In this how to i will describe how to install memcached on your server with PHP Extension.  memcached is a high-performance, distributed memory object caching system, generic in nature, but intended for use in speeding up dynamic web applications by alleviating database load. My server is running CentOS 5.3 with CPanel. Read the rest of this entry…

In this how to i will describe how to install RED5 server on Centos 5.3. This how to can be used to install RED5 server on Centos 4 and Fedora 8 – 11 as well. RED5 is open source flash server written in java supports streaming audio/video, recording client streams, shared objects, live stream publishing etc. Read the rest of this entry…

In this howto i will describe how to install /configure full feature firewall on your server using Config Server Firewall (CSF)  script from http://www.configserver.com. Firewall are the basic need of every server now a days and people trying to protect there server by using different scripts but CSF gives all in one solution. The tools available for the implementing are either over-complex, not user friendly, or simply aren’t as effective as they could be. So that is the reason CSF developed. Read the rest of this entry…

This is a small script which we used to setup on our large cluster of webservers to see loadavg on terminal or putty title. This was very useful as you dont have to run top or w command to see what’s the current loadavg. It automatically updated the loadavg value every 2 seconds (it can be increased or decreased) on title of terminal or putty screen. Additionally it shows hostname and current time & date with loadavg. Read the rest of this entry…

In this howto i will describe how to execute MySQL commands on BASH shell and do more on results. The beauty of BASH is that you can developed a script which help you to do different, repeated and can execute different MySQL commands on result of previous MySQL command result. My primary example is to drop all tables in MySQL database using BASH shell. Read the rest of this entry…