Ubuntu
Deploying Ubuntu OpenStack Kilo
My previous Ubuntu OpenStack setup has been using the Juno release. I received some installation problems for Kilo using the stable repo and so I switched to using the experimental repo.
Read moreTracking the Ubuntu OpenStack installation process
Following on from Installing Ubuntu OpenStack the following steps help you navigate around the single server installation, monitoring and debugging the installation process. Configuration The initial execution of the installer will create a default config.
Read moreInstalling Ubuntu OpenStack
The The Canonical Distribution of Ubuntu OpenStack provides a simple installer to run an OpenStack cloud. You can deploy a simple single machine setup with fully containerized services (11 in total), or a multi server installation leveraging MAAS – Metal as a Service and Landscape Autopilot.
Read moreInstalling Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 with LVM
With a new quad core desktop with 8GB RAM & 1TB HDD I wanted to install the Ubuntu desktop version using LVM. This is not possible with the “Desktop CD”. You need to use the “alternative CD” which will easily allow you to configure LVM via a text/cursors installation and also give you a deskop GNOME environment.
Read moreGetting wireless working on Ubuntu Macbook
I run Ubuntu 9.04 Januty on my Macbook. Previously installing Ubuntu 8.10, wireless worked automatically, for 9.04 it did not. This is what I did to fix it. Verify your Macbook is seeing the Broadcom controller.
Read moremulti-threaded memcached
I discovered while compiling Wafflegrid today that by default, the Ubuntu binaries for memcached are not-multithreaded. Following the installation of memcached from apt-get and libmemcached I ran memslap for: $ memslap -s localhost Threads connecting to servers 1 Took 1.
Read moreVirtualBox, compiling Part 2
So I managed to find all dependencies after some trial and error for compiling VirtualBox 1.6.4 under Ubuntu 8.0.4, then finding the Linux build instructions to confirm. It was not successful however in building, throwing the following error:
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