Misc Server Apps

After HeartBleed, Poodle (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) is another exploit recently discovered affecting SSL version3. To disable SSL version 3 for Apache in WHM cPanel, you can follow below steps: 1) Login in WHM and go to Service Configuration > Apache Configuration > Include Editor 2) Click on the Pre Main Include and select All Versions option from …

The event scheduler in MySQL needs to be enabled for some applications to work flawlessly. In this case, a small change is required in the MySQL configuration file my.cnf. Steps: 1. Open my.cnf file in your favourite editor vi /etc/my.cnfvi /etc/my.cnf 2. Add following line event_scheduler=onevent_scheduler=on This will enable MySQL event scheduler on the server. 3. Restart MySQL service /etc/init.d/mysql …

The htaccess override is by default disabled in the Apache Webserver. If you wish to enable htaccess override then small change is required in the Apache configuration file. 1) CentOS/RHEL: Backup the Apache configuration file "http.conf" Open the "http.conf" file in your favourite editor and look for the string "AllowOverride". Change it from "AllowOverride None" to "AllowOverride All". Make sure …

MySQL is one of the most widely used open source relational database management tool (RDMS) based on structured query language (SQL). The most common error received while installing MySQL on the server and starting/restarting the MySQL service on a *nix server is: [ERROR] Can't start server: Bind on TCP/IP port: Address already in use [ERROR] Do you already have another …

The Apache Tomcat is widely use as an Web Application server. Sometimes, naive users are not aware how to start / stop / restart Apache Tomcat service on the server. Also, the Apache Tomcat service is required to auto start in case of server reboot and to avoid any manual intervention. To achieve this, Apache Tomcat should be added in …

The MySQL database backup can be taken using mysqldump command from command line in a Linux server. Sometimes, the following error may occur while taking database backup "'Got error 28 from storage engine' when trying to dump tablespaces" Though the error does not provide much information, the issue is related with the disk space on the server. In this case …