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With the release of Apache 2.2.12, we can now configure multiple SSL sites in one IP address. It is available of you have Server Name Indication (SNI) extension for OpenSSL. Visit TechRepublic’s post on “Configure Apache to support multiple SSL sites on a single IP address” for details and vhost sample configuration. [...]

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Adding additional block devices to XEN guests is accomplished using xm block-attach command. In this example I am exporting an external USB hard drive that was recognized as /dev/sda1 by the hosts kernel. Important thing to keep in mind is that you must use xvdX as the guest block device name.
xm block-attach 6 phy:/dev/sda1 /dev/xvda1 [...]

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Fedora release 12 became available to the public November 17, 2009. New features are plentiful and many are centred around KVM virtualization.
If you are like me and still running Fedora 10 or 11 and do not wish to wait till a yum based update is pushed out you can kick off your adventure into Fedora [...]

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Today the EU createded a serious road block on the road to the merger of Sun Microsystems and Oracle.  Here is the timeline of events up to now.

European antitrust authorities formally objected to Oracle Corp.’s proposed purchase of Sun Microsystems Inc., complicating a $7.4 billion deal that U.S. officials had already blessed.
The companies said Monday [...]

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This week we have Terminator – a split window terminal emulator. This tool is very helpful if you use terminal windows to connect to several servers at the same time. Usually, we have multiple separate windows or the tabs, but on this one you can have split windows or grid. Below are [...]

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I installed Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) to my new laptop (HP EliteBook 6930p), and first on my to-do list is to set the root password so I can do additional package installations and configurations. But this time, after I unlocked and set password for my root account, i still can’t login (via terminal) [...]

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Almost two months after RHEL5.4, Centos 5.4 was released on the 21st October. This version includes various changes into the virtualization field and it includes support for KVM (kernel-based virtual machine) hypervisor and the Xen hypervisor.
Also this release features many bug fixes and security updates, and should be an easy upgrade for users running centos5.x:
yum [...]

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