Dolphin 7 Open Source Community Software

Dolphin 7 - open-source, downloadable, scalable, customizable, full-featured, independent and free software package for building social networks, dating sites and niche communities. Dolphin is the only "all-in-one" bundle of PHP community scripts, Flash plugins, Adobe AIR and Mobile apps that provide full control, freedom and flexibility. Launch your site, customize it and watch it grow!

SteelBlue open-source Web application

SteelBlue is an open-source Web application server environment in which Web-database applications can be developed completely in an extended HTML language. Similar to ColdFusion and Story Server, session and user-associated data as well as SQL commands can be directly embedded into the HTML page. Therefore, no CGI programming experience is required to develop applications with SteelBlue, only knowledge of SQL and HTML.

ModSecurity 2.6.0-rc1 Release

Availability of ModSecurity 2.6.0-rc1 Release
(Apr 18, 2011)
The ModSecurity Development Team is pleased to announce the availability of ModSecurity 2.6.0-rc1 Release. This is the first release from the 2.6 branch which improves on the functionality of ModSecurity and introduces some new features. Some highlights:

• Google Safe-Browsing API Integration: Protection for users and content providers from malicious links
• Sensitive Data Tracking: Ability to identify and track US Social Security Numbers
• Data Modification: Ability to change data on-the-fly, before delaivery, in order to better control outgoing content according to security policies

For a complete list of new features and improvements please see the release notes included into CHANGES file.

How Does VMware Server Work

Install and run VMware Server as an application on top of a host Windows or Linux operating system. A thin virtualization layer partitions the physical server so you can run multiple virtual machines simultaneously on a single server.  Computing resources of the physical server are treated as a uniform pool of resources that can be allocated to virtual machines in a controlled manner.
VMware Server isolates each virtual machine from its host and other virtual machines, leaving it unaffected if another virtual machine crashes. Your data does not leak across virtual machines and your applications can only communicate over configured network connections. VMware Server encapsulates a virtual machine environment as a set of files, which are easy to back-up, move and copy.

Pandaboard Open Mobile Software Development Platform

PandaBoard is a one-of-a-kind, low cost, open mobile software development platform that enables fast, easy and highly extensible development. A robust, fully-engaged community of Linux-focused experts supports the board via the dedicated site online, PandaBoard.org.
Ideal for the development and enhancement of feature-rich mobile platforms and products, PandaBoard can support various Linux-based operating systems such as Android, Chrome, MeeGo and Ubuntu.
PandaBoard is based on the OMAP4430 applications processor from Texas Instruments Inc. (TI), which features the dual-core ARM® Cortex™-A9 MPCore™ (each core running up to 1 GHz). The OMAP™ 4 platform is one of the first dual-core, Cortex-A9-based architectures on the market, and employs symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) for higher performance and better power efficiency. What’s more, the OMAP 4 technology enables rich multimedia capabilities to create the exciting user experience mobile device consumers crave.

Beagleboard/Pandaboard Extension

This project provides a PCB extension to the Beagleboard, Beagleboard-xm and Pandaboard. While the initial motivation was to simply provide a LCD screen - that concept has grown into a complete, portable development board. The high level features of the extension include:

• LCD with touch screen
• User push buttons including power on/off
• Battery, battery charger and battery fuel gauge support
• Full size SD card socket
• Accelerometer
• RS485
• Extension header with GPIOs and I2C bus that are either 3.3V or 5V based.
• Integrated USB JTAG debugger for Beagleboard or Pandaboard.

This project includes the Hardware Design and Implementation as well as the changes needed to the boot loader and Linux kernel to support the hardware. The target operating system is Android 2.3 using the TI Android GingerBread 2.3 DevKit 1.0.

Project website: 

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/beagleextension/index.php?title=Ma...

[Guide] How to Install FreeNAS 0.8 on VirtualBox 4

FreeNAS is the best choice to create iSCSI disks and ZFS files systems in local PC with normal hard disk by using virtual machine or physical computer. Sysprobs already published several articles about FreeNAS on VMware and VirtualBox to configure and connect iSCSI disks, test VirtualBox teleportation and even Windows 2008 R2 Failover cluster. The latest 0.8  version is a complete revamped distribution with new features and interface. Version RC3 latest release as of today and this quick guide shows how to install FreeNAS 0.8 on VirtualBox 4.

I have used openfiler and FreeNAS for my virtual storage requirements, somehow I prefer FreeNAS  for easy installation, management and configuration. Recently I published a guide on installing FreeNAS 0.8 beta RC1 on VMware which did not bring any options to create disks or manage, I think that could be a bug in RC1.

Latest version is having all the options to create iSCSI disks, ZFS, edit networks and more. The improved features  in this version are;

A volume importer Better AFP and CIFS configuration Reworked and improved iSCSI support. Support for 6gbps 3Ware RAID controllers (and the command line utility tw_cli for managing them) HTTPS access for the GUI

1) Download the correct ISO from here.

For 32 Bit OS – Download the FreeNAS-8.0-RC3-i386.iso

For 64 Bit OS – Download the FreeNAS-8.0-RC3-amd64.iso

2) Create a new virtual machine in Oracle VirtualBox,

Select Operating System as – BSD and Version is – FreeBSD

3) Allocate memory size ( Minimum 256MB, recommended 512MB) and create a new hard disk. I suggest to create a small hard disk VDI file (2GB) to install OS only, then add few hard disks for the storage purpose later.

4) Now mount the downloaded FreeNAS 0.8 ISO file to CD Drive of virtual machine and start.

5) With this version you can’t run from Live CD without installing to a disk like how we did in earlier 0.7 versions. Start it with default option in first screen.

6) Select the hard disk you want to install OS and press OK.

That’s it, installation should be completed smoothly. Remove the ISO file and restart the FreeNAS virtual machine.

7) Make sure VirtualBox virtual machine’s network configured properly ( NAT, Bridged or Host-only) to communicate with other virtual or physical computers. Then configure the IP address for FreeNAS OS by option 1 in Console Setup screen. Follow the each steps and give a static IP for virtual machine.

Normally if you added one network adapter only, then em0 will be the interface. Give a name for the interface, I have given ‘lan1’ in this example. Type your IP address with subnet mask class, I used second example and mine was 10.10.27.41/24 (Class C network 255.255.255.0).

Now, FreeNAS 0.8 is ready to connect via web browser, make sure your client PC can ping to virtual machine’s new IP.

8.) Open the internet browser and type http://10.10.27.41, User name is ‘admin’ and password is ‘freenas’. This will bring the main page of FreeNAS 0.8 which is totally different from earlier version FreeNAS 0.7.

9) Here is the working FreeNAS 0.8 RC3 inside Oracle VirtualBox as a virtual machine.

Its having really cool and modified features compare to earlier versions. Creating iSCSI disks in FreeNAS 0.8 with VirtualBox and VMware will be interested and useful for learning purpose.  You can expect some more tutorials on this topic in future.

Stay tuned.

Download OpenSUSE 11.4 and Install on VMware with Working VMware Tools

OpenSUSE is another great Linux flavor that you can install and play around. The latest version is having excellent new features, appearance and working environment. This small guide shows how to download OpenSUSE 11.4 and install on VMware with working VMware tools by ‘Easy Install’ method, so you can adjust the screen resolutions and get more more options in virtual machine.

If I can shift my all programs and drivers to OpenSUSE 11.4 from Windows OS, then definitely I will think to move on. The latest version really looks great and works smoothly. I think it is having major changes from earlier version 11.3.

How to Install OpenSUSE 11.3 on VirtualBox with working guest additions

Install OpenSUSE 11.3 on  MS VirtualPC

The latest VMware products support 11.4, so it is a straightforward installation. Since it can be done by VMware easy install which is like ‘unattended’ installation, the all installation steps will be done automatically including VMware tools. Successful VMware tools installation on OpenSUSE 11.4 will enable us to change the screen resolutions, working sound, network, full screen mode and unity mode to easily work with guest and host Operating Systems.

1) Download OpenSUSE 11.4 from official site here.

Select the appropriate download method and correct 64 bit or 32 bit to suite your physical computer processor.

2) Create a new virtual machine in VMware workstation or VMPlayer.

3) Mount the downloaded Opensuse ISO file, VMware will detect the OS type automatically, this indicates the possible Easy Install method.

4) Next screen to enter the user details which will be used by ‘Easy Install’ to create user account inside guest OS.

5) Modify the virtual machine name and location if you like. You can change the default hardware option in next screen. I started the installation with default options.  Press ‘Customize Hardware’ if you like to modify the hardware settings.

6) As expected, installation will start automatically, you do not need to do anything during the installation.

7) Give enough of time to restart automatically and install VMware tools. Guest OS will be waiting for the password to enter which you created in earlier step –4.

8.) That’s it, installation is done. Network, sound and more screen resolutions are working well inside OpenSUSE 11.4 virtual machine. Also Unity mode works fine which allows to access Linux guest OS from Windows host computer’s desktop.

Enjoy and play with the latest Linux release with working most of the options inside virtual machine. I will try the same with Oracle VirtualBox and update this blog in coming days.

Have fun

Hackintosh 10.6.7 – Snow Leopard on VirtualBox 4 with Working Sound

We have published several guides on installing Mac OS X in normal PC with desktop virtualization software. You can find out all guides related to this topic here. Each guide is having several issues and drawbacks. Therefore I decided to publish another revamped complete guide on hackintosh 10.6.7 Snow Leopard on VirtualBox 4 with working sound.

Before continue the installation steps, let me summarize important issues fixed in this guide.

This works with original (vanilla kernel) retail DVD or ISO file. No need to download any hacked OS X distributions.Third party boot loaders are not required to load the original Snow Leopard DVD or ISO file.Shutdown and Restart of Virtual machine works without crashing.‘About the Mac’ option works without crashing and properly reading processor and memory (Intel Core2duo is in my case)Can be updated to latest 10.6.7.USB keyboard and mouse issue fixed after 10.6.7 update.USB storage (Flash disk or external hard disk) access crashing issue fixed.Sound is working inside Virtual machine, Bravoo…… 5 Screen resolution sizes can be adjustedShared folders between Mac OS X guest and Windows host for data sharing

1) Snow Leopard retail DVD – More information available on how to Rip the DVD to ISO format if you face any issues.

2) Hardware Virtualization Technology (VT) Enabled Computer in BIOS – Read this guide how to enable Virtualization Technology (VT) in BIOS and Confirm.

3) Latest VirtualBox and Its extension pack, as of today VirtualBox 4.0.4 is the latest. Read more here about extension pack installation and download

4) Bit patient to read this full guide and other several guides I point out.

Intel Core2Duo 2.66GHz, 3GB RAM, Intel P35 chipset with Windows 7 32Bit Host OS.

Since I don’t have other processor computers, I can’t guarantee this guide for all types of processors, but I’m sure this will work on most of the Intel processor computers, AMD users must be lucky with this method, but it’s possible too.

1) Create a new virtual machine with Operating System type – Mac OS X and Version Mac OS X Server.

2) Configure RAM size (Minimum 1GB, Recommended 2GB) and Create new hard disk (20GB will be enough, but you can assign more).

3) Go to the newly created virtual machine’s settings and adjust the System settings as shown below.

The things you must check here,

Floppy drive removed.Chipset selected to ‘ICH9’ (New chipset supported from VirtualBox 4 versions)Enable IO APIC, Enable EFI (This is the built in Boot loader for Mac OS X)

4) You can go to Display and adjust the maximum settings. To be honest, I don’t know how this will improve the video performance inside Mac VM, just hoping…..

5) Go to storage option and mount the ISO file or select the host DVD drive here.

If you want to install with Snow Leopard original retail DVD (Get it here) by inserting into host drive, select the Host drive option and make sure Passthrough is enabled as shown below.

6) Go to USB options and make sure ‘Enable USB Controller’ and ‘Enable USB 2.0 (EHCI) Controller’ selected.

Check the sound option and confirm ‘Windows DirectSound’ and ‘Intel HD Audio’ options are selected. Intel HD Audio is the new virtual audio controller added with VirtualBox 4 and later versions, this driver works inside Snow Leopard virtual machine.

7) Check the installed VirtualBox extension pack on host computer. Extension pack should be installed to support USB2.0 in Snow Leopard VM, if not you will get crashing screen while trying to access USB storage.

Here is the guide about USB crashing problem

Check this guide how to install VirtualBox VM Extension Package

8.) Now go to virtual machine’s folder ( C:\Users\User-Name\VirtualBox VMs\Virtual-Machine-Name) and open the .vbox file in word processing software like MS WordPad.

9) Enter the following string in the location mentioned in example file.

Here is the example file of working Snow Leopard in VirtualBox 4.

The above extra string helps in several ways to install Snow Leopard in VirtualBox 4.

Original Vanilla kernel installation with original retail DVDVirtualBox built in EFI boot loader works here. So, you do not need any third party boot loaders.Shutdown and restart of VM works (no hanging screen)‘About the Mac’ screen works inside snow leopard virtual machine.

10) Power on the virtual machine now. Installation must start normally without any issues. Follow more installation steps and how to create partition during the installation in this guide.

Complete the initial setups and configurations. I’m sure you will land on working Snow Leopard desktop in VirtualBox 4.

1) Network, USB Access inside virtual machine

NAT and Bridged networking modes worked straightaway inside virtual machine.

USB storage access such as Flash disk and external hard disk worked fine without any issues.

Important Note – You must install VirtualBox Extension Pack before access USB

2) Sound

That’s a really great news for hackintosh users in Oracle VirtualBox. New VirtualBox 4 and latest versions’ new motherboard and sound chipset support sound in Snow Leopard. I can hear 90% clear and unbreakable sound from VM.

Double check the main chipset type under System was set to ICH9 and Audio Controller set to Intel HD Audio as shown above. I’m not sure how this will work in AMD based computers.

3) Screen Resolution Sizes

Since we do not have proper VirtualBox guest additions tools for Mac OS X, we have to use manual methods to modify screen resolution size to 5 options.

Check the below guide and user comments to find out the correct working method for you.

Increase Mac OS X Snow Leopard Screen Resolution Size in VirtualBox

4) Latest 10.6.7 Update

It worked fine. Because of this is purely running from original vanilla kernel without any hacked versions, the update (software or manual) to 10.6.7 installed well.

Just check this guide where to download combo and separate Snow Leopard 10.6.7 update and run the installation.

Take a snapshot before run the update.

5) Shared Folders in Snow Leopard Virtual machine and Windows 7 host

Though, VirtualBox shared folders can’t be used here without guest additions tools, we can use normal file sharing between Mac OS X and Windows by setting up network. You can share large amount of data by this step.

More information available here to setup shared folders in Mac OS X and Windows 7

I hope this guide will be useful in running latest Hackintosh 10.6.7 Mac OS X Snow Leopard on VirtualBox 4 for testing and learning purposes.

You can’t expect the all full features as running on physical Apple hardware, but still its useful for experiment purpose with your normal PC.

You can download free eBook from Sysprobs for more useful installation methods, tips and tricks on Hackintosh on desktop virtualization software VMware and VirtualBox.

Feel free to drop some comments, success and failure installation attempts, I will be happy to help you.

Have fun.

Download Snow Leopard 10.6.7 Combo Update and Individual Update

Apple has released the 10.6.7 combo and individual update for public which can be downloaded from official site. Its having several bugs fixed, security updates and enhance stability. Find out the links to download Snow Leopard 10.6.7 Combo and individual update at end of this post. May be next major desktop OS update from Apple will be 10.7 Lion OS X which is out for developers and torrent sites already.

Here is the working method to install and run Mac OS X 10.7 Lion on VMware with Intel Computer.

The 10.6.7 Update is recommended for all users running Mac OS X Snow Leopard and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac, including fixes that:

Improve the reliability of Back to My Mac Resolve an issue when transferring files to certain SMB servers Address various minor Mac App Store bugs

More information about the Snow Leopard 10.6.7 available here.

Since we cover Hackintosh on Desktop virtualization software such as VMware and VirtualBox, I highly recommend to take a snapshot before do this update.

How to install Snow Leopard on VMware

How to install Snow Leopard on VirtualBox

Normal Combo update – Approx 1.12GB ( Required versions 10.6 to 10.6.6)

For Mac Book Pro Early 2011 – Approx 370MB (Required version 10.6.6)

10.6.7 update only – Approx 475MB ( Required version 10.6.6)

I have not tried Snow Leopard 10.6.7 on VMware or VirtualBox with Hackintosh methods, please check and update me.

I will be doing this in coming days and update here.

Stay tuned.

What’s New in VMware Workstation 7.1.4? Download it Now!

VMware has released maintenance release of Workstation 7.1.4 and VMPlayer 3.1.4 in their desktop virtualization software series. Its just an ordinary update with few security issues and problems fixed. Let me inform what’s new in VMware workstation 7.1.4?.

Windows 7 SP1 and Ubuntu 10.10 is supported as host and guest in new version. Some known small, but useful issues fixed in VMware 7.1.4, such as,

“ Workstation 7.1.4 addresses a local privilege escalation in the vmrun utility
VMware vmrun is a utility that is used to perform various tasks on virtual machines. The vmrun utility runs on any platform with VIX libraries installed. It is installed in Workstation by default. In non-standard filesystem configurations, an attacker with the ability to place files into a predefined library path could take execution control of vmrun. This issue is present only in the version of vmrun that runs on Linux

Because Workstation failed to identify more than 10 USB host controllers in newer Windows guests, some USB devices did not appear in the Removable Devices menu. Now Workstation shows all USB devices in the Removable Devices menu as long as they are connected to the first identified 16 USB controllers

The Easy Install feature did not work for Fedora 14 guest operating systems. ”

Find out more what’s new in VMware workstation 7.1.4

Easy install for several guest operating Systems fixed in this version.

Install VMware tools on Fedora 14

For Windows

For Linux

Download only VMware Player 3.1.4

Update Snow Leopard by Hazard to 10.6.7 on VMware or VirtualBox

Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Intel AMD by Hazard is a famous hackintosh distribution available on internet. It was almost tweaked for Intel and AMD physical computers with most of the famous chipsets. The good thing is, it works well on Oracle VirtualBox without any third party boot loaders or editing configuration files. But the main issue is, this can’t be updated to latest Mac OS X versions because of its running in hacked kernel which can’t be upgraded. This guide is showing how to update Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Intel AMD by Hazard  to 10.6.7 latest update on VMware or VirtualBox.

I’m not only showing the way of update, but also the few and important points you must consider to install Snow Leopard 10.6.7 Intel AMD by Hazard on VirtualBox and VMware.

1) The latest Oracle VirtualBox 4 came with new motherboard and sound virtual chipsets. Therefore it makes the possibility of working sound inside Snow Leopard virtual machine.

Make sure the following chipsets are set for virtual machine before start the hazard installation.

2) Install the latest VirtualBox VM Extension pack corresponding to your version. As of today 4.0.4 is the latest release and read more here where to download VirtualBox extension pack 4.0.4 and install.

This step must be done to avoid virtual machine crashing problem while accessing USB storage devices inside Snow Leopard VM.

3) Check this guide to install Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Intel AMD by Hazard on VirtualBox.

4) Skip the next part and go to last part to update.

1) By any chance you are running Snow Leopard 10.6.2 Intel AMD by Hazard  on VMware workstation or VMPlayer, make sure to replace some kext files before restart the virtual machine after the software update.

If you restart the Snow leopard virtual machine without replacing these kext files with older version, then your USB keyword,mouse and storage will stop working.

Check this guide to replace kext files and  fix USB issues after latest Mac OS X update in VMware.

2) Follow the next part.

It’s the same procedure in VirtualBox and VMware.

The important thing is, we must install the additional legacy kernel 10.6.7 package (which will overwrite the kernel) before press Restart button after the update.

1) Download and transfer the legacy kernel 10.6.7 to your Mac OS X virtual machine.

2) Now, either you run the software update or download the latest 10.6.7 combo update manually.

Start the update, if you have snapshot feature in your desktop virtualization software, then better take a snapshot of current state now.

Once installation (update) completed, DO NOT press restart button. It will allow you to work on other things without restarting or closing the dialog box.

3) Run the legacy kernel 10.7.0 package now.

4) Select legacy kernel option as shown below. I’m not sure how this update will work on AMD processor computer.

Please someone update the result in comments area.

5) Once the kernel package installation completed, restart the Snow leopard virtual machine now.

You may get some VirtualBox errors while restarting. Do not worry, just power off the virtual machine and power it on again.

I’m sure it will boot properly with all latest updated Mac OS X 10.6.7.

Here is the updated Snow Leopard 10.6.7 Intel AMD by Hazard on Oracle VirtualBox with 95% working sound.

I’m sure these steps can be done easily by you, since this Hazard is already tweaked for non apple hardware.

Just let me know how it worked for you.

Have fun

[Guide] How to Create iSCSI Storage Disks in FreeNAS 0.8

FreeNAS is a great open source Operating System to make a physical or virtual computer as a full fledged network storage.  That could be easy for testing and learning purpose at your home or office testing lab. The latest version of FreeNAS is having totally different interface to manage and create iSCSI disks than earlier versions. This guide shows how to create iSCSI storage disks in FreeNAS 0.8 and connect from other hosts.

Sysprobs already covered a guide on how to install FreeNAS 0.8 on virtualbox as a virtual machine. This can be used to serve as a iSCSI server for the testing purpose on Network Access Storage (NAS), install Operating Systems in network drives, failover clustering and live migrations etc.

1) Download and install FreeNAS as explained in earlier guide.

2) You must add the second hard disk (or partition) to use as iSCSI storage disk. I have added one more virtual hard disk to my virtualbox virtual machine.

Here we will create two iSCSI disks ( each 4GB) from this 8GB added disk.

3) Add the volume as shown below.

Storage –> Add Volume –> Provide a volume name –> Select the disk you want to add to Volume pool –> File System.

Press Add Volume and make sure its listed in volumes list.

For some reasons, my 8GB disk detected as 6.3GB only. So, we can create 2 iSCSI disks with 3GB size.

4) If you like you can change the ‘Target Global Base Name’ under iSCSI settings. Otherwise, leave with existing example name. I changed as below.

5) Add portal in next step. You can leave the default or provide the IPv4 address of FreeNAS virtual machine. In my case it is 10.10.27.41, so I can add 10.10.27.41:3260 in portal filed, but I left if with default 0 values.

6) Add the Authorized Initiator now. You can go with default option ‘ALL’, if more security is required then insert the particular network in Authorized network, like 10.10.27.0/24

7) Now we need to create Targets, Extends and match them in Associated Targets. We have to repeat the same steps for each iSCSI disks we are going to create.

Create a target first,

Do the same step again for second target, I gave the name ‘disk2’.

8.) Add extends now. ‘Path to the extend’ filed should contain mounted storage name (Created in Step 3) with extended name. I have allocated 3GB as below.

Do it again for second extend because we are creating two iSCSI disks in FreeNAS 0.8. ‘extend2’ is my second name.

9) Go to ‘Associated Targets’ and match the targets and extends we have created earlier.

Repeat the same step again for other targets and extends.

10) We are almost done, but the important part is still pending, which is enabling iSCSI service in FreeNAS 0.8, it was disabled by default. Go to ‘Services’ and Click on OFF to make it ON in iSCSI.

Now your iSCSI storage disks in FreeNAS 0.8 is ready to connect from other hosts. Here are the connected iSCSI disks from my physical host Windows XP.

If you are looking to make Windows 2008 R2 failover cluster by FreeNAS iSCSI disks, then I suggest to read the below guide.

Windows 2008 R2 Failover Cluster with FreeNAS

There are more guides available here at Sysprobs on FreeNAS, VMWare and VirtualBox.

Its really great to have a NAS (Network Access Storage) setup in testing or production environment without buying physical hardware and software.

I’m hoping the final release of FreeNAS 0.8 will not have major interface changes, therefore this guide will be suitable for final release too.

As usual, if this guide is useful and you face any issues on this method, feel free to drop a comment.