Welcome to Kannayath.com!

I am an IT consultant based in Dubai, UAE specialising in Free and Open Source Software.  I have been into computers for over 10 years, working mainly in the areas of network administration, Linux and IT Security. I have branched out into other areas as my interests, opportunities and clients necessitated. I have developed desktop applications, setup complete IT infrastructure from scratch, built large-scale servers & firewalls, designed websites, and used more computer platforms than I care to count.

The following is an incomplete list of technologies I have expertise in:

  • Web: Apache, Tomcat, PHP, Varnish, Joomla, WordPress, BuddyPress, web designing, web hosting 
  • Google: Google Apps, Analytics, Adsense, Adwords
  • E-commerce: Prestashop, Magento
  • Mail: Sendmail, Postfix, Dovecot, Spamassassin, Amavis
  • Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Derby
  • Development:  SVN, Maven, Jira
  • Backup: Bacula, rsync
  • Firewall: Netfilter, Shorewall
  • Virtual Private Networking: IPSEC, OpenVPN, PPTP
  • Intrusion detection: Snort
  • Virtualisation: VMware, Virtualbox, Xen
  • CRM/ERP: Hipergate, Vtiger, OpenERP
  • Telephony: Asterisk
  • Network/server monitoring: Nagios, Munin, Cacti
  • Clustering/Load balancing: HAProxy, MySQL clustering/replication, Keepalived
  • Embedded system: OpenWrt, Android
  • Linux: RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS
  • UNIX: FreeBSD, Solaris, SCO Openserver
  • Mac OS X: Snow Leopard, Lion 

If you need help with setting up, configuring or troubleshooting any of the above, please drop me a mail