Hardware : a cookie box to host 3 cubieboards
In order to better protect my cubieboards servers and use less power adapters, I built a small cluster home using a (smurf) cookie box… run pretty well, plus it dissipates nicely the …
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Linux : cubieboard 1 & 2 custom kernel for headless server
I updated my cubieboards 1 and 2 kernels a few weeks ago. The goal was to optimize them for headless server (low power and maximum memory). Priority was : few modules, no GPU, no G2D, …
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Linux : Centralized logs + web interface (aka rsyslog + loganalyser)
Centralizing servers and applications logs is a good way to make search and monitoring easier. Coupled with a web-interface it simplifies access (think also about sharing logs…) …
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Linux / Hardware : replacing cubieboard by cubieboard2
I recently upgraded one of my cubieboard by a cubieboard 2 (webserver). The goal was to keep everything else but the motherboard… This post describes main necessary steps to do such a …
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Linux: Nginx as a WAF and reverse proxy (for Wordpress running with Apache on cubieboard)
In my cubieboard saga, I continued installing Nginx to both accelerate and securise some Apache hosted sites. Nginx is not always well supported by common opensource web applications such as …
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Linux / Hardware : Using a Cubieboard as (web)server
I was searching how to replace my X86 server by some arm based server. The main objectives was to lesser power comsumption and optimize the fault tolerance of m infrastructure (several am …
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Linux : Sheevaplug as a perfect NAS
After having done a little research on arm based computer (see article), I found an used Sheevaplug for less than 40 euros (!)… So I decided to use it as a NAS. Below is the main …
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Install CyanogenMod 10.1 on an LG Optimus 4X HD
As informations are scattered on severals forum threads and various websites, I made a little summary of ressources and steps to follow to install CynogenMod 10.1 on an LG Optimus 4x HD …
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Linux : custom shell framework and scripts for my servers
As a lazy sysadmin, I try to make my servers as autonomous as possible : auto-backup, auto-sync tmpfs, report disk status by email, etc. For all of that, I use a custom little shell …
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Hardware / Linux : optimize SdCard (nand flash) speed and lifetime
I recently created a new NAS server using a sheevaplug (article to come…) and a 8Gb Sdcard for the system partition. Maybe you know that partitioning and formatting sdcard should be …
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