Monthly Archives: December 2013

Labs

A Brief Introduction to SQL using MySQL

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I. Lab Setup

In order to setup this lab for your local users, you will need to install and configure mysql with the appropriate accounts and access. We are going to use the sample database file provided by the O’Reilly book, Learning SQL by Alan Beaulieu. Now, let’s install the mysql utilities and server,

[root@localhost]# yum install mysql
[root@localhost]# yum install mysql-server

Start the daemon and verify the process is running,

[root@localhost]# service mysqld start
[root@localhost]# pgrep -l mysql

Connect to the mysql database, set the root password and verify it is working correctly,

[root@localhost]# mysql -u root
mysql> set password for root@localhost=password('mysecret');
mysql> select user,host,password from mysql.user;
mysql> exit
[root@localhost]# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: Continue reading A Brief Introduction to SQL using MySQL →
Networks

An Introduction to BGP – Border Gateway Protocol

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Border Gateway Protocol-

BGP is the routing protocol of the internet. It is non-proprietary and has the ability to run on many different networking devices. This is typically ran on higher end routers, or even layer 3 switches. This is what the internet backbone routers use to make routing decisions for traffic traversing the internet.

BGP specifies how routers communicate with each other and share information which dictates the possible paths for traffic to take going in or out of a network.BGP is a path vector protocol, which means that its routing decisions are based on path, policies, and/or rule sets. Continue reading An Introduction to BGP – Border Gateway Protocol →