NetData Installation or Upgrade – Permission Denied Temp Directory not Executable
Last Updated on May 16, 2021 EDT by Jordan You might have run into the following issue at some point when trying to install or upgrade Netdata. It’s usually related to your /tmp folder is mounted without execution permission and doesn’t allow execution of programs from this location. A simple work around is to set …
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Cyberpanel Openlitespeed Issue with PHP Session Files Cleanup on Ubuntu 18
Last Updated on April 13, 2021 EDT by Jordan There’s an issue with the Cyberpanel installation using Openlitespeed on Ubuntu 18 where the PHP session files aren’t removed by the system installed. You might see issues in your /usr/local/lsws/log/error.log like this The cause is related to the build of of PHP session files in the …
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Litespeed Web Server Statistics in Netdata Including Fixes
Last Updated on January 7, 2021 EST by Jordan It’s pretty simple to get this done, as there’s a plugin built in. As per this guide on the Netdata website. https://app.netdata.cloud/spaces/lmtca-space/rooms/general/nodes/34d04048-ab58-11ea-81cb-5600029faf80#chartName=menu_ebpf&after=-900&before=0 You simple need to run the following commands to create the necessary configuration. You then update a single line at the bottom of the …
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Setting up MySQL Statistics in Netdata
Last Updated on January 7, 2021 EST by Jordan You might noticed MySQL statistics aren’t being show in Netdata. Here’s what I ran into. Error: “MySQLdb or PyMySQL module is needed to use mysql.chart.py plugin” The required python libraries for MySQL are missing, so you simply need to install them. For Ubuntu/Debian the following command …
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How to Increase Exim4 Logging Information
Last Updated on June 16, 2020 EDT by Jordan This is pretty simple to do, the syntax is as follows. However, depending on your OS, you will need to add this line to /etc/exim.conf or if you’re running cPanel you can follow these instructions. https://www.limestonenetworks.com/support/knowledge-center/1/62/how_do_i_configure_exim_for_better_logging.html
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So You Start netplan Configuration for Additional IP’s
Last Updated on August 20, 2020 EDT by Jordan This took way too long to figure out and it’s my own fault as I do have a good understanding of networking. When you order additional IP’s from So You Start, you’re usually giving IP’s in a different range the main IP address of your server. …
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Xen Ubuntu 18 Guest Creation Using xen-create-image (bionic template and netplan fix included)
Last Updated on June 11, 2020 EDT by Jordan So I was having issues with deploying Ubuntu 18 guests on a Xen hypervisor. It originally started with a template for bionic not existing. This is easily fixed with a couple of commands to copy the karmic.d template to bionic.d template. However, once your host boots …
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Selecting the Fastest Ubuntu 18 Mirror
Last Updated on March 24, 2020 EDT by Jordan Run the following commands. wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/netselect/netselect_0.3.ds1-28+b1_amd64.debdpkg -i netselect_0.3.ds1-28+b1_amd64.deb https://askubuntu.com/questions/39922/how-do-you-select-the-fastest-mirror-from-the-command-line
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Clearing DNS Service Cache on Synology NAS
Last Updated on January 9, 2023 EST by Jordan If you’re using the Synology DNS server for your local clients or services on the Synology NAS, then you might need to clear it’s cache. It’s really simple, and after googling I couldn’t find a straight answer. So I did some digging and found this was …
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ProxMox CIFS Share error “failed: error with cfs lock ‘file-storage_cfg’”
Last Updated on February 11, 2020 EST by Jordan You may have encountered the following error message when trying to mount a CIFS share from the web interface of your Proxmox server. If you run the following command below via SSH, you will get a little more detail. The issue is solved by running the …
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