Tag Archives: server
More WebSockets, now with Python!
A couple of weeks ago, Tim and I worked on a little game/demo using WebSockets and C# (I haven’t been able to put it online since I do not have a Windows server). It was a lot of fun and we were able to see the potential of WebSockets and how much internet can will [...]
Playing with WebSockets
Today I spent some time with Tim at work, playing with WebSockets, a new HTML5 feature that only Google Chrome supports so far. WebSockets allow browsers to create and maintain open direct TCP connections to the server, allowing instant communication in both directions. This means that ajax polling is no longer needed to get updates [...]
Got NFS working
Well, last night I started reading about how to share the files folder of a Drupal installation on a site with multiple web servers. Seems like NFS is the right way to go (as long as your traffic doesn’t grow too much). Perfect for Spaniards.es, since I want to move from a 2 dedicated server [...]
CloudServers: Creating a new MySQL db server
On my previous post I posted the commands I used to create a brand new Linux web server for my Drupal site. Now I’ll post the commands to create the database server. While creating the server instance at RackspaceCloud, I’ve chosen Fedora 12 for my db server, which comes with MySQL 5.1.42. # Install MySQL [...]
CloudServers: Creating a new web server with httpd, php & memcached
Creating a new web server is piece of cake at Rackspace Cloud. Here is a demo video of how to set up a new instance with your favorite Linux distribution. I have used Fedora 12 for my new spaniards.es servers, and here is the script I’ve used to install everything needed so far: # Install [...]
Got new servers on Rackspace Cloud
Last night I got an account at Rackspace Cloud and created three brand new CentOS Linux servers. Now I have to set them up: two web servers and one database server. My goal: Move Spaniards.es website to this new hosting. Why move? Currently I am hosting Spaniards.es on two dedicated servers at Ace-Host.net. So far, [...]
Check your server status with email notification
I wanted to do this for a while and never really sit down and code it. Yesterday I came across this pretty nice script by Ben from Coderholic which does exactly that: check your server status and send you an email if it is other than 200 (OK). #!/bin/bash # Query a supplied [...]