yum update – TypeError: unsubscriptable object

andy18    Linux-related    

I was trying to update the cPanel server today to the latest version and part of the cPanel scripts do is to update run ‘yum update’ which updates the latest rpm packages to the latest edition. Most of the servers in list completed except one which falls with some weird error saying “TypeError : unsubscriptable object” read more

Magento with Windows IIS

andy18    Others     Magento installation Windows

Magento has been around at the market for some time and it has become popular. The application is designed to run well in Linux environment but it also works with Windows. There’s not much installation notes at the Magento Wiki. As I try to poke around to get it up and running on the Windows 2003 running IIS6, I came across with some issues.

Some googling around I have came across this “Guide to Successfull Magento installation @ IIS” which I have found it has all the things you need to pick up. Take note about the PHP configuration on the IIS, if you are not able to make it work with the ISAPI option, try change it to the php-cgi.exe module. Have fun!

Helm3 : File Manager Not Showing any Files

andy18    Helm     File Manager, Helm 3

If you are running Helm version 3 and your Helm control panel is not listing any files from the server owned by your domain ( after you have confirmed there’s files uploaded ), try uninstall and re-install the File and Print services at your server’s NIC. Make sure you select the correct options to uninstall if this is a production server or else it will be a pretty nasty crash on your server.

Helm4 Error on Remove Domain

andy18    Helm     Helm 4 remove domain error

The following error can be generated if the “Helm 4 Network Service” on the remote server is not started on the Services MMC.

Offline
Failed to establish socket connection: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 123.123.123.123:7086

Just login to the remote server and make sure the services are started.

SQL 2008 Maintenance Plan Execution Error

andy18    SQL-related     SQL 2008 Integration Services Maintenance Plan

I am trying to setup some backup maintenance job for all the databases in the MSSQL 2008 Web edition server today as I have done for previous MSSQL 2005 Workgroup Edition. The entire setup process are exactly we did in SQL 2005 by going through the Management > Maintenance Plan and dragging and dropping the task that you wish to perform.

Well, sometimes things does not goes as you expect . When I tried to execute the maintenance plan to verify the plan was setup and should run as it should be, SQL 2008 throws me an error with some Integration Services error. read more

Cannot create Windows Service for MySQL.Error:0

andy18    Windows-related     MySQL Error.0

I was installing MySQL on a Windows 2008 64bits machine today. The installation went smooth as usual, I got the MySQL configuration screen wizard at the end of the MySQL installation and went through filling in those service configuration details, MySQL root ..etc. However, at the end of the execution part where it writes the changes, it shows the following message during the attempt to start the MySQL services.

Cannot create Windows Service for MySQL.Error:0

It was my first time getting this message as I have been setting up MySQL for lots of Windows server without any issues on the past. Here’s what I did to get it resolve:

1. Start > All Programs >MySQL > MySQL Server 5.x > MySQL Server Instance Config Wizard.
2. Hit the Next and select the options “Remove Instance” and complete the process.
3. Fire up the MySQL Server Instance Config again, this time select the Configure Instance with Standard Configuration and go through the setup again. It should get your MySQL configured again.

The possible cause of the error is due to the MySQL Services has been installed and started on your server’s prior to the configuration by MySQL. Removing the installed instances and reset it up will help to resolve this.

Unable to start Apache

andy18    Linux-related    

Some weird error shows up today when trying to start the Apache services at one of the Centos server. The command “service httpd start” executed without any errors but there’s no apache processes running at the server backend. However, apache error logs have the following logged:

[Tue Nov 11 11:28:17 2008] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/local/apache/bin/suexec)
[Tue Nov 11 11:28:17 2008] [crit] (28)No space left on device: mod_rewrite: could not create rewrite_log_lock
Configuration Failed

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Failed to execute request because the App-Domain could not be created

andy18    Windows-related    

If you have a IIS server and ASP.Net is installed on the box but you are unable to load the site, and you have seen 1088 and 1344 event ID in your server event log as follow, check the Application Pool identity which runs the site and make sure the identity have read/execute permission on the NTFS folder permission which the web.config file are located. read more

Finding the rpm package for Linux binary

andy18    Linux-related    

Use the following command to find the exact rpm packages needed if you can’t find the exact rpm to be used. Example, if your system is missing the ‘nslookup’ command binary, running the following command will shows you the exact package name.

shell># rpm -qf /usr/bin/nslookup
bind-utils-9.3.4-6.0.2.P1.el5_2

RPM error : Package XXXXXXX.rpm is not signed

andy18    Linux-related    

If you have downloaded any rpms to your local Linux distro server and getting the message :

Package XXXXX.rpm is not signed

You may edit yum.conf by setting the gpgcheck from gpgcheck=1 to gpgcheck=0