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Getting Ruby to talk to MSDE

Posted by Michael on April 9, 2010 in Configuration, General, Ruby Language, SQL, Setups

Getting Ruby to talk to Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is one thing. Getting Ruby to talk to Microsoft SQL Server Developer Edition 2000, has one twist that threw me off for hours. Here, I’ll show you how to do and hopefully save you lots of frustration and brain damage from banging your head [...]

Apache 2.2 and Active Directory and Group restrictions

Posted by Michael on July 22, 2009 in Configuration, Servers, Setups, Systems

I was really struggling with getting Apache and Active Directory talking and restricting access (authorizing) only a sub-set of users that belonged to a particular group. Here, I show you how I solved the problem.

The Stage
I am setting up a Ubuntu server with Apache 2.2 and authenticating users against a Windows 2003 Server’s Active [...]

macports is not darwinports

Posted by Michael on June 23, 2009 in Macs, Setups, Systems

For those of you who don’t keep a close eye on the macports system that provides you with convenient builds of popular open source software, let me put you on guard: macports supplanted darwinports a few years back to avoid continued confusion over the name.
I was having a good bit of trouble getting ports [...]

Install Passenger on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10

Posted by Michael on February 14, 2009 in Configuration, Setups

Phusion Passenger is one of the easiest Rails and Rack environments to set up and configure with Apache2. With my bootstrapping scripts, the ability to establish a Virtual machine image and have a working Rails application on it in minutes is a reality. Here is how I do it.
Bootstrap Passenger
Begin by Bootstrapping Ubuntu. [...]

Bootstrap Ubuntu Server 8.10 Intrepid 64-bit

Posted by Michael on February 14, 2009 in Bootsrap, Setups

This post covers getting the basic Ubuntu Server 8.10 Intrepid up and going and ready for further configuration (such as Ruby on Rails, or MySQL Server, or Bind 9, etc.).

Ubuntu Site: http://www.ubuntu.com
ISO Image: ubuntu-8.10-server-amd64.iso

If you’re new to my bootstrapping series, please see Bootstrapping my blog for some background information.
Install the OS
No need to [...]

Bootstrapping my Blogs

Posted by Michael on February 14, 2009 in Setups

Ever notice that blogs that are tutorial in nature spend a lot of time providing instructions on installing things, but a whole lot depends on what the author already has installed that he’s forgotten to tell you about? Or perhaps the author simply left out the details necessary for you to fully replicate his [...]

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