Daily Archives: 20.11.2015

Install the latest Apache SOLR Build in a few minutes on Ubuntu/Debian

This entry was posted in Solr / Elasticsearch and tagged apache-solr solr solr-5.3.1 solr5 on 20.11.2015 by Christian

First install a Java runtime and needed utilities: apt-get update apt-get install openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless openjdk-7-jre-lib unzip lsof Then execute these as root: cd ~ wget http://www.eu.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/5.5.4/solr-5.5.4.tgz tar xzf solr-5.3.1.tgz solr-5.3.1/bin/install_solr_service.sh –strip-components=2 chmod +x install_solr_service.sh ./install_solr_service.sh solr-5.3.1.tgz Finally start Solr: service solr start You should now be able to access your server like this: http://localhost:8983/solr You […]

Resolve apt issue: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened

This entry was posted in Debian Ubuntu and tagged apt apt-get apt-lists aptitude on 20.11.2015 by Christian

rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vrf apt-get clean apt-get update apt-get upgrade

Install Saltstack on Ubuntu 14.04

This entry was posted in Provisioning Ubuntu and tagged provision salt saltstack on 20.11.2015 by Christian

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y git python-pip python-mysqldb python-software-properties software-properties-common nano wget curl curl -L https://bootstrap.saltstack.com -o install_salt.sh sudo sh install_salt.sh -P

Sync file changes recursively to a remote host using lsyncd

This entry was posted in Ubuntu and tagged lsyncd recursive-sync-file-change rsync on 20.11.2015 by Christian

First install lsyncd, on Ubuntu/Debian just like this: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install lsyncd There are some needed folders that are not automatically created: mkdir -p /etc/lsyncd /var/log/lsyncd Now let's take a sample file and copy it to /etc/lsyncd/lsyncd.conf.lua where lsyncd will automatically pick it up: cp /usr/share/doc/lsyncd/examples/lrsyncssh.lua /etc/lsyncd/lsyncd.conf.lua Here's a sample configuration: settings […]