How to Create NIC Teaming or Bonding in CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
NIC teaming is the aggregation or bonding of two or more network links into a single logical link to provide redundancy and high availability. The logical interface/link is known as a team interface. In
Install Multiple Linux Distributions Using PXE Network Boot on RHEL/CentOS 8
PXE Server – Preboot eXecution Environment is a standardized client-server architecture that instructs a client system to boot, run, or install multiple Linux operating systems using a PXE-capable network interface on your network infrastructure.
Useful PuTTY Configuration Tips and Tricks
Putty is an opensource terminal emulator that supports several network protocols like Telnet, SSH, Rlogin, SCP, and Raw Socket. The initial version of putty is dated back to January 8, 1999, and designed for Windows
5 Best CLI Tools to Search Plain-Text Data Using Regular Expressions
This guide takes a tour of some of the best command-line tools that are used for searching matching strings or patterns in text files. These tools are usually used alongside regular expressions – shortened
How to Run Any Linux Distribution Directly from Hard Disk in Ubuntu Using Grub Menu
Most of Linux distributions provide ISO files that are designed and built to run in Live Mode directly from a bootable media such as CD /DVD, Flash/USB cards or even directly from a Hard
Bashtop – A Resource Monitoring Tool for Linux
Bashtop is a terminal-based resource monitoring utility in Linux. It’s a nifty command-line tool that intuitively displays statistics for your CPU, memory, running processes, and bandwidth to mention just a few. It ships with
The Best Linux Distributions for Old Machines
Do you have an old laptop that has gathered layers of dust over time and you don’t exactly what to do with it? A good place to start would be to install a Linux
How to Automatically Build and Configure Custom Docker Images with Dockerfile – Part 3
This tutorial will concentrate on how to build a custom Docker image based on Ubuntu with Apache service installed. The whole process will be automated using a Dockerfile. Docker images can be automatically built
How to Install, Run and Delete Applications Inside Docker Containers – Part 2
Following the previous Docker article, this tutorial will discuss how to save a Docker container into a new image, remove a container, and run an Nginx web server inside a container. Requirements How to
Install Docker and Learn Basic Container Manipulation in CentOS and RHEL 8/7 – Part 1
In this 4-article series, we will discuss Docker, which is an open-source lightweight virtualization tool that runs at top of Operating System level, allowing users to create, run and deploy applications, encapsulated into small
Marcel – A More Modern Shell for Linux
Marcel is a new shell. It is similar to traditional shells in many ways, but it does a few things differently: Piping: All shells use pipes to send a text from the output of
How to Install Security Updates in Ubuntu
One of the easiest ways to protect your Ubuntu systems is by keeping up to date software on them. Therefore applying updates frequently is an important part of maintaining secure systems. In this article,
Protect Apache Against Brute Force or DDoS Attacks Using Mod_Security and Mod_evasive Modules
For those of you in the hosting business, or if you’re hosting your own servers and exposing them to the Internet, securing your systems against attackers must be a high priority. mod_security (open-source intrusion
How to Install and Use Linux Malware Detect (LMD) with ClamAV as Antivirus Engine
Malware, or malicious software, is the designation given to any program that aims at disrupting the normal operation of a computing system. Although the most well-known forms of malware are viruses, spyware, and adware,
How to Install PostgreSQL and pgAdmin4 in Ubuntu 20.04
This guide will walk you through the instructions to install PostgreSQL 12 relational and object-oriented database management systems and pgAdmin4, a commonly-used web-based PostgreSQL database server administration tool. We will show how to install
Setting Up Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) on RHEL/CentOS 7/8
Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) is an Open Source, collaborative platform for email servers, developed in two editions, Open Source edition (Free) and Network Edition (Paid), which provides services such as LDAP, SMTP, POP and
7 Best Open Source “Disk Cloning/Backup” Tools for Linux Servers
Disk cloning is the process of copying data from a hard disk to another one, in fact, you can do this process by copy & paste but you won’t be able to copy the
23 CentOS Server Hardening Security Tips – Part 2
Continuing the previous tutorial on How to Secure and Harden CentOS server, in this article, we’ll discuss other security tips that will be presented on the below checklist. Requirements 20 CentOS Server Hardening Security
20 CentOS Server Hardening Security Tips – Part 1
This tutorial only covers general security tips for CentOS 8/7 which can be used to harden the system. The checklist tips are intended to be used mostly on various types of bare-metal servers or
July 31, 2020: Celebrate “System Administrator Appreciation Day” Today
Friday July 31st, 2020 is witnessing 21st System Administrator Appreciation Day. System Administrator Appreciation Day also known as Sysadmin Day, SysAdminDay, SAD or SAAD is celebrated on the last Friday of July every Year.