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--- vms:webdev:apache [2015/08/06 14:20]
admin [Create the Shared www Folders]
+++ vms:webdev:apache [2015/09/06 02:54]
admin [Pages Caching]
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 <WRAP center round tip>
-At this point, you'll probably run into a mount error of type:
+In case at this point you run into a mount error of type:
 <code>
 mount: unknown filesystem type 'vboxsf'
 </code>
-You need to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions:
+You need to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions, see the [[vms:django#install_virtualbox_guest_additions| Install VirtualBox Guest Additions]] section on this wiki.
-<code>
-> apt-get update
-> apt-get upgrade
-> apt-get install build-essential module-assistant
-> m-a prepare
-</code>
-Click on Install Guest Additions… from the Devices menu (VM Window)
 </WRAP>
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 </code>
-We could also have a cron script running all the time, avoiding the need of the manual launch of the //watch// command.
+We could also have a bash script running an endless loop every second, avoiding the need of the manual launch of the //watch// command. To this purpose, we'll create a shell //**drop_caches.sh**// script file and put in an //**@reboot cron task**// (following commands assumed as root):
- <code>
+<code>
+> nano /etc/init.d/drop_caches.sh
+PASTE:
+#!/bin/bash
+sync; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+> chmod +x ~/scripts/drop_caches.sh
+> crontab -e
+PASTE:
+@reboot /root/scripts/drop_caches.sh
+> reboot
+</code>
+To make sure that the script is well running after reboot:
+<code>
+> ps aux | grep [c]aches
+root      2260  0.0  0.0   4184   576 ?        Ss   02:50   0:00 /bin/sh -c /root/scripts/drop_caches.sh
+root      2266  0.3  0.1  10768  1412 ?        S    02:50   0:00 /bin/bash /root/scripts/drop_caches.sh
 </code>