API
Using Supernova
There are four ways to interact with the Rackspace cloud API to manage your services. They are: Rackspace CLI Nova CLI Supernova CLI Curl Supernova is essentially a wrapper to Nova, but unlike Nova, supports […]
Rackspace
CentOS
Rackspace – Unable to Access Newly Created CentOS 7 Instance
If you create a virtual machine using the CentOS 7 image, you will initially be able to log in but if you perform a system update and then reboot, you may well find you are […]
API
Supernova on Arch Linux
In a previous article I demonstrated how you can install, configure and use the nova client to manage your Rackspace cloud via the command line using the Restful API. The nova client is great but […]
Cloud Servers
XWiki on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Nginx Reverse Proxy
Install XWiki and all dependant programs on a 4 GB cloud server. This means: 1) Java 2) Tomcat 3) MySQL/MariaDB 4) XWiki 5) Nginx Here we use Nginx as a reverse proxy to firstly redirect […]
Arch Linux
X2Go on Ubuntu Server 14.04
In a previous post, I talked about my experience using X2Go with XFCE4 and Lubuntu. Here is how it was achieved….. Contents1 On the Server1.1 Create a User Account1.2 Configure SSH1.3 Install Lightweight Desktop Environment1.3.1 […]
Arch Linux
Minimal Desktop Environment over SSH
So I wanted to install a Java desktop application and have it publicly available on a server somewhere. Using a light weight desktop environment on one of my cloud servers made sense – provided that […]
Cloud
Rackspace DNS
Log into the Rackspace cloud control panel and click on on the DNS tab at the top of the screen. Then click on Create Domain, fill out the details, and click Create Domain again to […]
Cloud
Install NewRelic Server Monitoring Agent on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
NewRelic is a real-time monitoring tool that has a number of useful plugins. Here I am installing the server monitoring agent to keep track of my servers health. To install the server monitoring agent, first […]
CentOS 6
Rackspace Cloud Monitoring Agent
The Rackspace cloud monitoring agent allows you to monitor CPU, memory, filesystem usage and system processes. It does this by collecting information about the system and pushing it out to Rackspace Cloud Monitoring web services, […]
CentOS 6
Protect Your Cloud Infrastructure Servers with Isolated Cloud Networks
Contents1 Create a Private Cloud Network2 Create a Proxy Server and Attach to the Private Network2.1 Proxy Bastion Configuration2.1.1 CentOS 6.62.1.1.1 Enable IP Forwarding2.1.1.2 Configure Static NAT and Forwarding Rules2.1.2 CentOS 72.1.2.1 Method 12.1.2.1.1 Define […]