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2Apr/100

RPM Package manager – Using RPM Commands

RPM Package Manager is a package management system. The name RPM refers to two things: a software package file format, and software packaged in this format.

This document contains an overview of the principal RPM commands for installing, uninstalling, upgrading, querying, listing and checking RPM packages on your Linux system.

To install a RPM package, use the command:

# rpm -ivh foo-1.1-2.i386.rpm

Take a note that RPM packages have a file of names like foo-1.1-2.i386.rpm, which include the package name (foo), version (1.1), release (2), and architecture (i386).

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2Apr/100

Installing PowerDNS with MySQL backend and PowerAdmin On CentOS

PowerDNS is a MySQL-based DNS server, written in C++ and licensed under the GPL. PowerDNS can be managed through a web interface (PowerAdmin). This guide shows how to install it on CentOS 5.

1. Installing MySQL

# yum -y install mysql mysql-server

2. Enable MySQL on boot and start MySQL server

# chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on
# service mysqld start

Make sure the MySQL server is running:

# netstat -tap | grep mysql
tcp        0      0 *:mysql                 *:*     LISTEN   28179/mysqld

3. Set password for user root

# mysqladmin -u root password your_password

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