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Configuration is a general term that can refer to the arrangement of functional units according to their nature and characteristics. Also, it can refer to software configuration which more suitable for server-related topics.

Configuration is a general term that can refer to the arrangement of functional units according to their nature and characteristics. Also, it can refer to software configuration which more suitable for server-related topics.

A configuration file is usually a text file associated with a specific software which describes the initial settings of the software. Some applications provide tools to generate configuration files.

Some computer programs only read their configuration files at startup. Others periodically check the configuration files for changes. Users can instruct some programs to re-read the configuration files and apply the changes to the current process, or indeed to read arbitrary files as a configuration file. There are no definitive standards or strong conventions.

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iptables SSH connection logging

Is it possible to only write a log-entry when a connection is established ? I have tried: iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j LOG --log-level notice --log-prefix "outgoing ssh connection" to log outgoing SSH connections but this logs every…
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CentOS default ssl.conf file

Does anybody have a default ssl.conf file for the latest version of CentOS? I am trying to understand if I can use the auto-generated SSL certificate, but I accidentally overwrote it with another ssl.conf file.
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Keeping configs, user ids, groups and passwords consistent across Linux-servers

I have a couple of Debian servers with only little users and services. The applications are kept as far as possible in their own directories where they can be backed-up or synced easily. But I have trouble to find an easy and reliable way to back…
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How to detect ssl in shared 80 / 443 ssl nginx server config?

When nginx server is configured this way: server { listen 80; listen 443 ssl; server_name www.example.org; ... } how can be detected that the request came via HTTP or HTTPS? (E.g. $http_port is unusable, because the port is not specified…
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What are compelling use cases for having both Chef/Puppet and RightScale/Scalr?

I was wondering about the differences between cloud computing management tools and server configuration software as there seems to be an overlap between them. I would like to have some feedback from customers who have been using both software.
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Apache ProxyPass only if from a Subdomain

I have two servers, both running Apache. Server 1 and 2 are on the same Public IP address. Server 1 has a Network IP of 192.168.1.101 Server 2 has a Network IP of 192.168.1.102 example.com goes to Server 1. That is exactly what I want. I would like…
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Is Jenkins/Hudson ciphered password storage "safe"?

In setting up our Jenkins/Hudson server recently it became clear that it has to store passwords. It seems that it stores the passwords "ciphered" in config.xml I can't see how this would be safe as the chain of secrets has to break somewhere. Can…
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OpenVPN Server hangs at "Initialization Sequence Completed"

I have been trying to get an OpenVPN server setup on FreeNAS (not the most straight forward choice, I know) and have run into a puzzling error. It seems that the server is hanging after the "Initialization Sequence Completed" message whenever I try…
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Should Production Windows Web Servers (IIS & SQL) be in a domain?

We have a few web servers and a few database servers. To date, they've been standalone machines that are not part of a domain. The web servers don't talk to each other, and the web servers talk to the database servers via SQL Auth. My concern…
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Postfix server configuration values explained?

I am trying to setup a single server to send out email from a single domain but I'm having trouble identifying the correct values for these Postfix settings. mydomain = example.com myhostname = example.com myorigin = $mydomain mydestination =…
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How to make spamassasin reject mail based on score?

I am running Linux with Postfix, Dovecot, Postgrey and spamassasin/spamd. This is my main.cf smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, …
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Apache - Include conf Files Relative to ServerConfigFile (-f arg)

I want to use the -f command-line option for the Apache server so that I can store the conf files in a separate place (a data diectory) from the server binaries. The problem is that I use the Include directive to separate and organize the…
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What configuration items do you track for proper configuration management?

As a professional system administrator, what configuration items do you consider it essential to track to perform proper configuration or change management? For example, in Windows, do you track registry changes in addition to hardware or software?…
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Configure PHP to use a proxy?

Using PHP 5.2.6 and need to configure it to use our forward proxy (which requires authentication be set) so that the PHP scripts can connect to the internet correctly. I see that PHP.INI in the 4 version had a pfpro.proxyaddress option but that is…
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UTF-8 and !# shell scripts

Is there a way to configure bash on Linux (red hat and ubuntu) to allow shell scripts to be encoded in UTF-8? I can't find a simple way to change just one little thing and have the whole system just use UTF-8 files without having to worry about…
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