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[WebMin] Setting up DNS on a Linux Dedicated Server

Here is a 2-part video tutorial on setting up DNS on a Linux Dedicated Server using the WebMin Panel.

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Posted in Tutorials, Video Tutorials | Tagged DNS, Linux, Web hosting, Webmin, World Wide Web | 7 Comments

Posted on September 10, 2010 by techtatva

Git, Mercurial and Bazaar – A Comparison

Open-source Version Control Systems have come a long way since the days of CVS. SVN, one of the most successful VCS to be ever used, is now loosing its ground to a new genre of VCS known as DVCS or Distributed Version Control Systems. A DVCS or Distributed Version Control System is a version control software where each working copy contains the full history of all the revisions, thereby making it a fully functional code-base repository and a remote backup to the original code-base. With the increasing size of teams working on the same code-base, the need for DVCS was apparent. We are going to compare the three most popular open-source DVCSs – i.e. Git, Mercurial and Bazaar.

Posted in Comparisons | Tagged Bazaar, BitKeeper, Computer programming, Computing, Distributed revision control, Distributed Version Control Systems, Free software, Git, Linus Torvalds, Linux, Linux kernel, Mercurial, Monotone, OpenSource Version Control Systems, Repo, Technology/Internet, Ubuntu, Version control, version control software | 23 Comments

Posted on September 9, 2010 by techtatva

[Benchmark] Apache 2, Cherokee, LigHTTPd, Nginx Benchmarked with Static Files, PHP5 Script and WordPress

Here is a three fold comparison between the four major webservers: Apache 2, Cherokee, LigHTTPd and Nginx. We will compare standard static file service capabilities of each of the servers. Next, we will compare their individual performance with PHP (mod_php in-case of Apache 2 and PHP5-FPM in-case of others) and finally with that of WordPress.

Posted in Benchmarks | Tagged Apache HTTP Server, ApacheBench, Benchmark, Computing, Nginx, php, Technology/Internet, Ubuntu, Web server, WordPress | 13 Comments

Posted on September 2, 2010 by techtatva

[How To] Setup Cherokee with PHP5 FPM

In this “how to” we will see how to setup cherokee on Ubuntu with PHP5-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager). Although the cherokee CookBook claims that “If PHP-fpm binaries are found, those will be prioritized over the regular binaries.” it turns out that the latest stable version of cherokee in Launchpad gives errors while enabling it. So here is the work around.

Posted in How Tos | Tagged Cherokee, Computing, Debian, Dpkg, FastCGI Process Manager, http, Linux, php, PHP5-FPM Service, PHP5-FPM Service port, Ubuntu | 7 Comments

Posted on August 31, 2010 by techtatva

Cloud Computing – An Insight

Everyone is talking of ‘Cloud Computing’. While, some claim it to be the biggest transformation in IT allowing access to seemingly limitless power of computing, others believe it to be extreme ”marketing hype campaign” .

Posted in The Cloud | Tagged Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, Distributed computing, Everything as a service, Grid computing, Infrastructure as a service, Scalability, Technology/Internet | Leave a comment

Posted on August 28, 2010 by techtatva

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TechTatva is a weblog dedicated to posting on Cloud Computing, Cloud Based services and Scalable Web Infrastructures. Now there are hundreds of fantastic posts about them on the Internet already, but what we bring you are born out of pure experience straight from our workstations. Also, watch out for loads of personal insights, tips, tricks and breakthroughs on website/server maintenance plus the best out of our daily grind.