Configuration

Configuration builds upon the bootstrapped environments.

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 [...]

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. [...]