Is it really that simple - redirecting a single file on IIS

• September 2, 2007
• James Skemp

For various reasons, I've been working towards migrating from an Apache server to an IIS one for my sites. For Gavin's site, I couldn't get away with it, but I don't have any problem making things more difficult for myself :D However, this means that old URLs may not be working as they should. My experience with IIS is a working knowledge of it, and therefore I know what I need to know, picking up what I can.

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Find 404 errors using Log Parser

• August 4, 2007
• James Skemp

Note: This article was written using Log Parser 2.2. Therefore, while it may work for a different version, it may not. The following code will generate a listing of calls that generated a 404 error. logparser "SELECT cs-uri-stem, cs-uri-query, date, sc-status, cs(Referer) INTO 404report.txt FROM ex*.log WHERE sc-status = 404 ORDER BY date, cs-uri-stem, cs-uri-query" This assumes that you've currently got a command line open in the folder containing your IIS logs, and that you are logging the above information, as well as that logparser is setup in your PATH line.

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Ubuntu 7.04 - Server Edition installed

• June 26, 2007
• James Skemp

Just about finished ... Quite the process, but things seem to be running okay - now I just have to determine whether it was worth it ...

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Ubuntu Quickie: MySQL and PostgreSQL passwords

• June 23, 2007
• James Skemp

Another Ubuntu Quickie, this time on the default passwords for MySQL and PostgreSQL. MySQL mysql -u root UPDATE mysql.user SET Password = OLD_PASSWORD('***password***') WHERE User = 'root'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; \q PostgreSQL sudo -u postgres psql template1 ALTER USER postgres WITH PASSWORD '***password***'; \q

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Ubuntu Quickie: Installing MySQL and PostgreSQL

• June 21, 2007
• James Skemp

For SQL on Ubuntu Linux, I decided it was easiest to just use the repositories to just install MySQL and PostgreSQL.

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Configuring Apache for per-user pages

• June 18, 2007
• James Skemp

In a previous post, I covered installing Apache 2.2.4 on Ubuntu. Unfortunately, if you want to create content for this server, you need to either use the root account, or change the permissions on the /usr/local/apache2/htdocs directory. Let's keep things that way.

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Quickie: Install ColdFusion 7.02 on Ubuntu 7.04 with Apache 2.2.4

• June 15, 2007
• James Skemp

Once again, may not be the best, but installing ColdFusion 7.02 on Ubuntu 7.04 (Apache 2.2.4 already installed).

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Quickie: Install Apache 2.2.4 on Ubuntu

• June 15, 2007
• James Skemp

May not be the best, but ... here's how I installed Apache 2.2.4 on Ubuntu (7.04), based on David Winter's guide Building Apache 2.2 from source for Ubuntu Dapper. All code from a terminal, unless otherwise noted. sudo apt-get install build-essential cd mkdir src cd src I downloaded zlib from http://www.zlib.net/ (zlib source code, version 1.2.3, tar.gz format) into the src folder, and extracted it to the same. cd zlib-1.

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Eclipse SDK 3.2.2 to Ubuntu 7.04

• June 12, 2007
• James Skemp

Having already installed JDK 5.0 on Ubuntu, it's time to install what I really wanted in the first place - Eclipse.

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Installing Sun's Java Development Kit 5.0 Update 12 on Ubuntu 7.04

• June 11, 2007
• James Skemp

I don't have much desire to update from the repositories all the time, for whatever reason. Supposedly, if you run Eclipse from the download manager on Ubuntu, you can expect one slow experience. So ... time to start by installing Sun's Java.

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