Jul 4, 2012
Your Own Media Server using Plex Media Server
Recently I found a need to add the ability for my Roku XD box to be able to access my home movies and other media on my NAS, also looking for an all in one solution to stream to Asus Transformer TF101, iPod Touch, Sony Bravia TV and iPhone. A good co-worker recommended Plex Media Server which does all the above and more. Plex Media Server is the solution for local and online media. According to the site:... read more
Jul 2, 2012
Java leapsec issue causes high CPU
Seems like a bug is going around caused by leapsec in Java that causes high CPU. There is a simple fix for the issue. For CentOS / RHEL 5 & 6 /etc/init.d/ntpd stop; date; date `date +”%m%d%H%M%C%y.%S”`; date Wait for the CPU to go down and then restart ntpd /etc/init.d/ntpd start After doing this, see if the cpu usage falls down using top or your tool of choice. If not, restart of the ntpd... read more
Jun 20, 2012
Enabling Server Status on Apache 2.2
Apache 2 has a nice feature to allow a server admin to view the performance of Apache. When mod_status module is enabled an HTML page will be presented to allow stats to be presented in a readable format in which refresh can be set. Server status details: The number of worker serving requests The number of idle worker The status of each worker, the number of requests that worker has performed and the... read more
Jun 18, 2012
Keeping Logfiles at Bay with bash
From time to time there are instances in which an application creates logfiles that are big but you need them to fix an issue. Most times these are trace logs. Ran into a similar situation and came up with a short and simple bash script to address the issue. #!/bin/bash #################################################################### # This will look for trace log and zip them and deleting files... read more
Jun 7, 2012
Install Adobe Flash Player on Fedora 17 / 16
This document explains how to install Adobe Flash Player Plugin version 11.2 (32-bit and 64-bit) with YUM on Fedora 17/16 Adding Adobe’s YUM repository makes it very easy also keep up-to-date with Flash Player Plugin. Install Adobe YUM Repository RPM package Adobe Repository 32-bit x86 $ sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm $ sudo rpm –import... read more
