Ubuntu
Downloading and installing devstack
The following instructions assume you have a running Linux virtual machine that can support the installation of devstack to demonstrate a simple working OpenStack cloud. For more information about the preparation needed for this step, see these pre-requisite instructions:
Read moreSetting up Ubuntu using vagrant
As discussed in Setting up an Ubuntu virtual machine using VirtualBox there are several other alternatives to defining an Ubuntu virtual machine. One of these alternatives is using Vagrant .
Read moreSetting up Ubuntu on VirtualBox for devstack
As discussed , devstack enables a software developer to run a standalone minimal OpenStack cloud on a virtual machine (VM). In this tutorial we are going to step through the installation of an Ubuntu VM using VirtualBox manually.
Read moreVirtualBox networking for beginners
When using VirtualBox for my OpenStack development I always configure two network adapters for ease of development. The first is a NAT adapter that enables the guest VM connectivity to the Internet via the host.
Read moreUpgrading to MySQL 5.5 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Ubuntu does not provide an apt-get repository package for MySQL 5.5 on this older OS, however this is still a widely used long term support version. The following steps will upgrade an existing MySQL 5.
Read moreGetting started with Gearman
Gearman is an open source generic framework for distributed processing. At OSCON 2009 I attended the Gearman: Build Your Own Distributed Platform in 3 Hours tutorial. While it’s very easy to install Gearman, and follow the first example, if you missed the all important additional PHP steps listed on just one slide you may be left with the “‘Class ‘GearmanClient’ not found” error.
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 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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