UPDATE 2023 April 12: I was going to build RPMs to post here, but found that MATE packages are available in EPEL. Follow the instructions here for setting up the EPEL repositories. I am going to leave the instructions up to assist package maintainers and for anyone interested in the process of building a major… Read More »
I couldn’t find a Tomcat package in the standard repositories or EPEL, so I will walk you through installing Tomcat on CentOS 8. It is a relatively straightforward process. The latest version available at the time of writing (2019 November 23) is 9.0.29, so that is the version I will use in the examples. All… Read More »
The CentOS 8 repositories provide HAProxy version 1.8.15. You may want or need features in newer versions. Fortunately, installing HAProxy 2.0.9 (Latest stable version as of 2019 November, 21) from source is relatively straightforward. The steps to do so are: Install required packages Download the HAProxy source code Compile and install HAProxy Create an unprivileged… Read More »
This guide will walk you through installing OpenLDAP from source on CentOS 8. It should work with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, Oracle Linux 8, and any other RHEL clones. I am assuming you are able to use a command line shell and text editor on a UNIX like operating system. This guide was… Read More »
You may want a version of Nginx that is newer than available in the repositories. As of today (2019 May 1), the latest version is 1.16.0. The Nginx developers maintain a apt repository with the latest version. I recommend using the repository because it will be easier to keep Nginx up to date. The Nginx… Read More »
You may want a version of Nginx that is newer than available in the repositories. As of today (2019 April 30), the latest version is 1.16.0. The Nginx developers maintain a yum repository with the latest version. I recommend using the repository because it will be easier to keep Nginx up to date. The Nginx… Read More »
The Debian Stretch repositories provide HAProxy version 1.7. You may want or need features in newer versions. Fortunately, installing HAProxy 1.9.7 from source is relatively straightforward. The steps to do so are: Install required packages Download the HAProxy source code Compile and install HAProxy Create an unprivileged service account Create a SystemD unit file Create… Read More »
The CentOS 7 repositories provide HAProxy version 1.5. You may want or need features in newer versions. Fortunately, installing HAProxy 1.9.7 from source is relatively straightforward. The steps to do so are: Install required packages Download the Lua source code Download the HAProxy source code Compile and install Lua Compile and install HAProxy Create an… Read More »
This guide will walk you through installing OpenLDAP from source on OpenSUSE Leap. I haven’t tested it on Tumbleweed, but it should work. It is written with the assumption that readers are able to use a command line shell and text editor on a UNIX like operating system. I also assume you will be using… Read More »
This guide will walk you through installing OpenLDAP from source on Debian Stretch. I haven’t tested it on anything but Debian, but it should work with most Debian based operating systems. It is written with the assumption that readers are able to use a command line shell and text editor on a UNIX like operating… Read More »