environment Windows 2003 SP2, ISA Server 2006, Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 pre-RC1
story I upgraded to Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 RC1 remotely - somewhere in the middle, my Terminal Service Client connection disconnected - *PANIC*. But just keep calm and wait. I guess the network connection get shutdown due to some driver installation - the server became ready again by itself. I didn't need a reboot.
Edit /etc/apache2/modules.d/88_mod_jk.conf at the end
... jkAutoAlias /var/lib/tomcat-6/webapps/ ... # jkMount // ajp13 jkMount /fooApp/someServlet ajp13
This is a customization for a photographer with a more or less permanent relationship with his customer.
The users only have permission to view scaled versions of the image.
I introduced a new flag in the zipcart configuration that lets the ZipCart download module override permissions to access the fullsize version.
Each download gets logged to the database.
The admin (or any other user with proper permissions) can view the log.
It's a hierarchical view Year -> Month -> User -> Images (time, host)
environment Customizing gallery
debugging
Edit config.php
...
@ini_set('display_errors', 1);
...
$gallery->setDebug('logged');
$gallery->setDebugLogFile('/some/path/gallery/log');
...
links
environment gallery, ISA Server 2005 R2, WebSite hosted on Apache using http, publish through ISA with https.
problem login/logout issue. User logs in. Clicks the gallery logo in the top left. Gets the guest front page. If the user visits a sub page it works again... and for some not...
solution Turn of reverse proxy caching in ISA. Configuration/Cache/Cache Rules. Create a new rule including the server that hosts the web site. Check "Never cache the response" and disable http caching.
environment .Net Project, Team Foundation Server, MSBuild
problem Nightly Build containing multiple configurations (e.g. debug, release,...) and the requirement to install a database before the testcases are executed. It is not enough to install the database once for all configurations.
Initial we overwrote the BeforeTest target, but this is getting called only once for all configurations.
solution
Edit TFSBuild.proj
<!-- copied from C:\\Program Files\\MSBuild\\Microsoft\\VisualStudio\\v8.0\\TeamBuild\\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.targets -->
<Target Name="CoreTest"
DependsOnTargets="$(CoreTestDependsOn)" >
<MakeDir
Directories="$(TestResultsRoot)"
Condition="!Exists('$(TestResultsRoot)')" />
<MSBuild
Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
Targets="RunTestWithConfigurationWithDB"
Properties="BuildNumber=$(BuildNumber);Platform=%(ConfigurationToBuild.PlatformToBuild);Flavor=%(ConfigurationToBuild.FlavorToBuild);IsDesktopBuild=$(IsDesktopBuild)" />
</Target>
<Target Name="RunTestWithConfigurationWithDB" >
<!-- Make sure the Database is freshly setup for each FlavorToBuild -->
<!-- Database Setup -->
<Message Text="Creating fresh database. Flavor: $(Flavor) Platform: $(Platform) IsDesktopBuild: $(IsDesktopBuild)"/>
<Exec Command="db.init.cmd" Timeout="1200000" WorkingDirectory="somedir)"/>
<MSBuild
Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
Targets="RunTestWithConfiguration"
Properties="BuildNumber=$(BuildNumber);Platform=$(Platform);Flavor=$(Flavor);IsDesktopBuild=$(IsDesktopBuild)" />
</Target>
references Search for 'How To: Batch Tasks with Item Metadata' in MSDN. This gave me a good idea when targets are called multiple times and when not.
environment .Net calling a SOAP service exposed by Java/JBoss via a svcutil generated proxy using HttpBasicBinding
problem bad performance
solution Make sure you don't create the proxy everytime you invoke the service. Caching in a static member seems appropriate, but I'm unsure if you need recreate the proxy object in case of an error
comparision if you invoke a WCF with a similar wsdl, at least for us, it didn't make any difference in performance
Add AllowOverride as shown below.
<Directory "/var/www/.../htdocs">
...
AllowOverride All
...
</Directory/>
environment: Windows Vista RTM
problem: Installation of CodeGear JBuilder 2007
solution: Goto
JBuilder2007\\Disk1\\InstData\\VM\\jbinstall.exe
Properties, Compatibility Tab, Check "Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP (Service Pack 2)" and "Run this program as administrator".
Run jbinstall.exe, ignore the warnings. done.
environment OpenWrt, dnsmasq
problem A dns server for a specific domain (e.g. abc.com) is either not available from outside OR due to firewall/vpn restrictions has a different ip than publicly available
solution Edit dnsmasq.conf and add
server=/abc.com/10.1.1.2