Monday, July 29, 2013

Creating Apache2 Virtualhost via Webmin

Here are some useful steps on creating Apache Virtualhost via Webmin... so that you don't have to create them via editing directly the apache2.conf / httpd.conf. Thanks to http://rimuhosting.com.
  • Go to your Webmin control panel.
  • Upgrade to the latest version of webmin (required if you are running a version older than 1.080, and normally advisable regardless).
  • Go to servers.
  • Go to Apache WebServer.
  • In the 'Create a New Virtual Server' section select "Any Address" (so you do not end up with a hard coded IP addresses in your conf file)
  • Enter 80 for Port (and select the last radio button).  This way the VirtualHost will co-exist with any SSL-enabled virtual hosts you add later on.  SSL-enabled VirtualHosts need to listen on port 443.
  • In the "Document Root" field enter where the virtual host HTML files will be.  For example, /home/vhostdomain.com/htdocs.
  • For "Server Name" enter the domain name for which you want to serve pages.  e.g. "vhostdomain.com"
After you have created the Virtual Host, there are a few other things you may wish to edit.
For example, click on the Virtual Host, and go to Networking and Addresses.  Enter an "Alternate virtual server names" of *.YourOtherDomain.com.  With this setting, your virtual host will serve pages for http://yourotherdomain.com/ as well as http://www.yourotherdomain.com/.
At this point you may also wish to set other options like "Log Files", so the log files for the Virtual Host end up in separate log file from the main server's log files.
To activate your changes, click "Apply Changes" on the main Apache Webmin page.
Of course, be sure to configure your DNS server so the virtual host domain name points to your server's IP address.
Webmin creates a VirtualHost directive in the Apache config file (/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf).  An example VirtualHost directive looks like this:


DocumentRoot /home/vhostdomain.com/htdocs
ServerName vhostdomain.com
ServerAlias *.vhostdomain.com

See http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/vhosts/examples.html for some more VirtualHost examples.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Hardware of UbuntuEdge






The hardware specs folks!

The tentative specifications for it features high-end components, some rarely used in consumer mobiles.
  • ‘Multi-core CPU’
  • 4GB RAM
  • 128GB SSD
  • 4.5″ Sapphire Crystal screen (1280×720 HD resolution)
  • Dual cameras (8mp rear, 2mp front)
  • MHL connector (supporting HDMI)
  • Long-life silicon anode battery
  • Dual-LTE, NFC, Dual-band WiFi & Bluetooth 4
  • GPS, Barometer, Compass, Proximity Sensor, Gyro, etc
OS wise Ubuntu Edge, perhaps most surprisingly, will dual-boot Ubuntu Touch and Android. When docked it will be able to power a full Ubuntu desktop experience on an external monitor.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Ubuntu Edge Crowd Funder Passes $2 Million In Less than 12 Hours | OMG! Ubuntu!

Currently the amount is:  $3211447 (as I am writing this).

The Ubuntu Edge fundraiser has raised over $2 million in less than 12 hours.
Canonical’s crowd-funding campaign for a top-of-the-line Ubuntu ‘Super Phone‘ has attracted over 4000 backers so far. Between them they have pledged in excess of  total $2,000,000.
The milestone prompted Canonical CEO Jane Silber to comment: ‘I reckon that’s a crowdfunding record’.

$2 million down, $30 million to go

For Ubuntu Edge to become a reality the project needs to raise $32 million by August 21st. Should it fall short by just a single cent  Canonical will get nothing, backers won’t be charged, and no Ubuntu Edge phones will be produced.
Of the 4,000 or so backers nearly 3,500 have pledged $600 as part of Canonical’s one-day-only early-bird offer for an Ubuntu Edge phone.
After all 5,000 of these perks are sold (or the 24 hour window expires) future backers will need to pledge $830 or more to ‘pre-buy’ a device, pencilled in for release in May 2014.

Tier Options

  • $20 – Founder
  • $600 – Ubuntu Edge (first 24 hours/5000 only)
  • $830 –  Ubuntu Edge
  • $10,000 – One of the first 50 Ubuntu Edge handsets
  • $80,000 – Enterprise bundle incl. 100 Ubuntu Edge handsets