All,
Apologies for cluttering the list, but I just wanted to say hello and prepare all for a barage of silly discussions from a tech-hypochondriac! We have recently purchased two servers running CentOS, and as I'm from more of a Debian based background, it would be good if someone could point out the two or three main differences please? I'm reading up on the package management as I type, but any quick tips and tricks for (web) server admin with CentOS would be magic.
Sorry for being cheeky! Hope everyone is well, too.
Matt Harwood wrote:
All,
Apologies for cluttering the list, but I just wanted to say hello and prepare all for a barage of silly discussions from a tech-hypochondriac! We have recently purchased two servers running CentOS, and as I'm from more of a Debian based background, it would be good if someone could point out the two or three main differences please?
There are different run levels for CentOS (3 is CLI mode, 5 is GUI mode) than Debian.
Package management is different, as you say below. Here is a guide for yum: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/
I'm reading up on the package management as I type, but any quick tips and tricks for (web) server admin with CentOS would be magic.
Also read up on SELinux.
I have only done minor things on Debian so I can't offer much more than that :D
CentOS docs: http://www.centos.org/docs/
Matt Harwood ha scritto:
All,
Apologies for cluttering the list, but I just wanted to say hello and prepare all for a barage of silly discussions from a tech-hypochondriac! We have recently purchased two servers running CentOS, and as I'm from more of a Debian based background, it would be good if someone could point out the two or three main differences please? I'm reading up on the package management as I type, but any quick tips and tricks for (web) server admin with CentOS would be magic.
Sorry for being cheeky! Hope everyone is well, too.
Well, Welcome :)
My 2 cents:
1) "yum list all > yla && yum info all > yia" for offline searching and info reading of packages
2) "grep system-config yla" and you'll find the main tools for configuring the system
3) Setup the priorities "http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities" and add new repository "http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories?action=show&redi..."
5) google
99) when anything else fails: ask this list ;)
Regards
Lorenzo Quatrini
Thank you Johnny and Lorenzo! Much, much appreciated. I do feel silly just asking for general advice, and not Googling (I am, but time is restricted) but I need to get up to speed using CentOS instead of Deb ASAP.. as our servers are deployed next week. Thank you so much again, I shall get reading!
*Matt Harwood* Designer, NannyGroup Limited Mob: 07887 817769
Lorenzo Quatrini wrote:
Matt Harwood ha scritto:
All,
Apologies for cluttering the list, but I just wanted to say hello and prepare all for a barage of silly discussions from a tech-hypochondriac! We have recently purchased two servers running CentOS, and as I'm from more of a Debian based background, it would be good if someone could point out the two or three main differences please? I'm reading up on the package management as I type, but any quick tips and tricks for (web) server admin with CentOS would be magic.
Sorry for being cheeky! Hope everyone is well, too.
Well, Welcome :)
My 2 cents:
- "yum list all > yla && yum info all > yia" for offline searching
and info reading of packages
- "grep system-config yla" and you'll find the main tools for
configuring the system
- Setup the priorities
"http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities" and add new repository "http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories?action=show&redi..."
when anything else fails: ask this list ;)
Regards
Lorenzo Quatrini _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Matt Harwood wrote:
Thank you Johnny and Lorenzo! Much, much appreciated. I do feel silly just asking for general advice, and not Googling (I am, but time is restricted) but I need to get up to speed using CentOS instead of Deb ASAP.. as our servers are deployed next week. Thank you so much again, I shall get reading!
*Matt Harwood* Designer, NannyGroup Limited Mob: 07887 817769
First hint would not be to post your mobile number on a public list!
Dunc
On Friday 20 June 2008 10:52:49 Matt Harwood wrote:
Thank you Johnny and Lorenzo! Much, much appreciated. I do feel silly just asking for general advice, and not Googling (I am, but time is restricted) but I need to get up to speed using CentOS instead of Deb ASAP.. as our servers are deployed next week. Thank you so much again, I shall get reading!
As you probably realise, you can usually get a speedy response from the list, if you find yourself stuck.
Anne
Dunc and Anne,
Thanks for your replies! Yes it certainly seems a nice, active list.
As for my mobile number, I've no problems sharing it - it's not my personal one anyway :-)
Thanks again!
*Matt Harwood* Designer, NannyGroup Limited Mob: 07887 817769
Anne Wilson wrote:
On Friday 20 June 2008 10:52:49 Matt Harwood wrote:
Thank you Johnny and Lorenzo! Much, much appreciated. I do feel silly just asking for general advice, and not Googling (I am, but time is restricted) but I need to get up to speed using CentOS instead of Deb ASAP.. as our servers are deployed next week. Thank you so much again, I shall get reading!
As you probably realise, you can usually get a speedy response from the list, if you find yourself stuck.
Anne _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:00 AM, Matt Harwood matt@nannygroup.net wrote:
Dunc and Anne,
Thanks for your replies! Yes it certainly seems a nice, active list.
As for my mobile number, I've no problems sharing it - it's not my personal one anyway :-)
Okay, everyone, ready to dial?
mhr <RBFG>
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