Josh Wieder

Upon restarting Apache, you may receive errors like this: # service httpd restart Stopping httpd: [FAILED] Starting httpd: httpd: apr_sockaddr_info_get() failed for webserver-sb-1 httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName In order to resolve this issue and successfully start Apache, you will need to ensure that there is a resolvable hostname assigned to your server. This hostname does not need to be a fully qualified domain name (FQDN), it just needs to resolve. Here is how to get around it.  #echo yourhostname.extension > /etc/hostname #/bin/hostname -F /etc/hostname Finally, confirm that the assigned domain name is resolvable using the host command #host yourhostname.extension localhost If not, check the following settings: -does /etc/resolv.conf have the correct DNS servers listed to allow for resolution? -If your hostname is not an FQDN, lis

The distinguished judge from the 9th Circuit discusses escaping from communist Romania, the law, and libertarianism  (my favorite quote - "I thought it had to do with libertines!)

So you've just run a barebones installation of CentOS 6, and you run a host command to check DNS resolution and you get the following: whois: command not found By default the barebones CentOS installation lacks even the most basic network diagnostic tools. Use yum to install the following packages to get a few basic tools back on your server: yum install bind-utils  (installs nslookup and host) yum install jwhois (installs whois)

Jonathan Zdziarski, the gentleman behind the fantastic mod_evasive Apache module, has a paper available on his website regarding Bayesian noise reduction that is well worth a read.

Microsoft has started giving away 90 day free trials of Azure - SQL reporting and media services are included. Its worth giving it a try since the price is right, if for no other reason than to become a bit more familiar with the platform. Whether or not Microsoft comes out a winner in the Cloud Revenue Wars has yet to be seen, but my suspicion is the platform will be here to stay for some time.* * This website is not involved with any affiliate advertising. I do not receive any commissions for click throughs or signups and I was not paid for this post.. 

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