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Install and configure OpenLDAP Server

Posted on February 11, 2020 by sandeep

Configure hostname and FQDN for the VM/system which will be used for LDAP server. (Reference to example.com is to mask the actual usage) root@ldap:~# hostname –fqdn ldap.example.com root@ldap:~# cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost 10.1.2.22 ldap.example.com ldap The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters root@ldap:~# Install OpenLDAP…

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Adding ClamAV Anti-virus checks to existing Postfix, Amavis+Spamassasin configuration

Posted on January 30, 2020November 7, 2021 by sandeep

Had an existing Postfix configurationup and running. Notes for bringing up the same available at https://www.sandeeprao.net/configuring-secure-mail-server-using-postfix-with-dovecot-spamassasin-postgrey-and-opendkim/ As I could add more vCPU and RAM to the VM, thought of adding anti-virus check on receipt of mails. As I had already configured amavis + spamassassin it was pretty straight forward, install the required clamav packages along…

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dnsmasq : For my local network

Posted on December 22, 2019 by sandeep

Need was to have a DNS service serving my local network name resolutions. After surfing on multiple how tos, found dnsmasq would suffice my needs. Install dnsmasq #apt install -y dnsmasq Edit the configuration file and updated the following entries (uncomment if commented) # Never forward plain names (without a dot or domain part) domain-needed…

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Highly available, Load balanced MariaDB cluster using Galera, HAProxy and Keepalived

Posted on December 13, 2019 by sandeep

Bring up 5 Vms and in each VM update /etc/hosts with following entries (to match requirements) 10.1.1.5 db1 10.1.1.6 db2 10.1.1.7 db3 10.1.1.10 haproxy1 10.1.1.11 haproxy2 Install mariadb in db1, db2 and db3. Install net-tools also, netstat would be handy for some checks. Stop mariadb service. apt install mariadb-server net-tools service mariadb stop Edit /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf…

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