This isn't so much of a proper how-to, but mostly notes to self on how to quickly setup IPFW on FreeBSD 9.
To enable IPFW:
Open up /etc/rc.conf and add the following lines:
firewall_enable="YES" #Enables the firewall - the most important line :)
firewall_logging="YES" #optional - enables logging - logs …Hi all,
So those are my quick notes on setting up NFS on FreeBSD 9.1.
This is based on the handbook and partly on the FreeBSD Diary.
On the server side, add the following inside /etc/rc.conf:
rpcbind_enable="YES"
nfs_server_enable="YES"
mountd_enable="YES"
mountd_flags="-r"
Now …
In my previous post, I went through a basic Nagios installation on FreeBSD 9.1, but didn't go into adding new hosts.
We'll look into this here.
This tutorial assumes you configured Nagios from ports as in my previous post.
Let's first create a …
Nagios should need no introduction :) It's the most common open source solution for monitoring servers and other hosts.
I'll describe here the steps I took to install Nagios.
Disclaimer- This post heavily relied on 'How to install and configure Nagios in FreeBSD' by unixmen.com. I found some steps to …
I've been wanting to try out Cassandra for a while now, ever since I heard how easy replication is. Let's start with the basics:
Cassandra is a part of Apache Hadoop
Cassandra is a NoSQL database
Cassandra needs Java
Cassandra has two ways to manipulate data - The thrift language and …
Hi all,
Kinda torn between Jruby and Groovy, so I figured I'll write down the steps I took to get Jruby working on FreeBSD 9.1.
Prerequisites:
1. Make sure bash is installed - it looks like Jruby needs it even if you don't actually …
Just decided I wanted to get into programming with Groovy again so I took a look to find out how hard would it be to install this on FreeBSD 9.1. Did a little research online and as it turns out, not too hard :)
First you'll need Java installed - there …