First the certificate (key) should be created on the server. cd /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/ source vars ./pkitool hostname Copy the certificate files to the client * /etc/openvpn/ca.crt * /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/hostname.crt * /etc/openvpn/easy-rsa/keys/hostname.key Then the client should be setup apt-get install openvpn cd /etc/openvpn cp /usr/share/doc/openvpn/examples/sample-config/client.conf client.conf Edit the client.conf file (edit all that you need to fit your…
Category: Little Guides
How To setup SSH Key Authentication on Linux
This short tutorial explains how to setup SSH to use key based authentication, by default on CentOS this is disabled. To start with follow our guide on how to generate SSH key pairs and copy the key over. Configure SSH to enable Public Key Based Authentication Open up /etc/sshd_config in vi and find the following…
How to install WordPress on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
The articles explains how to install WordPress on Ubuntu 12.04, to instructions are step by step and I use the latest version of WordPress using the .dpkg package from apt. To start off with install install the Ubuntu WordPress package with: apt-get install wordpress php5-gd This should pull down and install everything you need to…
OpenVPN to a VPS… Secure communications…
There are several potential benefits to setting up a VPN to your Asterisk server. All traffic is encrypted and you don’t need to open lots of ports in the firewall. Also there are no issues with SIP and NAT as traffic is routed over the VPN tunnel. This is a pretty advanced setup but here…
Creating an OpenVPN Tunnel…
OpenVPN OpenVPN uses Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to encrypt VPN traffic between nodes. A simple way of setting up a VPN with OpenVPN is to connect the clients through a bridge interface on the VPN server. This guide will assume that one VPN node, the server in this case, has a bridge interface configured. For…
Asterisk UK Ring Tone Settings
To Setup Asterisk with UK Ring tones and various other UK ringing tones such as engaged tone and other BT ring tones add / modify your existing indications.conf Personally I comment out the existing UK section and add the following UK section in indications.conf: [general] country=uk [uk] description = United Kingdom ringcadence = 400,200,400,2000 ;…
Ubuntu 12.04 Release Date
With the Ubuntu 12.04 release date just around the corner and the release in final beta we should be expecting a release date any day now, the estimated release date for 12.04 Precise Pangolin is the 26th of April 2012. Until then you might want to download Ubuntu 12.04 using our instructions, just so long…
How To Upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 for Desktops & Servers running 10.04 or 11.10
This post contains full instructions on how to upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 from 10.04 or 11.10 for servers and desktops I have included both GUI and command line upgrade instructions for Ubuntu 12.04 updates. If you have any 3rd party propriatory graphics card drivers installed it is recommended you remove them prior to the upgrade…
Rasberry Pi Debian Download Image Link
How to download Rasberry Pi Debian image both directly and via high speed torrents. The Debian Squeeze image is recommended if you are just starting out using Rasberry Pi and need a working Linux system and contains LCDE, dev tools and some example source code to sink your teeth into. Rasberry Pi Debian Squeeze Download…
CentOS 6 LAMP Install (Apache MySQL & PHP) via YUM
This tutorial will walk you through the process of installing a CentOS 6 LAMP server, LAMP stands for Linux Apache MySQL PHP and is often refereed to as a “LAMP Stack“. CentOS is a popular choice for web servers as it’s based on RHEL (Redhat Linux), this tutorial will use YUM to install the required packages. This…