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How to setup production server? [closed]
We have developed a java ee application and now we want to host it onproduction server. can anyone guide us what all we should take care while setting up production server in java ee
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OpenJDK or Oracle Java on production server
I'm little bit confused about which implementation is better to use on production server? Are there any reason why not pick OpenJDK?
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Deploying files to a remote server: what's like rsync with extra options? [closed]
Devops question from a web developer alert :) I want to copy all locally modified files over to a remote server. Now I know I can use rsync, something like:
rsync -cavzu / ...
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URL scheme for non-production (Dev, Test) URLs
Consider a "Production" URL for a corporate web site called "Access"
access.company.com
I'm trying to weigh the pros and cons of different ways of defining a non-production site like "DEV":
(a) ...
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Server migration - hostname conflict
We currently have a physical production server which we would like to virtualize.
We do not want to do a PtoV within vmware, as there is much unneeded garbage on the server. We would like to bring ...
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Installing Linux server on USB stick
I am looking to rent 6 of these servers: http://www.hetzner.de/en/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex4s
As you can see, the hard drives aren't server grade and they break a lot.
I was wondering if it's ...
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Hardware Drivers on Servers, update or not?
I recently got into a debate with a coworker about whether or not to update hardware drivers (such as NICs or RAID controllers). I have always followed the motto, "If it aint broke, dont fix it." ...
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Best Practices for updating a previously unmaintained server RHEL5.7
A new RedHat EL5.6 server has been recently put under my care. It is immediately obvious that, for the previous 12 months, little to no attention has been given to any sort of package updates.
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Working Between Local, Dev and Production Machines / Servers [closed]
How do you as a Web Developer cope with working between Dev and Production servers and interms of config files etc?
What do you use etc
I am use to changing files manually etc
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PostgreSQL and Mongodb in production
We have a product that uses Postgres for RDBMSish data (accounts, billing, etc.) and MongoDB for each of the accounts data (which obviously can't be maintained on Postgres).
In local development we ...
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Install apc in production environment
Executing a pecl search apc returns the following:
Package Stable/(Latest) Local
APC 3.1.14 (beta) Alternative PHP Cache
And according to here: http://pecl.php.net/package/APC 3.1.14 is ...
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Environment Setup [closed]
My company is starting to feel the pains of its developers not being on the same page. ie some develop on windows, some on ubuntu, etc... and then code lives on CentOS and we start to get problems ...
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Multi-server Deployment strategies - Git on production servers?
Main question: Is deployment using Git on production servers a good strategy?
Many, many deployment strategies I see revolve around having Git on your servers (dev, staging and production).
The ...
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Is mysql-proxy ready for production use?
I've been doing a bit of research, and I would love to use mysql-proxy in production, because
It supports sockets
It supports read-write splitting
My other option is to use HAProxy and change all ...
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Moving from <hostname>:1234 to <hostname>/app
I'm bringing up my first production-level(-ish) server and have installed and configured a couple of python web applications, which I have to access like so:
<hostname>:8000
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How should an IT department choose a Linux distribution: Technical reasons
There is a lot of community feeling about what Linux distributions are appropriate for production server environments and what aren't. Some of this is based on the availability of commercial support. ...
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ZFS System on Production [closed]
Do you know/have any system which works on ZFS such as RDMS? If yes, what is your setup? FreeBSD, ZFS on Linux etc.
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Multiple MongoDB instances on same server
We set up a MongoDB development server on CentOS 6.3 and were able to separate different projects by using separate config files and rc scripts. Now we're looking at setting up a MongoDB production ...
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.htaccess to PayPal & PayPal Sandbox
For testing on my pre-live site, I'd like to allow only my own IPs and PayPal Sandbox.
For production, I'd like to allow only PayPal to my IPN listener.
I can restrict in .htaccess to my IPs, but ...
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Is it safe/wise to run Drupal alongside bespoke business web apps in production? [closed]
I'm interested to know the general community feeling about the safety of running Drupal alongside bespoke, business critial ASP.NET MVC apps on a production server.
Previously my employer's Drupal ...
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Virtualizing a production MySQL server
We have a MySQL server that supports several internal business systems. Our infrastructure team is having a spirited debate as to whether or not we can switch this database server to a VM. The ...
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Registering publicly Mail server and Web server in a free dns server
I'm trying to host the e-mails and the site of our company into our private server. I've already followed the Gentoo Virtual Mailhosting System with Postfix Guide and my mail server is working ...
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Should I reinstall my production server from 32 bit to 64 bit if it has 16GB of RAM?
I have a production server with 16GB of RAM that came with a 32bit CentOs installation.
The website hosted on this server is increasing its traffic every day and I am having some MySQL trouble so I ...
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How to push changes from Test server to Live server?
As a beginner I have come to the stage where I realize the problem with taking down my production server to make changes as often as I have, now that I have a couple of users on it.
I created an EC2 ...
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Install packages that must be self-compiled on CentOS server is a bad practice?
I have a CentOS 6 server that is in production and actually is hosting a few sites. I should now install Redmine which runs on Ruby. The remi/ephel repository gives me Ruby 1.8.7 but I would like to ...
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Development Environment Sprawl
Development --> Staging --> Production
A pretty typical workflow. This is fine.
"Fine, you want a 'Beta' Environment to show off stuff to some users/customers that isn't quite ready for ...
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unicorn request logs on production
When I run Unicorn for local dev, It prints these nice request logs that looks like :
127.0.0.1 - - [16/Jul/2012 13:04:09] "GET %2Findex.html HTTP/1.1" 200 5906 0.0023
127.0.0.1 - - [16/Jul/2012 ...
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SSL Certificates, two-way authentication and loadbalancers
We're looking to implement two-way authentication with client certificates for a privileged subset of our application users. The idea will be that if a certificate is detected the user will be asked ...
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Linux web-application production checklist [closed]
Assuming I set up a clean linux system (Debian, CentOS, Ubuntu, other) and that everything (database, caching, web server, application server) is situated on one machine, what should I check before ...
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How to deploy changes to staging database while still keep it in sync with production master database?
I want to set up a staging server to do final test for my website. The staging site's database is replicating production master mysql db in order to reflect a real environment.
If a deploy only ...
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Test and Production Environments/Servers Accessible Online From the Same URL
I am attempting to setup a test environment that points to the same URL as my production environment in order to make database migrations easier.
Is this something that is possible? One idea that I ...
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What Linux Distro would your recommend for my Production Web Server? [closed]
I have been using CentOS for my Web Server for a while now, but it just doesnt feel right any more, I see CentOS as more of an Enterprise Server Distro rather than for HTTPd and FTPd work.
Would your ...
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Best Way for Developers to Upload Files to Production Server
Small team of developers doing their work here and there. We have a team leader, and is sole responsible for uploading updated source files from the development server to the production server. So ...
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Which is better, Split or Monolithic VMware disk in a production enviroment?
Ok, so I have read a bunch of material on-line and curious as to your thoughts on split vs monolithic disk in a production environment.
We are going to be building the VM server on a server that has ...
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Multiple Unicorns/Rails Apps, Nginx, One User
I successfully deployed a Rails app using Capistrano, Unicorn, Nginx using the following unicorn configuration:
env = ENV["RAILS_ENV"] || "development"
worker_processes 4
listen ...
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What is the gold standard of server/environment/configuration management? [closed]
Server farms are, of course, unruly beasts. One may have tens or hundreds of servers, each with many individual processes and services running on them. I've seen a lot of hand rolled tools for ...
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glassfish v3 and java EE in production mode: what are the options to update a live web app?
I am building a web app using java EE and glassfish v3. I want to move it to production mode soon, however i have zero experience with using glassfish in production, i would appreciate if you give me ...
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Can the production db server be in our intranet domain?
I've got someone setting up a "backup-relay" server on our intranet. It will transfer our local backups off-site, and transfer backups of our production db (which is off-site) back home. These are ...
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ruby or rvm ruby in Production web server
Currently our production server runs in system ruby. Passenger handles our rails apps.
Should I move to handling my entire ruby stuff using rvm? What advantage can rvm give me in a production ...
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Will Windows dcdiag.exe interrupt any services on a production system?
Will the running the Windows dcdiag.exe command-line tool on a Server 2008 R2 system interfere with any services on that machine?
A small amount of CPU and network traffic usage is acceptable, but ...
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Best way to deploy/update web production code
What is the best method to deploy or update code from a development environment to a live production one?
I am used to using the good old filezila to first; delete then upload the new code to the ...
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What production grade linux has MySQL 5.5? [closed]
I want production grade linux with LTS, long term support, that has MySQL 5.5. I.e. no third party repositories, no downloading binaries from mysql.org. Are there any available now or soon?
The first ...
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Using ClamAV to virus scan uploaded files on Ubuntu Production Servers
I am planning to use ClamAV to virus scan files being uploaded to a Web Application running on Ubuntu Servers.
ClamAV will be installed on a dedicated server and when the file is being uploaded, the ...
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Complete solution to upgrade PostgreSQL on debian production server
I'm using Debian 6 (Squeeze) in production for a couple of websites. I decided to use postgresql backports so that I could use PostgreSQL 9.0 features. I thought that it would remain 9.0 and receive ...
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Replicating Linux production environment locally on Mac
I have a remote CentOS server and i want to recreate, as close to possible, this environment locally on a Mac currently acting as a fileserver to our office to provide a development environment that ...
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What is the best way to install apache, PHP, MySQL, FTP (virtual hosting), and phpMyAdmin on a production CentOS server?
I am working on a small, self-hosted project and I need to have LAMP, FTP, and phpMyAdmin installed. It needs to be set up so it is safe to have running live on the web.
Is it best to yum install ** ...
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Best way to install and configure both a development and production server? [closed]
Here's the situation I have...
I am working on 3 small websites (one is a photography showcasing site for a family member, one is a blog, and one is a custom CMS I am working on to gain experience in ...
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Common Server Setup / Workflow [closed]
Basically I'm wondering what the most common server setup up is for a web company. At the company i work out now we have 1 server with all our clients sites on. We sometimes work locally and upload, ...
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How do you make it obvious you are on a production system?
A few of us at my company have root access on production servers. We are looking for a good way to make it exceedingly clear when we have ssh'd in.
A few ideas we have had are:
Bright red prompt
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Make MongoDB work for production [closed]
I have made a simple test of MongoDB under windows environment. The single collection of objects with ID (int32) and Buffer (byte[4096]) was filling sequentially. After reaching of almost 15G (of 16G ...
