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Check if your Server booted using UEFI

Posted on October 12, 2017 by admin

To check if your system is using UEFI boot, you can use following method. Method 1: efibootmgr On CentOS 7, efibootmgr is provided by package efibootmgr. This server is using UEFI Here is a server that is not booted with

CentOS 7 no matching mac found

Posted on October 12, 2017 by admin

On a new CentOS 7/CloudLinux server, i had to get CloudLinux license support, but for some reason CloudLinux support can’t login to my server. It worked fine on Ubuntu 16.04. CloudLinux support sent following log, asked me to check. This

Nginx Geoip

Posted on October 7, 2017 by admin

To enable GeoIP module on nginx, first install geoIP module. This you can install it with your system package manager or download from maxmind. GeoLite Legacy Downloadable Databases On Ubuntu 16.04, i installed GeoIP with command Now edit nginx.conf Find

Ubuntu 16 mysqldump Got packet bigger than max_allowed_packet

Posted on October 7, 2017 by admin

When taking MySQL backup with mysqldump, i get following error On Ubuntu 16.04, this error is fixed by editing Find Add brlow Here is the modified file Edit 50-server.cnf Find Update value to higher, something like Now restart MySQL Verify

Testing Nginx Configuration file

Posted on October 3, 2017 by admin

When you edit nginx coniguration file, it is better to test the new config file before you restart. This can be done with command Example You can also use command See also nginx