Category Archives: VPS

BIND chrooted nameserver install in Centos 5 – copy and paste guide

Posted on November 14, 2012 by admin

Many of our Java clients use pure (no control panel) VPSes and sometimes want to run their own nameservers. Some of them may prefer full featured BIND nameserver over DNSmasq described in the other article although BIND comes with larger … Continue reading →

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Your own lightweight nameserver with DNSmasq

Posted on November 12, 2012 by admin

Sometimes your registrar does not provide DNS service but you want to point your domain to your VPS IP address. Your VPS package may also not include DNS service (although if you register a domain thru a big registrar like … Continue reading →

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Java GUI on a headless server via Xvnc or Xvfb with x11vnc

Posted on July 13, 2012 by admin

Java GUI can easily be used on a headless server via Xvnc or Xvfb and x11vnc. See how. By default there is no graphical display device support on VPSes. We inform JVM about it with -Djava.awt.headless=true in $JAVA_OPTS environment variable or … Continue reading →

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Installing Java EE 6 SDK with Glassfish on a headless system

Posted on June 11, 2012 by admin

We discuss 2 methods of Glassfish/JavaEE bundle install on a headless system. The hints can also be applied to sole Glassfish installation with the Unix executables provided by Oracle, for example glassfish-3.1.2-unix.sh. Java EE 6 SDK is a free integrated … Continue reading →

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