Creating Advanced MySQL-Based Virtual Hosts On Lighttpd (Ubuntu 12.04)

Creating Advanced MySQL-Based Virtual Hosts On Lighttpd (Ubuntu 12.04)

This guide explains how you can create advanced virtual hosts on a
lighttpd web server on Ubuntu 12.04 that are stored in a MySQL database.
The method described here does not us…

Creating Simple Virtual Hosts With mod_mysql_vhost On Lighttpd (Ubuntu 12.04)

Creating Simple Virtual Hosts With mod_mysql_vhost On Lighttpd (Ubuntu 12.04)

This guide explains how you can use mod_mysql_vhost to create simple
virtual hosts on a lighttpd web server on Ubuntu 12.04. With
mod_mysql_vhost, lighttpd can read the v…

Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Debian Squeeze

Virtual Hosting With vsftpd And MySQL On Debian Squeeze

Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux.
Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document
describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses vir…

Creating Advanced MySQL-Based Virtual Hosts On Lighttpd (Debian Squeeze)

Creating Advanced MySQL-Based Virtual Hosts On Lighttpd (Debian Squeeze)

This guide explains how you can create advanced virtual hosts on a
lighttpd web server on Debian Squeeze that are stored in a MySQL
database. The method described here does no…

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.3

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 (PHP-FPM) And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.3

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed
for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install
Lighttpd on a Centos 6.3 server with …

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.3 (LAMP)

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 6.3 (LAMP)
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.
This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a
CentOS 6.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (LAMP)

Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (LAMP)

LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP.
This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL su…

How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Debian Squeeze

How To Back Up MySQL Databases With mylvmbackup On Debian Squeeze

mylvmbackup
is a Perl script for quickly creating MySQL backups. It uses LVM’s
snapshot feature to do so. To perform a backup, mylvmbackup obtains a
read lock on all tables and flus…

Installing MySQL-Frontend Chive (A phpMyAdmin Alternative)

Installing MySQL-Frontend Chive (A phpMyAdmin Alternative)

This guide explains how to install the phpMyAdmin alternative Chive.
Chive is a free, open source, web-based database management tool with
easy administration, super fast UI and state of th…

MySQL.com Hacked to Serve Malware

Well, this is embarrassing. MySQL.com has been hacked (fixed by now), and was turned into a platform serving malware to unsuspecting visitors. The criminals did this by injecting a script which redirected visitors to a website which uses the BlackHole exploit pack, which probes the browser used and serves up an appropriate exploit. Computer security [...]

10 essential MySQL tools for admins

MySQL is a complex system that requires many tools to repair, diagnose, and optimize it. Fortunately for admins, MySQL has attracted a vibrant community of developers who are putting out high-quality open source tools to help with the complexity, performance, and health of MySQL systems, most of which are available for free. The following 10 [...]

Emma – Graphical toolkit for MySQL database developers and administrators

New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database. Emma – Graphical toolkit for MySQL database developers and administrators Emma is a graphical…

Oracle Releases MySQL 5.5 With Many Improvements

One of the open-source projects that Oracle is keeping around from Sun Microsystems is MySQL and just in time for the holidays they have put out the MySQL 5.5 release. The general availability release of MySQL 5.5 brings many new features to this popular database server. Among the MySQL 5.5 features are improved multi-threaded performance, [...]

MariaDB 5.2 now faster and with alternative authentication

Launched by MySQL creator Michael “Monty” Widenius, the MariaDB MySQL fork has been released for downloading as version 5.2. The open source database is based on MySQL 5.1.51, although MariaDB contains additional functions. The release notes say that all commands, interfaces, libraries, and APIs from MySQL also run in MariaDB so it’s a drop in [...]

Oracle raises prices for MySQL

In future, Oracle will offer three paid MySQLEditions at subscription fees of $2,000, $5,000 and $10,000 per year. The previous $600 “Basic” subscription has been dropped, in effect more than tripling the price for some customers. These subscriptions do not represent different levels of support, but rather different mixes of software. The free “Classic” edition [...]

MySQL update addresses DoS vulnerability

Oracle has released version 5.1.51 of MySQL, a security update that addresses a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the open source database. According to security specialist Secunia, an error in the processing of arguments passed to the LEAST() or GREATEST() functions could be exploited by a malicious user to cause a server crash, leading [...]

MySQL derivative MariaDB 5.2 gamma released

The developers of the free MariaDB have issued a first release candidate of version 5.2 (referred to as 5.2.2 gamma), which is derived from MySQL 5.1.50. The thread programming in InnoDB has been overhauled to increase the performance of this database engine. Similar code can also be found in the latest release candidate of MySQL [...]

Installing A Multiserver Setup With Dedicated Web, Email, DNS And MySQL Database Servers On Debian 5.0 With ISPConfig 3

New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database. Installing A Multiserver Setup With Dedicated Web, Email, DNS And MySQL Database Servers On Debian 5.0 With ISPConfig 3 Installing A Multiserver Setup With Dedicated Web, Email, DNS And MySQL Database Servers On Debian 5.0 With ISPConfig 3 This tutorial describes the installation of an ISPConfig 3 multiserver setup [...]

Oracle’s Next MySQL Move: Sept. 19 at Oracle OpenWorld

When Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems — and by association, MySQL — plenty of open source pundits expressed concern. After much silence there are at least two signs Oracle plans to show MySQL customers and partners some love. Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy. First up, Oracle on Sept. 19 will host MySQL Sunday — [...]

Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13

New tutorial added to HowtoMatrix database. Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13 Installing Nginx With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 13 Nginx (pronounced “engine x”) is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows [...]