Aug/091
Apache performance tips
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If you run the command top on your box and the CPU is mostly idle and there is plenty of memory available, and yet Apache seemed sluggish. Here are a couple of things I would recommend to speed things up.
1. Increase MaxClients and ServerLimit
This is a well-known Apache performance optimization tip. Its effect is to increase the number of httpd processes available to service the HTTP requests.
However, when I tried to increase MaxClients over 256 in the prefork.c directives and I restarted Apache, I got a message such as:
WARNING: MaxClients of 1000 exceeds ServerLimit value of 256 servers, lowering MaxClients to 256. To increase, please see the ServerLimit directive.
There is no ServerLimit entry by default in httpd.conf, so I proceeded to add one just below the MaxClients entry. I restarted httpd, and I still got the message above. The 2 entries I had in httpd.conf in the IfModule prefork.c section were:
ServerLimit 1000
MaxClients 1000
(make sure that serverlimit comes before maxclients)
At this point I resorted to all kinds of Google searches in order to find out how to get past this issue, only to notice after a few minutes that the number of httpd processes HAD been increased to well over the default of 256!
Note: It turns out that the new MaxClient and ServerLimit values take effect only if you stop httpd then start it back again. Just doing a restart doesn't do the trick...
So, lesson learned? Always double-check your work and, most importantly, know when to ignore warnings
Now I have a procedure for tuning the number of httpd processes on a given box:
1. Start small, with the default MaxClients (150).
2. If Apache seems sluggish, start increasing both MaxClients and ServerLimit; restart httpd every time you do this.
3. Monitor the number of httpd processes; you can use something like:
ps -def | grep httpd | grep -v grep | wc -l
If the number of httpd processes becomes equal to the MaxClients limit you specified in httpd.conf, check your CPU and memory (via top or vmstat). If the system is not yet overloaded, go to step 2. If the system is overloaded, it's time to put another server in the server farm behind the load balancer.
That's it for now. There are many other Apache performance tuning tips that you can read from the official Apache documentation here.
Aug/090
How to install webmin on your Linux web server (Redhat Fedora Caldera Mandrake SuSE MSC)
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Installing webmin on your linux webserver is easy. With webmin, you can use ispconfig which is a web hosting script that you can use to host many website in one server.
Webmin website: http://www.webmin.com/
Since I have fedora I can install like this:
(this tutorial is suitable for Redhat, SuSE, Caldera, Mandrake or MSC Linux, 13M)
Login to your shell, i will be using ssh so i send this command:
wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.350-1.noarch.rpm
Once it has finished downloadin i send this command:
rpm -U webmin-1.350-1.noarch.rpm
(make sure to use upper case U above)
The rest of the install will be done automatically to the directory /usr/libexec/webmin, the administration username set to root and the password to your current root password. You should now be able to login to Webmin at the URL http://localhost:10000/ .
Webmin install complete. You can now login to https://hostname.domain:10000/
as root with your root password.
NOTE: the default login and password is your root and root password. this is the same login you used with you ssh to your server or whatever your root password is, so your login will be like this:
Username: root
Password: xxxx (what ever your root password is)
Aug/090
Star / Stop / Restart Apache 2 Web Server
Q. How do I restart Apache 2 Web Server under Debian / Ubuntu Linux?
A. Apache is primarily used to serve both static content and dynamic Web pages on the World Wide Web. Many web applications are designed expecting the environment and features that Apache provides.
First, login to server using ssh. To ssh to your server, you will need to a ssh client like putty (download putty from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html).
The ssh client will need you to enter the IP, username and password of your server. Choose port as 22.
Once logged in type the following commands as need be.
How To start Apache 2 web server, enter:
# /etc/init.d/apache2 startOR
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 startLinux Command to restart Apache 2 web server, enter:
# /etc/init.d/apache2 restartIf you are using Ubuntu use sudo:
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restartHow To stop Apache 2 web server, enter:
# /etc/init.d/apache2 stopOR
$ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop
Aug/092
How to enable mod_rewrite in apache 2.2 in Debian and Ubuntu
I am going to describe how to enable mod_rewrite in apache2.2 - specaily for debian.
In default installion of apache2.2 on debian never enable mod_rewrite default. So you may need to enable.
debian user please use “su” before start this process
ubuntu user please use “sudo su” before start this process
- First install the apache2.2 with this command :
apt-get install apache2
(it will install apache 2.2)
now use locate to find if the mod_rewrite.so is availble on your server
updatedb locate mod_rewrite.so
it will found in “/usr/lib/apache2/modules”
new apache follow some folders to enable and desuable mods.
so now do this:
cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled touch rewrite.load gedit rewrite.load
(you may use any editor to edit this file)
now paste this following line
LoadModule rewrite_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_rewrite.so
Then edit /etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default
Find the following
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
and change it to
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order allow,deny
allow from all
and finally restart Apache
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
OK, you done ![]()
Don’t forget to comment, if it works or not.
Aug/090
How to Check Bios Version on a Dell Laptop
There are two easy ways to check the bios version on your Dell laptop.
- During Boot: When your laptop boots up the bios version will splash on the screen. A current version of your bios will be something similar to A06.
- CPU-Z: Download and run CPU-Z here. Once you download and run this application click on the Mainboard tab which has a BIOS section.
Once you know the bios version you can check Dell’s web site to see if a newer version is available. If a new version is available installing it can resolve possible bugs with your computer.
Aug/091
Install the Latest PostgreSQL Yum Repository for CentOS
Keeping PostgreSQL updated via yum should be done via the pgdg yum repository supplied by pgsqlrpms.org.
The latest CentOS PostgreSQL repo can be viewed here.
You will need to download the repo and then install using rpm as shown below.
wget http://yum.pgsqlrpms.org/reporpms/8.4/pgdg-centos-8.4-1.noarch.rpm</span></div> <div style="width: 506px;">rpm<span> -Uhv</span><span> pgdg-centos-8.4-1.noarch.rpm
Another helpful postgresql install and management link is located here.
Aug/090
How to Install the Latest git on CentOS 5 from Source
To install the latest git on CentOS 5 you will need to install from source since the yum repos are typically fairly far behind. Follow the instructions below and installing git will be a snap.
- Install Dependencies: First we need to install a couple packages via yum to cover the dependencies for building git from source.
[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/src [root@server ~]# wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-1.6.0.4.tar.gz
[root@server ~]#tar -zxvf git-1.6.0.4.tar.gz [root@server ~]#cd git-1.6.0.4 [root@server ~]#make prefix=/usr/local all
[root@server ~]#make prefix=/usr/local/ install
[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/src [root@server ~]#wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-manpages-1.6.0.4.tar.gz
[root@server ~]#cd /usr/local/share/man [root@server ~]#tar -zxvf /usr/local/src/git-manpages-1.6.0.4.tar.gz
[root@server ~]#git --version [root@server ~]#man git
After following the above steps you should be able to successfully use git.
[root@server ~]#yum install expat-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install gettext-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install openssl-devel
[root@server ~]#yum install zlib-devel
Jul/090
How to you can randomly change color of the background of your website
Here is how you can randomly change color of the background of your website.
Put the code below within your site's source code. If you dont know how to implement this code into your site, please goto how to implement the code to your website
Code:
<!-- this script is from www.manycodes.com -->
<script>
// Select fade-effect below:
// Set 1 if the background may fade from dark to medium
// Set 2 if the background may fade from light to medium
// Set 3 if the background may fade from very dark to very light light
// Set 4 if the background may fade from light to very light
// Set 5 if the background may fade from dark to very dark
var fade_effect=3
// What type of gradient should be applied Internet Explorer 5x or higher?
// Set "none" or "horizontal" or "vertical"
var gradient_effect="horizontal"
// Speed higher=slower
var speed=60
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CONFIGURATION ENDS HERE
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var browserinfos=navigator.userAgent
var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById
var ie5=document.all&&document.getElementById&&!browserinfos.match(/Opera/)
var ns4=document.layers
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
var opera=browserinfos.match(/Opera/)
var browserok=ie4||ie5||ns4||ns6||opera
if (fade_effect==1) {
var darkmax=1
var lightmax=127
}
if (fade_effect==2) {
var darkmax=127
var lightmax=254
}
if (fade_effect==3) {
var darkmax=1
var lightmax=254
}
if (fade_effect==4) {
var darkmax=190
var lightmax=254
}
if (fade_effect==5) {
var darkmax=1
var lightmax=80
}
var hexc = new Array('0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','A','B','C','D','E','F')
var newred
var newgreen
var newblue
var oldred
var oldgreen
var oldblue
var redcol_1
var redcol_2
var greencol_1
var greencol_2
var bluecol_1
var bluecol_2
var oldcolor
var newcolor
var firsttime=true
var stepred=1
var stepgreen=1
var stepblue=1
function setrandomcolor() {
var range=(lightmax-darkmax)
if (firsttime) {
newred=Math.ceil(range*Math.random())+darkmax
newgreen=Math.ceil(range*Math.random())+darkmax
newblue=Math.ceil(range*Math.random())+darkmax
firsttime=false
}
oldred=Math.ceil(range*Math.random())+darkmax
oldgreen=Math.ceil(range*Math.random())+darkmax
oldblue=Math.ceil(range*Math.random())+darkmax
stepred=newred-oldred
if (oldred>newred) {stepred=1}
else if (oldred<newred) {stepred=-1}
else {stepred=0}
stepgreen=newgreen-oldgreen
if (oldgreen>newgreen) {stepgreen=1}
else if (oldgreen<newgreen) {stepgreen=-1}
else {stepgreen=0}
stepblue=newblue-oldblue
if (oldblue>newblue) {stepblue=1}
else if (oldblue<newblue) {stepblue=-1}
else {stepblue=0}
fadebg()
}
function fadebg() {
if (newred==oldred) {stepred=0}
if (newgreen==oldgreen) {stepgreen=0}
if (newblue==oldblue) {stepblue=0}
newred+=stepred
newgreen+=stepgreen
newblue+=stepblue
if (stepred!=0 || stepgreen!=0 || stepblue!=0) {
redcol_1 = hexc[Math.floor(newred/16)];
redcol_2 = hexc[newred%16];
greencol_1 = hexc[Math.floor(newgreen/16)];
greencol_2 = hexc[newgreen%16];
bluecol_1 = hexc[Math.floor(newblue/16)];
bluecol_2 = hexc[newblue%16];
newcolor="#"+redcol_1+redcol_2+greencol_1+greencol_2+bluecol_1+bluecol_2
if (ie5 && gradient_effect!="none") {
if (gradient_effect=="horizontal") {gradient_effect=1}
if (gradient_effect=="vertical") {gradient_effect=0}
greencol_1 = hexc[Math.floor(newred/16)];
greencol_2 = hexc[newred%16];
bluecol_1 = hexc[Math.floor(newgreen/16)];
bluecol_2 = hexc[newgreen%16];
redcol_1 = hexc[Math.floor(newblue/16)];
redcol_2 = hexc[newblue%16];
var newcolorCompl="#"+redcol_1+redcol_2+greencol_1+greencol_2+bluecol_1+bluecol_2
document.body.style.filter=
"progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(startColorstr="+newcolorCompl+", endColorstr="+newcolor+" GradientType="+gradient_effect+")"
}
else {
document.bgColor=newcolor
}
var timer=setTimeout("fadebg()",speed);
}
else {
clearTimeout(timer)
newred=oldred
newgreen=oldgreen
newblue=oldblue
oldcolor=newcolor
setrandomcolor()
}
}
if (browserok) {
window.onload=setrandomcolor
}
</script>
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Jul/090
How to make text dance on your website
Here is how you can make text dance on your website.
Put the code below within your site's source code. If you dont know how to implement this code into your site, please goto how to implement the code to your website
Code:
<!-- this script is from www.manycodes.com -->
<script language="JavaScript1.2">
//configure message
message="Welcome to www.javascriptfreecode.com"
//animate text in NS6? (0 will turn it off)
ns6switch=1
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all
mes=new Array();
mes[0]=-1;
mes[1]=-4;
mes[2]=-7;mes[3]=-10;
mes[4]=-7;
mes[5]=-4;
mes[6]=-1;
num=0;
num2=0;
txt="";
function jump0(){
if (ns6&&!ns6switch){
jump.innerHTML=message
return
}
if(message.length > 6){
for(i=0; i != message.length;i++){
txt=txt+"<span style='position:relative;' id='n"+i+"'>"+message.charAt(i)+"</span>"};
jump.innerHTML=txt;
txt="";
jump1a()
}
else{
alert("Your message is to short")
}
}
function jump1a(){
nfinal=(document.getElementById)? document.getElementById("n0") : document.all.n0
nfinal.style.left=-num2;
if(num2 != 9){
num2=num2+3;
setTimeout("jump1a()",50)
}
else{
jump1b()
}
}
function jump1b(){
nfinal.style.left=-num2;
if(num2 != 0){num2=num2-3;
setTimeout("jump1b()",50)
}
else{
jump2()
}
}
function jump2(){
txt="";
for(i=0;i != message.length;i++){
if(i+num > -1 && i+num < 7){
txt=txt+"<span style='position:relative;top:"+mes[i+num]+"'>"+message.charAt(i)+"</span>"
}
else{txt=txt+"<span>"+message.charAt(i)+"</span>"}
}
jump.innerHTML=txt;
txt="";
if(num != (-message.length)){
num--;
setTimeout("jump2()",50)}
else{num=0;
setTimeout("jump0()",50)}}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2><div id="jumpx" style="color:green"></div></h2>
<script>
if (document.all||document.getElementById){
jump=(document.getElementById)? document.getElementById("jumpx") : document.all.jumpx
jump0()
}
else
document.write(message)
</script>
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Jul/090
How to have a opening popup with your website
Here is how to have a opening popup with your website.
Put the code below within your site's <head> </head> tags. If you dont know how to implement this code into your site, please goto how to implement the code to your website
Code:
<!-- this script is from www.manycodes.com -->
<!-- DESCRIPTION: This will make a small Navigation Window in which you can place links to different pages.
INSTRUCTIONS: Place this script in the HEAD tags of
your webpage.
FUNCTIONALITY: Works in both Netscape & IE.
-->
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
//Modified by CoffeeCup Software
//This code is Copyright (c) 1997 CoffeeCup Software
//all rights reserved. License is granted to a single user to
//reuse this code on a personal or business Web Site.
<!--
coffeeWin=window.open("","coffeeWin","toolbar=no,width=200,height=250,directories=no,menubar=no,SCROLLBARS=no");
coffeeWin.document.write("<HTML>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<HEAD>");
coffeeWin.document.write("</HEAD>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#0000FF>")
coffeeWin.document.write("<CENTER>")
coffeeWin.document.write("<FONT FACE=VERDANA,ARIAL SIZE=2>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<B>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<FONT SIZE=3>Navigation Window</FONT>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<BR><HR WIDTH=180><BR><P>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<A HREF=http://www.webloger.5u.com TARGET=MAIN>Webloger Website</A>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<P>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<A HREF=http://www.microsoft.com TARGET=MAIN>Microsoft</A>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<P>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<A HREF=http://www.netscape.com TARGET=MAIN>Netscape</A>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<P>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<A HREF=http://www.infoseek.com TARGET=MAIN>InfoSeek</A>");
coffeeWin.document.write("<P>");
coffeeWin.document.write("</B>");
coffeeWin.document.write("</FONT>");
coffeeWin.document.write("</BODY>");
coffeeWin.document.write("</HTML>");
//-->
</SCRIPT>
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