Linux Journal Contents #197, September 2010
Linux Journal Issue #197/September 2010
We've got just five words for you: "The Web is where it's at". Ok, so that's like six, or seven depending on how you count, but you get the point: it's all about the Web these days. So get your developer's hat on and and take a peek at this month's Web Development issue. First up is that big scary balloon head also known as the Drupal logo. We show you how to setup a robust infrastructure for runing large scale Drupal sites. Then we introduce you to Google's App Engine and using the Google cloud to host your app. For you aspiring Java types we cover JSP for web apps. We also show you how to develope portable Web apps using HTML5 and JavaScript. And now we've got just one word for you: "Yowser". Because that just scratches the surface of what we have for you this month, there's also Zamanda Recovery Manager for MySQL, Firewalls, GRUB2, Redis, Bash, VirtMus, Kemet, and more.
Features
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Large-Scale Web Site Infrastructure and Drupal
by Jerad Bitner and Nate Haug
If you build it they will come, and if you build it wrong, it will crash.
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Doing IT the App Engine Way
by Paul Barry
Introducing Google's cloud Web deployment technology.
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Developing Portable Mobile Web Applications
by Rick Rogers
Use HTML5 and JavaScript to write applications that run on the iPhone, iPad, iTouch and Android devices.
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Web Applications with Java/JSP
by Christopher Schultz
Add Java to your repertoire for building Web applications.
Columns
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Reuven M. Lerner's At the Forge
Redis
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Dave Taylor's Work the Shell
Understanding Exit Codes
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Mick Bauer's Paranoid Penguin
Building a Transparent Firewall with Linux, Part II
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Kyle Rankin's Hack and /
Break In Your Boots
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Doc Searls' EOF
Adventures in Re-provisioning
Review
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Easy Database Backups with Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL
by Daniel Bartholomew
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| Drupal Is a Framework: Why Everyone Needs to Understand This | May 15, 2013 |
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- Using Salt Stack and Vagrant for Drupal Development
- Making Linux and Android Get Along (It's Not as Hard as It Sounds)
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Free Webinar: Hadoop
How to Build an Optimal Hadoop Cluster to Store and Maintain Unlimited Amounts of Data Using Microservers
Realizing the promise of Apache® Hadoop® requires the effective deployment of compute, memory, storage and networking to achieve optimal results. With its flexibility and multitude of options, it is easy to over or under provision the server infrastructure, resulting in poor performance and high TCO. Join us for an in depth, technical discussion with industry experts from leading Hadoop and server companies who will provide insights into the key considerations for designing and deploying an optimal Hadoop cluster.
Some of key questions to be discussed are:
- What is the “typical” Hadoop cluster and what should be installed on the different machine types?
- Why should you consider the typical workload patterns when making your hardware decisions?
- Are all microservers created equal for Hadoop deployments?
- How do I plan for expansion if I require more compute, memory, storage or networking?




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