Installing Linux Kernal-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) on CentOS 5.4 Server

This guide is modified from the article from Howtoforge – “Virtualization With KVM On A CentOS 5.2 Server“  and IBM – Quick Start Guide for installing and running KVM.

1. Installing Linux Kernal-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) on CentOS 5.4 Server (Part I)
2. Installing Linux Kernal-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) on CentOS 5.4 Server (Part II)
   

Command line for Networking

Read this interesting article from Linux Journal 200th Issue of "Networking on the Command Line"

ifconfig is one of the utility discussed. It can be used to configure many aspects of networking. For example,

1. Using ifconfig to change and activate IP Address

# ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

2. Using ifconfig to change netmas

# ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.0

3. Using ifconfig to change MTU

# ifconfig MTU 1500

4. Using ifconfig to change network promiscuous mode

# ifconfig promisc

For more information, do look at "man ifconfig"

Wonderful Security Resource from LinuxJournal.com

Wonderful Security Resource from LinuxJournal.com. Feel free to bookmark this wonderful resource. http://www.linuxjournal.com/tag/security  

Yum install of Eclipse on CentOS 5.x

This entry is an addition to other blog entry on Eclipse. To install Eclipse on CentOS 5.x

# yum install eclipse-platform

1. Eclipse Integrated Development Environment ( IDE ) for Linux
2. Users encountering Invalid Configuration Location on Eclipse
3. Using Intel Compilers with Eclipse IDE on Linux
4. Install and use Eclipse for Linux on POWER

Wonderful System Administrator Resource from LinuxJournal.com

LinuxJournal.com has provided a wonderful resource for System Administration. Feel free to bookmark this wonderful resource. http://www.linuxjournal.com/tag/sysadmin