by BigDogAdmin | Aug 10, 2017 | BASH, CentOS, cli, Linux, Uncategorized
So, we have a client’s backup program that saves a database to a file each night, but the file name just includes the date, not the days of the week. There are over a year of daily backups which are taking up a lot of space, and they only need to keep the weekly...
by BigDogAdmin | Aug 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone, I am happy to announce the inclusion of personnel who are FAA Remote Pilot Certified (Part 107) on our team. We can now legally fly UAS (aka. drones) for our customers’ needs. Give us a call if you need cable runs, satellite/radio towers,...
by BigDogAdmin | Aug 2, 2017 | Uncategorized
Looking to run a server from home or small business office? Free DNS offers free options and also low cost DNS services for your domain. This can work great for low traffic servers. If you have questions about how DNS works, or how to set up your small business server...
by BigDogAdmin | Aug 1, 2017 | CentOS, cli, install, Linux, open source, rpm
The version’ing of CentOS and mapping it to the equivalent Red Hat version is a little confusing at first glance. Release 7 (1611)? What is that? Is it 7.2 or 7.3? Let’s take a look. The HARD WAY: Doing the following command gives you the Kernel version,...
by BigDogAdmin | Feb 9, 2017 | CentOS, EPEL, install, Uncategorized, VirtualBox
I was going to write a post about the rpm’s and steps needed to install VirtualBox 5.0.x Guest Additions in a CentOS 7 virtual machine, but I found this article by LifeofaGeek. Check it out. He is using the DKMS method which should keep things working even if...
by BigDogAdmin | Nov 16, 2016 | Anti-Virus, CentOS, clam, clamav, cli, cron, EPEL, install, Linux, open source, Uncategorized
With my last post, I talked about how to install ClamAV (Clam Anti-Virus) for Linux on CentOS 7. And yet, I was not able to get the clamd daemon to run without errors. Every time I ran clamd, I got a permission error. I verified the file permissions and folder...
by BigDogAdmin | Nov 8, 2016 | Anti-Virus, CentOS, clam, clamav, cli, EPEL, install, Linux, open source, repo, repository, Uncategorized, yum
Like it or not, viruses are a real part of running a server, even a CentOS 7 server. Linux has a great option for a virus scanner called ClamAV. It is available for many versions of Linux, but the default configuration files are poorly written and do not work in...
by BigDogAdmin | Oct 13, 2016 | CentOS, EPEL, Linux, repo, repository, yum
Hey all, Most searches for installing the EPEL repository that I have found have you use Yum to install the repo from an RPM file. But, I want to should you how to manually create the repo on your CentOS 7 system. But first, if you insist on doing things the boring...
by BigDogAdmin | Oct 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
So, in a time when the U.S. economy is trying to recover, major U.S. cities and states are cutting off the hand that feeds them. I am referencing the recent trouble Wells Fargo experienced and the retaliation of cities like Chicago and states like California who are...
by BigDogAdmin | Oct 6, 2016 | CentOS, fax, fax server, Linux, open source
Open source, linux, fax server… Heard about this software for Linux called Hylafax. Version hylafax-6.0.6-1 is up for Red Hat/CentOS 6 for both x86 and x86_64. So, I’m going to give it a shot with CentOS 7 and see how it goes… gonna have to dig my...
