.
New version works. Proceeding to replace.
Success: Updated EE to 4.0.17.
root@ip-172-26-9-39:~#

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February 6, 2020

Uninstall Time Doctor on Ubuntu

Time Doctor is an application to track time. To uninstall Time Doctor on Ubuntu, run

sudo /bin/bash -c 'apt purge sfproc; /bin/bash /opt/sfproc/uninstall'

Time doctor run following process

root@pc8:~# ps aux | grep sfp
root      7884  0.0  0.1  72848  4316 pts/1    S    09:53   0:00 sudo -H -u training /bin/bash -l -c export DISPLAY=:0; export XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1004/gdm/Xauthority; export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1004/bus,guid=be774defc4c97a1711ff06305e2fb38d; export TD_DEVELOPER=; export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME; export XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu; export XDG_SESSION_ID=2; cd /home/training; /opt/sfproc/SF/sfproc/3.0.64/sfproc &> /dev/null
training  7889  0.0  0.0  19992  3148 pts/1    S    09:53   0:00 /bin/bash -l -c export DISPLAY=:0; export XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1004/gdm/Xauthority; export DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1004/bus,guid=be774defc4c97a1711ff06305e2fb38d; export TD_DEVELOPER=; export XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME; export XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu; export XDG_SESSION_ID=2; cd /home/training; /opt/sfproc/SF/sfproc/3.0.64/sfproc &> /dev/null
training  7893  4.4  1.2 1407988 51724 pts/1   SLl  09:53   0:00 /opt/sfproc/SF/sfproc/3.0.64/sfproc
root      7947  0.0  0.0  21536   976 pts/1    S+   09:54   0:00 grep --color=auto sfp
root@pc8:~#

January 27, 2020

VirtualBox Ubuntu Shared Folder
Once you shared a folder in VirtualBox with Ubuntu Guest, you need to install VirtualBox Guest additions, this can be done from menu.
```
Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image
```
Once this is done, in your Guest OS, you will see a CD rom, install the provided software.

Before you can use shared folder, you need to add the user you use to group vboxsf, to do this, run following command in terminal.
```
sudo usermod -G vboxsf -a $USER
```
$USER is user name of the user you will be using. You can replace it with any user you will be using to access the shared folder.
January 26, 2020
Ubuntu pure-ftpd reply with unroutable address
On AWS Ubuntu server running pure-ftpd, when i try connecting, i get error
```
Status:	Server sent passive reply with unroutable address. Using server address instead.
```
To fix this, run
```
echo "30000 50000" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/PassivePortRange
echo "YOUR_PUBLIC_IP_HERE" > /etc/pure-ftpd/conf/ForcePassiveIP
```
YOUR_PUBLIC_IP_HERE = Replace with your Elastic IP or Public IP (if you don’t have an Elastic IP).

Restart pure-ftpd
```
systemctl stop pure-ftpd
systemctl start pure-ftpd
```
On AWS security groups, you need to open following ports
```
TCP 21
TCP 30000-50000
```
January 26, 2020
ISPConfig reset admin password
To reset password for ISPConfig, login to MySQL as root.
```
mysql -u root -p
```
if you don’t have MySQL root password, see ISPConfig Find MySQL root password.

Switch to ISPConfig database
```
use dbispconfig;
```
To change password, run
```
UPDATE sys_user SET passwort = md5('NEW_PASSWORD_HERE') WHERE username = 'admin';
```
Replace NEW_PASSWORD_HERE with your new password.
January 21, 2020
ISPConfig Find MySQL root password
To find MySQL root password on ISPConfig server, run
```
/usr/local/ispconfig/server/lib/mysql_clientdb.conf
```
January 21, 2020
Git Ignore file Permission (chmod)
Some times when you transfer file to web server, you may need a differnt file permission for files to run in web server, if your code is in git, this make the files marked as modified eventhough file contents are the same. To avoid git checking for file permission (chmod), run following command
```
git config core.filemode false
```
See git
January 18, 2020
netplan

Ubuntu Server 20.04 set static IP with netplan
Ubuntu Server 20.04 configure OVH failover IP
Configure KVM Bridge Network using netplan
Configure VPS IP address in OneProvider Server

January 15, 2020

Gitlab find version

To find version of hosted Gitlab installation, run

gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info

Example

root@simplegitlab:~# gitlab-rake gitlab:env:info

System information
System:		Ubuntu 16.04
Current User:	git
Using RVM:	no
Ruby Version:	2.5.3p105
Gem Version:	2.7.9
Bundler Version:1.17.3
Rake Version:	12.3.2
Redis Version:	3.2.12
Git Version:	2.21.0
Sidekiq Version:5.2.7
Go Version:	unknown

GitLab information
Version:	11.11.0
Revision:	3e8ca2fb781
Directory:	/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-rails
DB Adapter:	PostgreSQL
DB Version:	9.6.11
URL:		https://gitlab.simplecloud.co.za
HTTP Clone URL:	https://gitlab.simplecloud.co.za/some-group/some-project.git
SSH Clone URL:	[email protected]:some-group/some-project.git
Using LDAP:	no
Using Omniauth:	yes
Omniauth Providers: 

GitLab Shell
Version:	9.1.0
Repository storage paths:
- default: 	/var/opt/gitlab/git-data/repositories
GitLab Shell path:		/opt/gitlab/embedded/service/gitlab-shell
Git:		/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/git
root@simplegitlab:~#

Back to Gitlab

January 9, 2020