Server Incantations
SLES
-
chkconfig –add [service]
- starts the service on startup -
rpm -i [path to installation rpm]
- installs the rpm (useful for installing xs-tools on a host not included in theinstall.sh
file) -
zypper up
- upgrade server to latest package revisions -
zypper search
- search for packages containing the term you want -
zipper dup –no-allow-vendor-change
- safer way to upgrade servers with additional repos -
rc[process name] start|stop|restart|reload
- manage processes (tab will show you the available processes -
SuSEfirewall2
- load and apply any custom firewall rules you have setup within YaST