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Questions tagged [best-practices]

Questions asking for best practices in a given field. Be aware, that sometimes there might be no generally accepted best practices, in which case the question is likely to be closed for being subjective.

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Getting files onto Fresh Install of Server 2008 "The Right Way"?

I am still fairly new to windows server administration. I have a Server 2008 r2 ec2 instance running and will need to bring a new one up every so often. I like that it is locked down by default, but is there a "preferred" way to get zip files or…
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Software RAID to hardware RAID, can it be done?

Can it be done ... well. (For the record, I did not set this server up.) In my server there are 4 disks. 3 of them are in a software RAID5, and 1 has the OS installed. I want to buy a RAID controller, 4 new HDs and set up a hardware RAID5. If…
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A service accessing an UNC path, Win 2008R2, best practices?

I have an Apache Webserver service running on Machine A. It serves some files from machine B, by having an Alias /foo \machineB\someshare MachineB\someshare is read-accessible to "Everyone". Apache runs as LocalService. When I boot the machine,…
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Where should python and rails-based web apps be placed in the Linux filesystem?

/etc? /srv? /home? Apps in these languages shouldn't be under document root (which, in my opinion, goes under /srv/www). But, otherwise, I can't think of a location/scheme that's best practice to store them. Ideas?
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Best strategy to deploy distributed application on nodes

this is a general question about deploying and maintaining nodes. I am not a sysadmin. I am considering the following 'naive' strategy: Pick a linux flavor and stick to it. Create an image with my linux flavor. Install my application, scripts and…
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How often to upgrade PHP & MySQL

I run a couple of IIS + PHP + MySQL Web servers, that run a variety of web apps (Wordpress, Expression Engine, etc.) I know that I should always keep my web apps updated, but I wonder how often I should be updating PHP & Mysql? It seems that the…
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Best Practice Analyzer for Windows Server 2008

I tried searching around for a bit but nothing came up. I know Microsoft makes BPA for Server 2008 R2 but was wondering if there is also a version for 2008?
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Top Infected Machines - Dealing with Threats?

I printed out a list of the top 25 infected machines (associate machines only) a bit of detail. Associate machines are only for sales associate. The domain login is the same for every machine, associates are provided internet, email, and in-house…
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Registry entry missing for msexchangeDSAccess exchange 2010

After running exbpa i received a notification for PDC emulator is not excluded active directory access (ADAccess) topology with the value for minuserdc is missing after researching how to fix, I am supposed to navigate to…
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Best pratice to implement free and affordable VPN between branch offices

I need to find a good software solution to implement VPN so a new branch office can use without security problems applications in our main office. I need it to be very reliable and almost transparent for the end user Any hints? We have both linux…
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S3 backup: bucket vs. volume

I've inherited a project that has been pushing encrypted (GPG) DB backups via a backup script to an S3 bucket. That's all been well and good, but now that bootable EBS instances (where the project resides now) can have mounted S3 volumes, why not…
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LAMP Best Practices

Does anybody know of a checklist for LAMP best practices? There is a lot of disparate advice on the 'net, but it would be nice to know if somebody has already published a best-practices guide or book for Linux/Apache/Mysql/PHP hosting architecture…
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What are best practices writing parallel startup scripts in Unix shell (ksh,bash)?

I have a piece of software with different components running on the same Unix machine (web server, DBMS, middleware, different daemons). Startup of the few components depends on the success of the start of the previous ones (like DBMS). Some of the…
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How should I setup an Ubuntu server on EC2 (MySQL, code location, etc..)?

I've started to fiddle around EC2, and I can't seem to understand the "AWS way" of setting up a server. I'm using Ubuntu server 10.10 64 bit, from an official AMI by Canonical. There is an EBD drive connected to the server. I need a standard LAMP…
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Specify the next hop or the interface for static routes

I'm setting up a bunch of static routes (this is a security requirement so don't ask why I'm not using routing protocols). A static route can either be created by specifying the next hop 199.199.199.0 255.255.255.0 199.199.200.1 Or by secifying…
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