http://diaryofacodemonkey.ruprect.com/2011/03/18/ad-hoc-app-distribution-with-xcode-4/
iPhone App install to client (UAT)
July 8th, 2011Compile OpenSSL with SNI Support
July 4th, 2011In order to allow 1 IP Address to serve multiple SSL Websites – we will need to compile OpenSSL with SNI support
./config enable-tlsext shared
make
make install
Setting HTTPS for Apache 2.x using Godaddy SSL Certificate
July 4th, 2011Generating csr
openssl genrsa -aes128 2048 > www.domain.com.key
openssl req -utf8 -new -key www.domain.com.key -out www.domain.com.csr
Remove Passphrase
openssl rsa -in www.domain.com.key -out www.domain.com.key2
Enable ICMP Ping reply on Windows 2008 Server
June 22nd, 2011The default setting on Windows 2008 Firewall is configured to block certain types of traffic. One of them being ICMP.
To enable ICMP
netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8
To disable ICMP
netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disabled
Static compression is being disabled warning in IIS 7 on Windows 2008
June 21st, 2011In IIS 7 on Windows Server 2008, application pools can be run as the “ApplicationPoolIdentity” account instead of the NetworkService account.
To resolve this issue, we will need to assign the ApplicationPoolIdentity permission to IIS temporary Compressed Files directory.
You can add the app pool identity from the command prompt with something like icacls.
icacls e:\inetpub\wwwroot\Temp /grant “IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool”:(OI)(CI)(RX)
PHP Redirect http to https
June 17th, 2011if ($_SERVER[‘HTTPS’] != “on”) {
$url = “https://”. $_SERVER[‘SERVER_NAME’] . $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’];??? ?header(“Location: $url”);
exit;
}
Joomla Custom Page Title
June 17th, 2011Insert this php code in your template’s index.php file just before the closing </head> tag
hint: make sure it’s inside: <?php … ?>
$document = &JFactory::getDocument();
if (JURI::root() == JURI::current()) { // Front Page
? $document->setTitle( "Your Front Page Title" );
} else { // All other pages
? $document->setTitle( $document->getTitle() . " ? Your Site Name" );
}
Install Development Packages on Centos
April 26th, 2011yum groupinstall ‘Development Tools’
Upgrading ESXi 4.0 to ESXi 4.1 without vCenter Upgrade Center
April 10th, 2011You can use the vSphere CLI 4.0 vihostupdate.pl to upgrade your ESXi server.
Before you start the upgrade – you will need to meet the following pre-requisities.
First – Download VMware vSphere CLI 4.0 and Install it on Windows or Linux
Next Download VMWare 4.0 to 4.1 Zip Package
Once the above pre-requisties have been meet, we can now take it into action.
1. Shutdown all of your Virtual Machines
2. Enable VM Host in Maintenance Mode
3. Execute the following command and see what is available in the upgrade package
vihostupdate.pl –server vm4 –scan –bundle “e:\temp\upgrade-from-esxi4.0-to-4.1-update01-348481.zip”
4. Install ESXUpdate
vihostupdate.pl –server vm4 -i -b “e:\temp\upgrade-from-esxi4.0-to-4.1-update01-348481.zip” -B ESXi410-GA-esxupdate
5. Upgrade to ESXi 4.i
vihostupdate.pl –server vm4 -i -b “e:\temp\upgrade-from-esxi4.0-to-4.1-update01-348481.zip” -B ESXi40-TO-ESXi41UPDATE01
6. Check and ensure everything is installed properly
vihostupdate.pl –server vm4 –query
7. Reboot your server
8. Disable Maintenance Mode in VM Host
reference: https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_upgrade_guide.pdf
Converting Thick Disk to Thin Provisioned Disk
March 8th, 2011vmkfstools -i thick.vmdk -d thin thin.vmdk