Tag Archives: linux

Rename your RKE2 Cluster

Posted on October 4, 2026 by richard

Say you’ve restored an RKE2 Cluster main node from backups and its now on a new hostname and IP address. The RKE2 server won’t start because the etcd environment will have the old hostname and IP address configured to it. … Continue reading →

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How to upgrade from Ubuntu 16 to 17

Posted on February 16, 2018 by richard

VPS Customers running Ubuntu 16 can upgrade to their latest OS version, being Ubuntu 17.10 currently, with the following commands run as the root user: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade Then set ‘Prompt=normal’ in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and run (as root, preferably … Continue reading →

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How to install FTB Infinity Minecraft Server & its Mod Packs on Linux

Posted on August 23, 2015 by richard

Feed The Beast (FTB) is a popular Minecraft Mod Pack Distribution that bundles many Minecraft Mod Packs into its single install. The FTB Client for Windows is installed and run by clicking the .EXE link at FTB Install page and … Continue reading →

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TLS/SSL config updates to Sendmail for recent OpenSSL versions

Posted on July 21, 2015 by richard

Recent SSL updates to the OpenSSL package have removed old DH parameters which are built into Sendmail mail server software, so the following are configuration updates to Sendmail (sendmail.cf) to enable the use of a longer DH Parameter to TLS/SSL … Continue reading →

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Need “Follow the Sun” Linux/Open-Source Support & Project Personnel?

Posted on November 13, 2013 by richard

Network Presence has highly-skilled and competent tele-workers on deck between 9am to 9pm Sydney, Australia time each and every day, who are able to take on either deep (Level 2 or Level 3) Support or Project based Linux and Open-Source … Continue reading →

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Installing Oracle XE Database on CentOS

Posted on April 6, 2013 by richard

Once you satisfy the login requirements for Oracle’s site, you can download their “Express” Database, which from their License Agreement for that DB sofware, can only be run/used in the following manner: Any use of the Oracle Database Express Edition … Continue reading →

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Linux Distributions available on NetPres VPS

Posted on November 11, 2012 by richard

Here’s the currently available full list of Linux distributions and versions that we can provision for any Network Presence non-Windows VPS Order. Over time we’ll review and remove some of these older versions, but the following is available for the … Continue reading →

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Available for Consulting & Contracting on Internet, Linux & Open-Source

Posted on October 4, 2012 by richard

I hear it said that we’re at the ‘business end’ of the calendar year and if you have a need to quickly deploy or “wrap up” some IT Projects involving Open-Source or Linux, then I’m available at short-notice for brief … Continue reading →

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Howto use Intel PRO 1000 PCIe “Bypass” cards in Debian Linux

Posted on September 22, 2012 by richard

For some time Intel has been marketing these “Bypass” Ethernet cards which have a different PCI Device ID which means that the official Intel open-source (Linux, FreeBSD etc) drivers don’t recognise these cards, and I came to find one in … Continue reading →

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We can Support your CentOS-to-Oracle Linux upgrades

Posted on July 25, 2012 by richard

We’ve run up a few of these conversions to Oracle Linux recently and so far it stays a CentOS/RHEL-like Linux system and works fine using Oracle’s Yum Repositories. The additional features provided by Oracle are very useful and I’m glad … Continue reading →

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