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• How to Install OpenMeetings on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 17, 2018

  OpenMeetings is an open source web-based application for presenting, online training, web conferencing, collaborative whiteboard drawing and document editing, and user desktop sharing. In this tutorial, we will be going to explain how to install OpenMeetings on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

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• How to Monitor your Linux Server using osquery

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 16, 2018

  Osquery is an open source Operating System monitoring, query, and analytics software. Created by Facebook, it exposes an operating system as a high-performance relational database that can be queried using SQL-based queries. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install osquery on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and CentOS 7.

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• Sharing Linux Terminal Sessions With Tmux and Screen

  Author: orange • Tags: linux, other, shell • Comments: 4 • Updated: Aug 16, 2018

  Tmux and GNU Screen are well-known utilities which allow multiplexing of virtual consoles. Using either, it is possible to start a session, detach, move to a different machine and resume the session in uninterrupted progress. It's also possible to use these tools to share a single session between more than one user at the same time.

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• How to Install LimeSurvey on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 15, 2018

  LimeSurvey is a free and an open source online survey application written in PHP and uses a MySQL or PostgreSQL database. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install LimeSurvey on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) server.

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• Linux chage Command Tutorial for Beginners (6 Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 15, 2018

  Linux command line offers several tools for user management (some of which we've already discussed). One such utility is chage, which lets you tweak password expiry information.

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• How to Install Prometheus and node_exporter on CentOS 7

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, monitoring • Comments: 1 • Published: Aug 14, 2018

  Prometheus is an open source monitoring system that allows you to collect metrics from any configured target system. Prometheus implements a multi-dimensional data-model with powerful queries, great visualization, precise alerting, and comes with many integrations.

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• Linux Commands - Overview and Examples

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 7 • Updated: Aug 14, 2018

  The command line is one of the most powerful features of Linux. There exists a sea of Linux command line tools, allowing you to do almost everything you can think of doing on your Linux PC. However, this usually creates a problem: with so many commands available to use, you don't know where and how to start learning them, especially when you are beginner.

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• How to limit CPU usage with CPULimit on Ubuntu Linux

  Author: howtoforge • Tags: linux, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 2 • Updated: Aug 14, 2018

  This tutorial describes how to limit CPU usage in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I will use CPU-limit utility for this purpose. Cpulimit is a tool which limits the CPU usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in CPU time). It is useful to control batch jobs when you don't want them to eat too many CPU cycles. The goal of cpulimit is to prevent a process from running for more than a specified time ratio. It does not change the nice value or other scheduling priority settings, but the real CPU usage.

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• Linux bzip2 Command Tutorial for Beginners (6 Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 13, 2018

  File compressions are carried out according to specific algorithms. There are many compression techniques, and one of them is achieved through bzip2. In this tutorial, we will learn the basics of bzip2 using some easy to understand examples.

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• How to Install GetSimple CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 13, 2018

  GetSimple CMS is a free, open source, simple and easy to use web Content Management System that can be used to create blogs and websites. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install GetSimple CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

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