Category Archives: Linux

Multiple Tomcat instances Debian scripts

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

I opened a new Google Code project to manage the scripts I wrote that allow multiple instances of Tomcat to be run on Ubuntu. These scripts are now fully open source (more so than before I guess) and available to … Continue reading →

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Locking down a shared MySQL database server without firewalls, routers, etc.

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Brian Pontarelli

I’m setting up a shared database server in a data center and I don’t have any direct connections between the machines that are local (i.e. meaning they only connect between boxes and don’t let external traffic in), no firewalls, no … Continue reading →

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The last positional parameter in bash

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

Found a way to do this in a single line. Works nicely. eval “last=\\${$#}”

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The only reason I just can’t use Solaris, RedHat, etc

Posted on November 1, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

No dist upgrade. On Ubuntu (debian): update-manager -c On all the rest: want the latest and greatest? Good luck dude!

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Ubuntu Gusty and Tomcat 5.5

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Brian Pontarelli

Looks like Gusty (or something) changes some of the installation for Tomcat 5.5 and it requires some work to get back to normal. Here’s my changes thus far: sudo rm /usr/share/tomcat5.5/common/endorsed/* cd /usr/share/tomcat5.5/common/lib sudo apt-get install libmysql-java sudo ln -s … Continue reading →

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