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9 December 2010 2 Comments

No CPU Virtualization Support when running Xen Kernel

While attempting to run up KVM on a CentOS install tonight I found that Linux was reporting the processor did not offer hardware virtualization support;

[root@srv ~]# egrep ‘(vmx|svm)’ –color=always /proc/cpuinfo
[root@srv ~]#
This is despite running a processor which has full support per the vendor, as well as it being enabled within BIOS. It is important [...]

18 November 2010 9 Comments

Plesk 10 Upgrade – WWW Site Prefix Shows Default Page

A recent upgrade from Plesk 9 to Plesk 10 resulted in us experiencing an issue where the Plesk Default Page is shown for the WWW prefix for a number of sites. Turns out it is a documented issue however the Parallels suggested solution hardly scales.

6 May 2010 5 Comments

WHMCS ANZ eGate Payment Module

WHMCS ANZ eGate Payment Module An ANZ eGate Credit Card Payment Gateway for WHMCS. Open Source, Free Download and now with 100% Money Collecting Goodness.

14 May 2009 0 Comments

Upgrading MailScanner on RPM based Distros

Very little in the way of official documentation on upgrading MailScanner on RPM based distributions so here is a 30 second tutorial.

1 May 2008 1 Comment

St George IPG on PHP 5

After the ever-approaching sound of Jared cracking his Work Faster whip behind me, I can confirm the St George Internet Payment Gateway will work on PHP 5.

8 July 2007 173 Comments

M-Audio USB Audiophile – How to use SPDIF on OSX

Configuring your M-Audio Audiophile to output via SPDIF in OSX.

30 May 2007 1 Comment

SMTP Access when Port 25 is blocked

I have noticed an increase lately of customers asking if we can provide SMTP access on a port other than 25, specifically for those who are traveling internationally and their motel will not allow SMTP through. While I want to try and keep this blog as factual as possible, I do not believe that proivders [...]

4 May 2007 3 Comments

Plesk Anti-Spam Gateway Update

As promised here is an update to our Anti-Spam gateway since we have gone live. We have successfully been running for over a week now and are receiving positive comments regarding the service.
To monitor the performance of the server and to allow for some pretty spiffy looking reports we are making use of MailWatch. MailWatch [...]

23 April 2007 298 Comments

Plesk Anti-Spam Gateway

While Plesk includes a distribution of SpamAssassin, when you have multiple servers to maintain and a need to integrate everything seamlessly it becomes apparent that this is not the best solution.
Based on the concept of Project Gamera from Atomic Rocket Turtle we have developed an in house Spam and Virus filtering solution that scales well, [...]