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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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Configure cisco switch remotely without console access

Since Cisco in their newer firmwares disabled access to the web interface before password is set on the switch I need an alternative way of configuring switches remotely. I read up on the Cisco Smart Install…
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Tomcat 7.0.16 not accepting password for webapp

I am trying to set up Tomcat to password protect an entire webapp, but when I get the password prompt, it's not accepting the username/password I'm providing to it (just keeps prompting for the user/pass over and over), and if I cancel, I get a 401…
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Is it possible to configure cloud without virtualization?

I have learned that cloud computing provides computation, software, data access, and storage services and virtualization is mandatory for cloud computing. I have also found in some places that there are some differences between cloud computing and…
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New to Apache - need advice on virtualhost config

im getting my head around Apache at the moment and need some advice, i have a linux box that is running nagios to monitor systems for me, however when you goto the servers IP address it comes up with the default IT WORKS! page, if i then put a sub…
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Configuring a Top-Level Domain

I just started a new job and we have an intranet with our own top-level domain, such as .abc. Thus, if I want to log in to our "e-benefits site" I would just open up a web browser and go to worklink.abc and login from there. As a developer who knows…
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How to encrypt a section within web.config using aspnet_regiis -pe or -pef

I am a developer trying to encrypt part of my web.config file in an ASP.NET site (first time I've tried this...). Having repeated failures with all types of syntax changes, so perhaps better to post here. Here is one example of a failure (I copied…
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What's causing these 403 errors for the DocumentRoot on my Apache setup?

I'm configuring Apache myself, and trying to force myself to (re-)learn the configuration process. It's been a long time! Version is Apache/2.2.21 running on Amazon Linux I'm planning on running a few sites from this server. I've…
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Do I need to restart Apache after updating .conf file?

I am going to be making a change in my apache2.conf file, do I need to restart the server in order for these changes to take effect? Specifically, I'm changing %h to %{X-Forwarded-For}i From: LogFormat "%v:%p %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %O…
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What's the order of applying IIS settings from ApplicationHost.config and web.config

If I have an IIS setting configured both in ApplicationHost.config and web.config, what value is going to be applied? Is it an ApplicationHost.config value because it is global to all websites or web.config value because it overrides it? And what…
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Nginx password protect one domain and avoid config duplication

I got 2 domains dev.domain.com and beta.domain.com. At the moment I have one server section (default) with a bunch of specific locations and rules. Now I need to password protect beta.domain.com. Is there a way to do this without creating additional…
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How to configure the server to handle big traffic?

Right now I have 1000 concurrent users online. But my site is very slow. I could have 8000 concurrent users, but the server can't handle the traffic, and I'm losing visitors. My server is a VPS server: Dedicated CPU 7.2GHz RAM 4512MB The memory…
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Avoid modifying REAL's config when upload DEV's config

I'm developing a website. I have two environments: DEV and REAL. Each of them have a config.php to store database configuration and something. When I modify something in DEV's config.php and upload to REAL for production, I don't want to modify user…
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Automated Tests for System Configuration

In software development, i like to do tests. But are there any useful frameworks for automated tests for system configurations? I think like you may be able to test a Backup-MX configuration: - whitebox test: domain should be in relay domains,…
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How does OpenVZ know a VE's distribution

With OpenVZ you assign a VE's hostname (among other things) from the host node (HN) using vzctl set CTID --hostname myhost --save. It then sets this in /etc/vz/conf/CTID.conf. During startup of the VE, a distribution-specific file in /etc/vz/dists…
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What logs exist on an Exchange Hub Server that should be moved off the C:\ drive?

I'm trying to move any logs, queues, etc off the default C:\ drive, but am having trouble locating all the various settings. This gets tougher when you consider diagnostic logging, and everything else. Is there a comprehensive list of settings…
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