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How-To Ubuntu Postfix and GMAIL

April 20, 2010
By Kurt

When I downloaded Nagios 3 on my 9.10 Ubuntu server is auto-magically installed Postfix e-mailer. So instead of configuring sSMTP or Exim I decided to see if I could find an example on how to use GMAIL as my outbound mail server with Postfix. I came across the following site: howtoforge which help me...
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Evernote + Cronjob

March 12, 2010
By Kurt

I use Evernote to back up my Asterisk extensions, sip, and voicemail conf files using a simple cron job that e-mails them to my Evernote account once a month. Example Cron command # Used to send Asterisk config to Evernote once a month on the 9th 10 20 9 * * /bin/cat /etc/asterisk/sip.conf | mail...
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Debian sSMTP Outbound e-mail How-to

February 26, 2010
By Kurt

I selected sSMTP because in the near term I have no intention of setting up a fully functional e-mail server using Exim or Postfix. I just need the ability to send e-mail out to notify me of the condition of my server and sSMTP fits the requirement. First step is to install sSMTP via...
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Simple Debian/Ubuntu Caching DNS How-To:

February 8, 2010
By Kurt

I’ll keep my how-to simple and to the point.  However, if you require more detailed information about DNS and BIND9, please visit  http://www.aboutdebian.com/dns.htm.  There you will find a nice write up on all the moving parts of DNS. Since I am performing the install on a Debian server I am not using sudo.  I...
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apt-cache

January 22, 2010
By Kurt

By far the most usefully apt- command I use is apt-cache and its many switches.  I can search for packages matching all or part of a word using the search switch. kpas@terra:~$ apt-cache search apt-r apt-rdepends - Recursively lists package dependencies apt-rpm-repository - tools to create an APT RPM repository libapt-rpm-pkg-dev - development files...
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WordPress install

January 12, 2010
By Kurt

My WordPress setup was installed on Debian 5.0 by following the instruction at Kerry D. Wong site.  Although Kerry instruction illustrated how to install WordPress on Ubuntu, I had no issue using the same steps on Debian.  Once I had WordPress installed, I wanted to have WordPress accessible from my web root directory.  I...
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