Seven steps to compile Python3.5.0 from source

  10/26/2015       Nitin J Mutkawoa      2 Comments

After a minimal install of Centos7, you would notice that your version of Python would be maybe 2.7.5 which may not be compatible with other applications you are actually using. To be updated to the latest version, one of the possibilities is to compile your own Python from Source.

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Here are the steps that you can follow to compile your own Python. At the time, I am writing this article the latest version is Python-3.5.0. You can refer to this link for future versions.

1. Download the prerequisites. I would also recommend an update before downloading the prerequisites.

yum update -y && yum install yum-utils make wget

2. To be able to compile your Python, you will need to download some requirements which will facilitate the compilation tasks


yum-builddep python

3.Download the Python package

wget https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.5.0/Python-3.5.0.tgz

4.Untar your Python Package

tar xvzf Python-3.5.0.tgz

5. Get into the Package and fire the following commands

./configure
make

6. If the make process is successful, you can now start the installation with the following command

make install

7.Python-2.7 is usually the default version. You will need to specify your OS to run with the new version.


alias python='/usr/local/bin/python-3.5'

We now have the python-3.5 installed and ready for use.


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Linux server Monitoring with Nodequery

  10/25/2015       Nitin J Mutkawoa      Add Comment

One of the best ways to which I think bloggers can monitor traffic on their website is by using Nodequery. Though it is well adapted for huge businesses, I am sure you would like to adventure on this Public API. NodeQuery is currently in public beta and completely free of charge.






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Photo Credits to Nodequery.com

To install NodeQuery, you will need to register on the official website. You will be prompted to install the Agent on your machine by downloading it from Github using the command https://raw.github.com/nodequery/nq-agent/master/nq-install.sh

After installation, you need to launch the bash script and immediately after less than 3 minutes your server is being monitored.






For the free version, you have the possibilities to have a full overview of your system, Network Usage, Network latency, Average Load, Ram and Swap Usage, Disk Usage and the Top Processes.

Well, there are several more features to explore.

Cool isn’t it?


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The WTF Star!

  10/25/2015       Nitin J Mutkawoa      Add Comment

If you are thinking about the acronym “WTF” as usual in a chat conversation, then you are WRONG!.. 🙂 Located in the exoplanetary system, the WTF star – “Where’s the Flux” also known as KIC 8462852 or simply Tabby’s star is a strange star as a potential evidence of an ancient alien megastructure situated above the milky way between the Cygnus and Lyra constellations.


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A screenshot is taken from my Stellarium indicating the location of Cygnus and Lyra

Thanks to the Kepler Project, Kepler, a space telescope is searching for exoplanets orbiting other stars in our galaxy. “NASA wants to find out if there is life beyond our solar system so Kepler is looking for planets like earth incise that could be potentially habitable”  – Natalie Batalha, the research astronomer at NASA Ames Research center.



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Kepler Space Telescope – Photo credits to NASA – nasa.gov

Have astronomers found alien life in space? This is indeed the most challenging mission to mankind after the discoveries made by the Kepler Project. “We are clueless as to what could cast the shadow bigger than Jupiter… Is it a comet? Is it an asteroid? Is it a media? and one by one we ruled out all the logical possibilities. That last possibility is that it is artificial. It could be a Dyson Sphere. A Dyson sphere is built by a civilization that can play with stars that envelop the entire star with a shell absorbing all the starlight “– Dr. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist.



Indeed, a good job of the Kepler Space exploration team. Of course, if this is going to be a remarkable claim, a remarkable proof of the century is waiting for us ahead. 


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HTTP 2.0 & Web development – LUGM Meetup

  10/25/2015       Nitin J Mutkawoa      Add Comment

The Linux User Group of Mauritius – LUGM carried out a meetup on Saturday the 24th of October 2015 at the University of Mauritius on HTTP 2.0 and Web Development by Loganaden Velvindron on HTTP 2.0 & Web Development. Based on SPDY – “just say speedy”, the HTTP 2.0 was developed by the IETF – Internet Engineering Task Force, to improve user experience, latencies, CDN and various technologies. Logan, start with  the presentation on the shortcomings of HTTP 1.1 and lead the audience to a better understanding of the evolution of HTTP 2.0


I do not own copyright to this picture - All rights reserved to Akamai.com
I do not own the copyright to this picture – All rights reserved to Akamai.com

You can view the Video here:

The following points were briefly elaborated:


  • Shortcomings of HTTP 1.1
  • HTTP 2.0 Client support
  • HTTP 2.0 Server side
  • SPDY Highlights
  • Binary Framing
  • Multiplexing
  • Stream Priorities
  • Header Compression
  • Server Push technology and a demo using NodeJS


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Move your /home to a new LVM partition

  10/21/2015       Nitin J Mutkawoa      Add Comment

To have better control and security over your Linux OS, you might want to move your say /home or/var to another LVM partition. The advantage is that you can easily increase/decrease the size at a future stage.


On this article, I will take an example of the /home directory and we will move it to a fresh disk on Virtual Box. Here is an example of a df -h on my Virtual Machine.

We will now add a new disk [sdc] by creating another VG.

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Start with the following steps:

    • pvcreate /dev/sdc
    • vgcreate vghome /dev/sdc
    • lvcreate -l 100%FREE vghome
  • lvrename /dev/vghome/lvol0 /dev/vghome/lvhome

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Once you have successfully created the lvhome, you will need to edit your /etc/fstab before mounting the partition so that each time you reboot your machine, it will render the same configuration.



I have inserted the following parameters:

  • /dev/mapper/vghome-lvhome /home ext4 defaults,noatime 1 2

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You will also need to format the partition before mounting the disk with this command :

  • mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/vghome-lvhome
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  • You now need to mount the partition by using the following command mount /home
  • Here is now the results from a df -h
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Tips:
  • You can also format your partition with ext3 when your /etc/fstab has been specified with the ext4 format as ext4 support ext3
    • You can also specify the name of the lv directly whilst creating it by using the command lvcreate -l 100%FREE -n lvhome vghome so that you don’t need to rename anew the lv. By default on Vbox and VMware, it uses lvol0
  • More articles I have posted on LVM are :

Add and extend disk on Virtual Box through LVM

Managing LVM with Pvmove – Part 1


Managing LVM with Pvmove – Part 2


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