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How to resolve a domain name from a specific DNS server instead of the configured one in Linux?

I would like to check whether the domain name’s IP has changed in the authoritative DNS server. The system’s configured DNS server may still cache the old IP, which is fine. The question is how to query from the authoritative DNS server the new IP? You can use dig – DNS lookup utility to query…

How to get a free Web server SSL/TLS certificates for my websites?

Can I get a non-self-assigned and free Web server SSL/TLS certificates for my https websites? Asking the users to accept the self-assigned SSL certificates for my websites is not very convenient. Please check https://letsencrypt.org/ . PS: StartSSL used to provide 1 year free SSL. But StartCom CA is closed since Jan. 1st, 2018.

how to integrate MySQL client into self designed database

Currently, I need to integrate MySQL client into SQLE as SQLE’s client. And then, we just need design/implement a translation layer to transfer MySQL protocol into SQLE engine part (KV+ internal exactly). Mysql-Proxy could solve this problem but it is complex to be only a MySQL server. Therefore, I remoduled MySQL-proxy to be more simple…

How to email admins automatically after a Linux server starts?

Managing a cluster of servers, I would like to notified when a server is started. How to make the Linux servers email me or other admins automatically after they are started? I did this by adding a crontab entry on each servers like @reboot date | mailx -S smtp=smtp://smtp.example.com -s “`hostname` started” -r zma@example.com zma@example.com…

How to pull your git tree after creating it on remote server

Currently, I have created my branch dev-harry but I cannot pull it successfully as follows. harryxiyou@common_vm ~/forest/kvplus/kvplus $ git branch * dev-harry master rc harryxiyou@common_vm ~/forest/kvplus/kvplus $ git pull You asked me to pull without telling me which branch you want to merge with, and ‘branch.dev-harry.merge’ in your configuration file does not tell me, either….

Fixing “Remote Host Identification Has Changed” Error When SSH to a Server

If you encounter an error message like the one below when attempting to SSH to a server: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY! Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)! It is also possible that a host key has…

How to run gitbook on a headless server (make Calibre run in headless server)?

When use gitbook to generate ebook, Calibre reports this: RuntimeError: X server required. If you are running on a headless machine, use xvfb After xvfb is installed, it does not work either. How to make gitbook/Calibre work on a headless server? You need to wrap the command ebook-convert with xvfb-run. However, in gitbook (lib/generate/ebook/index.js), ebook-convert…

Cannot connect QEMU guest os with vncviewer

The question is as follows. harry@debian:~/workshop1/qemu_test/version1/test$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda qcow2.img -cdrom domU-x86_64-FS.img -boot d -m 1024 VNC server running on `::1:5900′ harry@debian:~/workshop1/qemu_test/version1/test$ vncviewer 127.0.0.1:1 vncviewer: ConnectToTcpAddr: connect: Connection refused Unable to connect to VNC server Solution (add -vnc parameter for qemu-system-x86_64): harry@debian:~/workshop1/qemu_test/version1/test$ qemu-system-x86_64 -hda qcow2.img -cdrom domU-x86_64-FS.img -boot d -m 1024 -vnc 127.0.0.1:2 harry@debian:~/workshop1/qemu_test/version1/test$ vncviewer 127.0.0.1:2…

How to install WordPress Buddy Press template?

How to install WordPress Buddy Press template? Themes for BuddyPress are available at:http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/tags/buddypress Make sure that the theme tagged as “buddypress” is compatible with the BP/WP version activated in your server. As of BuddyPress 1.7, BuddyPress works with most any WordPress out of the box. BuddyPress 1.7 includes base template files that should fit into…