Month: January 2010

Implementing new software on your server

Today we will be looking at implementing new software on a production server. So, lets get right to the heart of the matter. The 5 basic processes you will need to follow in getting the new software operating properly and as expected in an existing production environment will include; Strategic Planning/Design – Identifying Needs/Goals Modeling…


CPU usage 58950531.5

This will come in handy in case you ever come across this issue. I am seeing a strange occurrence in whm ‘Main >> System Health >> Show Current CPU Usage’ and in the base OS via the command line. (I know whm pulls cpu info from the OS via script) When I run a ‘ps…


Random password generator

Quick one liner for you this new year… Generate a random 8 character or greater password containing a-z, A-Z and 0-9: egrep -ioam1 ‘[a-z0-9]{8}’ /dev/urandom to create longer passwords, replace the numeric value inside of the { } to whatever you would like. egrep -ioam1 ‘[a-z0-9]{9}’ /dev/urandom UTohcE?Xb egrep -ioam1 ‘[a-z0-9]{10}’ /dev/urandom 1222oh2xEX egrep -ioam1…