Category Archives: Linux

How to install WordPress via ssh

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Quick look at the commands.  Skip below to view the explanation of the commands

ssh steve@incredigeek.com
cd ~/
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf latest.tar.gz
vi wordpress/wp-config.php   <-- Edit MySQL settings
mv -R wordpress/ /var/www/html/
exit
steve@localhost ~: chrome incredigeek.com/

 

SSH into your webserver

ssh bob@yourserver.com

Download the latest version of WordPress

cd ~/ && wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

Extract the WordPress archive

tar zxvf latest.tar.gz

Create MySQL database and user

Refer to here if you want to do it from the command line.  The recommended way is through your web control panel i.e. cPanel, Plesk, EHCP etc.

Edit wp-config.php

Enter in the DB information.

vi wordpress/wp-config.php

Move WordPress files to web directory

mv -R wordpress/* /path/to/webdir

If you want to install WordPress inside a sub directory on your website i.e. instead of going to “example.com” to access your WordPress site, you go to “example.com/wordpress”, then create a sub directory in your root web directory and move the WordPress files there.

Open up a browser and go to your website (example.com) to finish the WordPress installation.

 

Setting up SNMP V3 on CentOS

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Install SNMP.

yum install net-snmp net-snmp-utils

Configure the SNMP V3 user by running the following command and then following the prompts it gives you.

net-snmp-create-v3-user

Example: The username is “snmpadmin” and the password is”r123456″

[root@localhost ~]# net-snmp-create-v3-user
Enter a SNMPv3 user name to create:
snmpadmin
Enter authentication pass-phrase:
r123456
Enter encryption pass-phrase:
  [press return to reuse the authentication pass-phrase]

adding the following line to /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpd.conf:
   createUser snmpadmin MD5 "r123456" DES
adding the following line to /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf:
   rwuser snmpadmin
[root@localhost ~]#

Change the syslocation and syscontact in the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file.

vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

Start snmpd service

service snmpd start

Configure snmp to start on system boot.

chkconfig snmpd on

Test and make sure snmp is working

replace “password” and “username” with the ones you setup when you created the SNMP V3 user.

snmpwalk -v3 -a MD5 -A password -x DES -X password -l authPriv -u privuser localhost

If you receive something like “snmpwalk: Timeout” then something is not working correctly.  Check to make sure the service is started, and make sure that your firewall is not blocking SNMP.

If you are running a firewall, run the following commands to allow it through.

firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-port=161/udp --permanent
semanage port -a -t snmp_port_t -p udp 161
firewall-cmd --reload

On iptables you should be able to do

 iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 161 -j ACCEPT

or add it to /etc/sysconfig/iptables and then restart iptables

How To Create a Clonezilla Boot Drive

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  1. Format USB Drive as FAT32
  2. Download the Clonezilla Live zip here or from Clonzilla’s website.
  3. Extract the zip, and copy the contents to the root of your USB drive
  4. Run the appropriate version of makeboot.  “H:\” is you usb drive.  Change if necessary.
    1. 64bit is under “H:\utils\win64\makeboot64.bat”
    2. 32bit is under “H:\utils\win32\makeboot.bat”
      1. Make sure you are running makeboot.bat from the USB drive and NOT you local C: drive.
  5. Follow the prompts and when it is finished try to boot from it.

 

How to add extra space to Linux VM in XenServer

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Before we start you will need to do the following in XenCenter

  • Shutdown the VM
  • Increase the virtual hard drive size of the Linux VM
  • Boot the VM back up

Before starting any of the following, it is a good idea to backup any data you would not want to lose.  You should not lose any data following these steps, but there is always the possibility for something to go wrong.

What is going to happen

  1. Delete the main partition.  We are going to recreate it.
  2. Create a new partition that starts on the same boundary as the previous partition
  3. Write changes to disk and reboot
  4. Resize the Disk
  5. Check that everything went well

The path to the disk is “/dev/xvda” the LVM path/name is “/dev/VolGroup/lv_root”  The goal is to increase lv_root’s size from about 8GB to about 12GB. If for some reason your drive is not “xvda” or your LVM name is different, change the commands accordingly.

Here are the commands in a nutshell.

fdisk /dev/xvda                        <-- Edit the Partition Table
reboot                                 <-- Reboot to apply the partition table updates
pvdisplay                              <-- Display Physical Volume info
pvresize /dev/xvda2                    <-- Resize Physical Volume
lvresize /dev/xvda2 -l +100%FREE       <-- Resize Logical Volume
resize2fs /dev/VolGroup/lv_root        <-- Resize File System

Example:

You may be able to substitute all the fdisk commands with
`parted /dev/xvda resizepart 2 100%`
Change 2 for the actual partition you need to resize.

All the keys and command that were hit and executed are in bold.

[root@localhost ~]# fdisk /dev/xvda

WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to
         switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to
         sectors (command 'u').

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/xvda: 12.9 GB, 12884901888 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1566 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00066ace

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/xvda1   *           1          64      512000   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/xvda2              64        1045     7875584   8e  Linux LVM
Command (m for help): d
Partition number (1-4): 2

Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/xvda: 12.9 GB, 12884901888 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1566 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00066ace

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/xvda1   *           1          64      512000   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Command (m for help): n
Command action
   e   extended
   p   primary partition (1-4)
p
Partition number (1-4): 2
First cylinder (64-1566, default 64): 
Command (m for help): p

Disk /dev/xvda: 12.9 GB, 12884901888 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1566 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00066ace

    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/xvda1   *           1          64      512000   83  Linux
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/xvda2              64        1566    12065871   83  Linux

Command (m for help): wq
The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 16: Device or resource busy.
The kernel still uses the old table. The new table will be used at
the next reboot or after you run partprobe(8) or kpartx(8)
Syncing disks.
[root@localhost ~]# reboot

Show the current size of the Physical Volume

pvdisplay
[root@localhost ~]# pvdisplay
  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/xvda2
  VG Name               VolGroup
  PV Size               7.51 GiB / not usable 3.00 MiB
  Allocatable           yes (but full)
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              1922
  Free PE               0
  Allocated PE          1922
  PV UUID               zKmGEt-Uf0A-I14h-NDYc-53rf-micT-VxNqsP
   
[root@localhost ~]#

Resize the Physical Volume

pvresize /dev/xvda2
[root@localhost ~]# pvresize /dev/xvda2
  Physical volume "/dev/xvda2" changed
  1 physical volume(s) resized / 0 physical volume(s) not resized
[root@localhost ~]#

Run pvdisplay again.  You should see more space under PV Size.

[root@localhost ~]# pvdisplay
  --- Physical volume ---
  PV Name               /dev/xvda2
  VG Name               VolGroup
  PV Size               11.51 GiB / not usable 2.08 MiB
  Allocatable           yes 
  PE Size               4.00 MiB
  Total PE              2945
  Free PE               1023
  Allocated PE          1922
  PV UUID               zKmGEt-Uf0A-I14h-NDYc-53rf-micT-VxNqsP
   
[root@localhost ~]#

Notice the “Free PE” section above.  If it says 0 then you won’t be able to run the next command.

Resize LVM

the “+100%FREE” part of the command tells it to uses up all of the free space available

lvresize /dev/VolGroup/lv_root -l +100%FREE
[root@localhost ~]# lvresize /dev/VolGroup/lv_root -l +100%FREE
  Extending logical volume lv_root to 10.71 GiB
  Logical volume lv_root successfully resized
[root@localhost ~]#

Resize the File System

resize2fs /dev/VolGroup/lv_root
[root@localhost ~]# lvresize /dev/VolGroup/lv_root -l +100%FREE
  Extending logical volume lv_root to 10.71 GiB
  Logical volume lv_root successfully resized
[root@localhost ~]#

And that is it.  Check out the extra space.

[root@localhost ~]# df -h /
Filesystem                    Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root   11G  733M  9.3G   8% /
[root@localhost ~]# exit

How to Backup and Restore UniFi data from the Command Line

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Backup

backup the UniFi directory

tar zcvf unifi-backup.tgz /usr/UniFi/

Move the tar archive off site.

Restore

Upload the backup file to the server.

Note: You will need to have the UniFi controller install already.

Copy the archive to the root directory and then extract it.

mv unifi-backup.tgz /
cd /
tar zxvf unifi-backup.tgz

Reboot the server and login to the UniFi controller.

reboot

Set up Minecraft Server on CentOS 6

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Update system

yum update -y

Install Java and wget

yum install -y java wget

Allow Minecraft port through the firewall

Insert the following line in your iptables config file, found in “/etc/sysconfig/iptables”

-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 25565 -j ACCEPT

Example:

vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables
# Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall
 # Manual customization of this file is not recommended.
 *filter
 :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
 :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
 :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
 -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
 -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
 -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
 -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
 -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 25565 -j ACCEPT <--- Added Rule
 -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
 -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
 COMMIT
 ~
 ~
 :wq
"/etc/sysconfig/iptables" 14L, 544C written
 [root@localhost ~]# service iptables restart
 iptables: Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter [ OK ]
 iptables: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ]
 iptables: Unloading modules: [ OK ]
 iptables: Applying firewall rules: [ OK ]
 [root@localhost ~]#

 

Setup your network.

you will need to edit the network config file in “/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0”

DHCP

If your using DHCP then just change “ONBOOT=no” to “ONBOOT=yes”

Static

If you need a static address, then change “ONBOOT=no” to “ONBOOT=yes” and change “BOOTPROTO=dhcp” to “BOOTPROTO=static”

add the following to “/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0”

IPADDR=192.168.1.100
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
DNS1=1.1.1.1

 

Start Minecraft server on system boot

Create user

useradd -m steve

Create password for steve

passwd steve

Login as your new user.

su steve

Go to user root directory

cd ~/

Download the minecraft server jar

wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/Minecraft.Download/versions/1.8.7/minecraft_server.1.8.7.jar

Create a directory for the start up script and create start up script.

mkdir /home/steve/mc
touch /home/steve/mc/mcstart.sh

Copy and paste the following text into mcstart.sh

#! /bin/sh
# /etc/init.d/mcserver

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Minecraft CraftBukkit Start script
### END INIT INFO

case "$1" in
  start)
    echo "Starting mcserver"
    MCDIR="/home/steve/"
    cd "$MCDIR"
    java -Xmx512M -jar minecraft_server.1.8.7.jar -o true &
;;
  stop)
    echo "Stopping mcserver"
    kill `pgrep mcserver`
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/mcserver {start|stop}"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac
exit 0

Make the script executable

chmod +x /home/steve/mc/mcstart.sh

Add mcstart.sh to the crontab

Access the crontab by running the following command

crontab -e

Add the following to the crontab.

@reboot /home/steve/mc/mcstart.sh start

Start the server.

/home/steve/mc/mcstart.sh start

Note: Starting the server will fail because you need to agree to the end user license agreement.

Agree to the eula

sed -i s/false/true/g eula.txt

Reboot the server and connect to your new Minecraft server.

Upload ssh key to multiple servers automatically

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Here is a quick script I created to automate copying a ssh key to multiple remote servers.

Basic command – the command uses sshpass to upload the ssh key to a remote server, this allows you to execute the command and not have to enter in a password to authenticate.

sshpass -p password ssh-copy-id -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no admin@remotehost

Script

#!/bin/bash

remotehosts="$1"
username="admin"
password="MyCoolPassword123"

for host in `cat ${remotehosts}`
do
sshpass -p${password} ssh-copy-id -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${username}@${host}
echo "Uploaded key to " ${host}
done

echo "Finished!"

 

Using the script

  1. Download here.
  2. Make it executable 
    chmod +x sshcopy.sh
  3. Edit the script and change the username and password.
  4. Create a file that contains each host’s IP address or hostname.
  5. Run script (change hostlist.txt to your host list you created in step 3.) 
    ./sshcopy.sh hostlist.txt
  6. Wait for the script to finish.

Example:

wget www.incredigeek.com/home/downloads/SSHCopy/sshcopy.sh
chmod +x sshcopy.sh
sed -i s/admin/bob/g sshcopy.sh                      <-- Change username - you can just manually edit the file,
sed -i s/MyCoolPassword123/password/g sshcopy.sh     <-- Change password - it might be easier than using sed
echo "192.168.1.100" >> host.txt                     <-- Add 192.168.1.100 to the host list
echo "Bob" >> host.txt                               <-- Add hostname bob to host list
./sshcopy.sh host.txt                                <-- Upload ssh key to all host's in the host file i.e. "bob" and "192.168.1.100"

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions for Fedora 22

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Install kernel headers, dkms, etc

dnf -y kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms gcc gcc-c++

Reboot the VM

reboot

Mount the Guest Additions by going to menu > Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD image… or you can hit “Host + D”.

The Host key is typically the Right Ctrl(On Windows) or CMD(On OS X) key.

 

Installing the Guest Additions

Via the GUI

Mount the Guest Additions from your file browser, and then launch the “VBoxLinuxAdditions.run”.

You will need root privileges, so either launch your file browser as root, or drag and drop the “VBoxLinuxAdditions.run”, into a root terminal and hit Enter.

Via Command Line

mkdir /tmp/vbox
sudo mount /dev/cdrom /tmp/vbox
sudo /tmp/vbox/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run

If you run into any errors, try ejecting, and remounting the Guest Additions cd.