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Systems Administration & Programming
- Performance Tuning PostgreSQL This article helps to remove some of the mystery surrounding how to get the maximum amount of performance from your PostgreSQL database.
- Page Protection is an article I wrote for the November 2008 edition of LinuxPro Magazine that teaches you some of the various options for securing web pages using username/passwords, LDAP, SQL databases, and writing your own authentication system.
- Fret Free-- And introduction to Django and the Django Software Foundation is an article I wrote for LinuxPro Magazine on Django
- The Juggler -- Let the nimble Perlbal webserver keep your traffic in balance An article I wrote for LinuxPro Magazine on using Perlbal
- How to send templated Emails with Perl A best practice/howto for sending plaintext and HTML formatted Email messages easily with Perl.
- Debugging and Profiling mod_perl Applications A introduction on how to debug and performance tune mod_perl applications.
- Using ModPerl::ParamBuilder to make custom Apache directives In mod_perl 2.x you can easily create custom Apache configuration directives for use in your httpd.conf file. ModPerl::ParamBuilder makes their creation even easier. This tutorial shows you how to begin using this module.
- The Magic of mod_perl Which first appeared in the January 2005 issue of SysAdmin Magazine
- Load Balancing E-mail First published in the March 2003 issue of SysAdmin Magazine this articles discusses a way to scale E-mail infrastructure without having to rely on shared storage or software beyond what is already known by your sysadmins. Specifically it talks about using Sendmail, POP3/IMAP, and DNS.
- Common PostgreSQL Error Messages and Solutions A resource for people new to PostgreSQL that outlines some of the more common error messages, their cause, and various ways to find a solution.