Monthly Archives: May 2015

30 May

Install Python on Linux (Centos)

Most installed python on Linux systems are outdated. While python 2.6 is quite good for a project, most are advised to use python 2.7 or 3.4, so the need to upgrade it.

However, for Centos 6, you are strongly advised to avoid upgrading or reinstalling the stock version as some important system programs (notable yum), uses it.
Removing the default version will break the dependent system programs, instead you should install your targeted version and make sure your files are linked to it.

Install Python 2.7

Run the following command to update the system applications:
$ sudo yum -y update

In order to get the necessary development tools, run the following:
$ sudo yum groupinstall -y development

# sudo yum install -y zlib-dev openssl-devel sqlite-devel bzip2-devel

Download, compile and install Python:

$ cd /opt
$ sudo wget --no-check-certificate https://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.X/Python-2.7.X.tar.xz
$ sudo tar xf Python-2.7.X.tar.xz
$ sudo cd Python-2.7.X
$ sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
$ sudo make && make altinstall

List all python programs

$ ls -ltr /usr/bin/python*
$ ls -ltr /usr/local/bin/python*

Link Python 2.7 to the default python on local environment

$ ln -s /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/python

Install easy tools and pip

$ wget https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py
$ sudo /usr/local/bin/python2.7 ez_setup.py
$ sudo /usr/local/bin/easy_install-2.7 pip

Install virtualenv
$ pip2.7 install virtualenv

 

27 May

NGINX server blocks in Centos 6

How to setup NGINX server blocks (aka VirualHosts) on Centos
Step One — Set Up New Document Root Directories
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/example.com/html
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/test.com/html

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/example.com/html

Step Two — Create Sample Pages for Each Site
Step Three — Create Server Block Files for Each Domain
The sites-available directory will keep all of our server block files, while the sites-enabled directory will hold symbolic links to server blocks that we want to publish.

sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-available
sudo mkdir /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Add these lines to the end of the http {} block:

include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*.conf;
server_names_hash_bucket_size 64;

Create the First Server Block File

sudo cp /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com.conf

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/example.com.conf

server {
listen 80
server_name example.com www.example.com;
location / {
root /var/www/example.com/html;
index index.html index.htm;
try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root /usr/share/nginx/html;
}
}

Create the Second Server Block File

sudo cp /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf /etc/nginx/sites-available/example2.com.conf

Step Four — Enable the New Server Block Files

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/kabbu.ng.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/kabbu.ng.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/umscholar.org.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/umscholar.org.conf

Restart NGINX
/etc/init.d/nginx restart