Linux Virtual Server (LVS) system offers a highly-available and scalable solution for production services using specialised routing and load-balancing techniques that can be configured through the Piranha configuration tool. Continue reading
Tag Archives: CentOS
Set up NFS Server on CentOS 6
Part 8 of setting up a Linux home lab environment with VirtualBox. Check this blog post for more info.
NFS server is used to make its data generally available to clients. Continue reading
Set up Puppet Server with Hiera on CentOS 6
Part 7 of setting up a Linux home lab environment with VirtualBox. Check this blog post for more info.
Open Source Puppet is a declarative, model-based configuration management solution that lets us define the state of our home lab infrastructure, using the Puppet language. Continue reading
Set up Spacewalk 2.4 on CentOS 6
Part 6 of setting up a Linux home lab environment with VirtualBox. Check this blog post for more info.
Spacewalk is an open source Linux systems management solution. It is the upstream community project from which the Red Hat Satellite products is derived. Continue reading
Set up Postfix to Relay Mail to an External SMTP Server on CentOS 6
Part 5 of setting up a Linux home lab environment with VirtualBox. Check this blog post for more info.
Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent (MTA) that routes and delivers electronic mail. Continue reading
Set up DHCP Server on CentOS 6
Part 4 of setting up a Linux home lab environment with VirtualBox. Check this blog post for more info.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol that automatically assigns TCP/IP information to client machines. Each DHCP client connects to the centrally located DHCP server, which returns the network configuration (including the IP address, gateway, and DNS servers) of that client. Continue reading
Set up NTP Server on CentOS 6
Part 3 of setting up a Linux home lab environment with VirtualBox. Check this blog post for more info.
NTP is used to synchronise the time on our Linux system with a centralised NTP server. A local NTP server on the network can be synchronised with an external timing source to keep all the servers in our organisation in-sync with an accurate time. Continue reading
Set up BIND DNS Server on CentOS 6
Part 2 of setting up a Linux home lab environment with VirtualBox. Check this blog post for more info.
BIND is open source software that implements the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols for the Internet. The name BIND stands for “Berkeley Internet Name Domain”. Continue reading
Set up VirtualBox 5.0 on a Headless CentOS 6 Server
Part 1 of setting up a Linux home lab environment with VirtualBox. Check this blog post for more info.
VirtualBox is a powerful and feature rich x86/AMD64/Intel64 virtualisation product for enterprise as well as home use. Continue reading
Set up Linux Home Lab Environment with Oracle VirtualBox
This post has been sitting in my drafts folder for quite some time now. It was easier to set everything up than to find spare time to do a write-up. Continue reading