In this howto i will describe how to add multiple bonding interface (teaming multiple ethernet interfaces) in LINUX. You can learn more about bonding from

vi /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.18/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt

The Linux bonding driver provides a method for aggregating multiple network interfaces into a single logical “bonded” interface. The behavior of the bonded interfaces depends upon the mode; generally speaking, modes provide either hot standby or load balancing services. Additionally, link integrity monitoring may be performed. Read the rest of this entry…

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 mytop package on CentOS 5.3. MyTOP is top command clone to monitor mysql performance including queries, threads etc. You can get source of it from here to build or you can use rpmforge repositories for pre-build rpms. The machine i used to demonstrte is in production and getting very high mysql access, its running on CentOS 5.3. Read the rest of this entry…

In this how to i describe how to bind MAC with IP to restrict users in your network to change their IP’s to bypass filtering. To ease the setup i will create small scripts to simplify our work. Here i will not describe how to config squid and how to run it. I assume you have already configure it. Read the rest of this entry…

In this how to i will describe how to create binary rpm (installable) using source rpm i.e *.src.rpm. Source rpm is collection of source files in tar.gz, patches and spec file. Spec file defines how the source code will compile with current machine, defining depencies and generate rpm from source rpm. Usually we do this when we need to have some custom changes to be made in required software. Read the rest of this entry…

In this how to i will describe how to install ffmpeg, mplayer, mencoder, flvtool2, ffmpeg-php with all supported codecs to convert / manipulate videos easily on CentOS 5.x. If you want to run sites like youtube e.g www.indianpad.in, www.danceindiadance.in this howto will help you to install the base for your software. There are many other way to perform this but this works for me, so i want to share. Read the rest of this entry…

This how to describe how to add domainkeys and SPF (Sender Policy Framework) records on CPanel Servers. Whenever you create a domain on CPanel server using WHM, it wont add domainkeys and SPF records for particular domains. To add domainkeys and SPF records please use following steps. Read the rest of this entry…

I have created first mod_geoip custom module for CPanel WHM using CPanel Easy Framework POD.

which will be then install using /scripts/easyapache on command line or Apache Update using WHM on your choice whether to install it or not.

I wroted it in february and published on my site, but after few days CPanel Developer DAN contacted me to enhance with there requirements that it can be added to CPanel Custom Module Listing. I made several changes to first version as suggested by CPanel Developers and alhamdulillah succeeded in it and now its listing in CPanel Custom Module. You can install it by using following steps

1) Download

wget http://easyapache.cpanel.net/optmods/custom_opt_mod-mod_geoip.tar.gz

or

wget http://www.sohailriaz.com/downloads/custom_opt_mod-mod_geoip.tar.gz

2) Installation

tar -C /var/cpanel/easy/apache/custom_opt_mods  custom_opt_mod-mod_geoip.tar.gz

Thats it, now you can run

/scripts/easyapache

or

Login into WHM and go to EasyApache Update

It will show you the Mod_GeoIP included in it and you can install it by checking the box.

This howto describe how to ssh outside another network / server using authenticated proxy. SSH (Secure Shell) is typically used to log into a remote machine and execute commands, but it also supports tunneling, forwarding TCP ports and X11 connections; it can transfer files using the associated SFTP or SCP protocols. Read the rest of this entry…