Sysadmin Links 2 (Feb. 2015) @tutoriaLinux

Uploaded February 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Another edition of Sysadmin Links/Timewasters, from the second half of January 2015.

Not tech news, but nice -- small businesses are coming back:
newyorker.com/business/currency/small-bountiful-small-business-craft-beer

Amazon Echo, but open-source and not horribly creepy:
jasperproject.github.io

Just an awesome presentation about why math is cool, fun to watch:
youtube.com/watch?v=H2vN2QXZGnc

OpenBSD vs FreeBSD security:
networkfilter.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/security-openbsd-vs-freebsd.html

-interesting how (besides security issues) how much further along the PF
firewall is than what ships with FreeBSD.

Funny Infrastructure for BS Startups:
tectur.io

What unix and linux command names stand for. Lots of acronyms, but also
a dog
unixguide.net/unix/faq/1.3.shtml

original cluetrain: cluetrain.com
New cluetrain: cluetrain.com/newclues

Woot!

DDOS mitigation slides (Network-Scale Mitigation of High-Volume
Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attacks, by Roland Dobbins):
app.box.com/s/r7an1moswtc7ce58f8gg
"The Internet of Things is rapidly becoming the Botnet of Things"

Mike Lucas -- yay! Networking for system administrators.
michaelwlucas.com/nonfiction/n4sa

Python -- yay
pymbook.readthedocs.org/en/py3

Intro to security/security careers
trailofbits.github.io/ctf/intro/careers.html

Security Course in a github project
github.com/isislab/Hack-Night

$FreeBSD Web Server 01 - Nginx Config Explained, PHP and MySQL Setup How to install a web stack on FreeBSD: nginx, mysql/mariadb, and php/php-fpm. Co-host Christian explains the details of the nginx configuration file that were using, so this is a great video if youve been wondering about what youre copy-pasting into nginx.conf for most tutorials on the Web. Instructions/Reference: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-an-nginx-mysql-and-php-femp-stack-on-freebsd-10-1 (we are following this with some modifications the process is almost identical no matter how you approach it) pkg install nginx mysql56-server php56 php56-mysql rehash /etc/rc.conf mysql_enable=YES nginx_enable=YES php_fpm_enable=YES cd /usr/local/etc vi php-fpm.conf # sudo listen = /var/run/php-fpm.sock listen.owner = www listen.group = www listen.mode = 0660 cp php.ini-production php.ini # sudo vi php.ini # sudo cgi.fix_pathinfo=0 service php-fpm start # sudo service mysql-server start # sudo mysql_secure_installation # sudo service mysql-server restart # sudo service nginx start # sudo vi nginx.conf # sudo user www; worker_processes 8; error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log info; access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log; (configure server block) root /usr/local/www/nginx; index index.php index.html index.htm; location / { try_files $uri $uri/ =404; } location ~ .php$ { try_files $uri =404; fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(/.+)$; fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock; fastcgi_index index.php; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename; include fastcgi_params; } mkdir -p /var/log/nginx # sudo touch /var/log/nginx/access.log # sudo touch /var/log/nginx/error.log # sudo rm /usr/local/www/nginx # sudo mkdir /usr/local/www/nginx # sudo cp /usr/local/www/nginx-dist/index.html /usr/local/www/nginx # sudo vi /usr/local/www/nginx/info.php # sudo nginx -t # sudo service nginx restart # sudo TEST via HTTP rm /usr/local/www/nginx/info.php # sudo$

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