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• Linux chattr Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2 • Published: Jul 18, 2018

  Many a time, a Linux machine is used by different users. So there are chances that these users access a common set of files. This opens up door to problems like accidental deletion or editing of important files, something which you - as an administrator - would definitely not want to happen. Thankfully, there exists a command - dubbed chattr - that's developed to help you in specifically these kinds of scenarios.

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• How to Create Your Own Video Conference Server using Jitsi Meet on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Jul 17, 2018

  Jitsi is a set of open source projects that allow you to build a secure video conference system for your team which can be used from a web browser and mobile devices. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install your own video conference server using Jitsi meet on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

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• The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 18.04 (Nginx, MySQL, PHP, Postfix, BIND, Dovecot, Pure-FTPD and ISPConfig 3.1)

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: bind, control panels, dns, email, ftp, ispconfig, linux, mysql, nginx, php, postfix, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 6 • Published: Jul 16, 2018

  This tutorial shows the steps to install an Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) server with Nginx, PHP, MariaDB, Postfix, pure-ftpd, BIND, Dovecot and ISPConfig 3.1. ISPConfig is a web hosting control panel that allows you to configure the installed services through a web browser. This setup provides a full hosting server with web, email (inc. spam and antivirus filter), Database, FTP and DNS services.

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• Linux history Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Jul 16, 2018

  If your work involves running tools and scripts on the Linux command line, I am sure there are a lot of commands you would be running each day. Those new to the command line should know there exists a tool - dubbed history - that gives you a list of commands you've executed earlier.

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• How to Install Nextcloud with Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: linux, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 1 • Published: Jul 13, 2018

  In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure the latest Nextcloud 13.0.2 release on an Ubuntu 18.04 server. We will run Nextcloud with a Nginx web server and PHP7.1-FPM and use MySQL server as the database system. Nextcloud is a free (Open Source) Dropbox-like software, a fork of the ownCloud project.

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• How to Setup and Install Oracle Weblogic in CentOS 7

  Author: shahril bin kamaruzzaman • Tags: centos, linux, server • Comments: 0 • Published: Jul 13, 2018

  In this tutorial, I'll guide you on how to setup and install Oracle Weblogic on CentOS 7 operation system. Oracle Weblogic is a middleware tool that is widely used by large companies to serve applications that use Java EE as the programming language.

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• Linux apropos Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Jul 12, 2018

  In Linux, if you ever need help regarding a command, all you need to do is to open its man page. But what if a situation arises wherein the requirement is to quickly search the names and descriptions of all available man pages? Well, Linux has got your covered, as there exists a command dubbed apropos that does exactly this for you.

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• How Setup and Configure Docker Swarm Cluster on Ubuntu

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: linux, ubuntu, virtualization • Comments: 2 • Published: Jul 12, 2018

  Docker Swarm is a tool that allows you to deploy a cluster of Docker Hosts. It's a native clustering tool provided by Docker which provides high-availability and high-performance for your application by distributing it to all nodes inside the swarm cluster. In this tutorial, we will show you step-by-step how to create a Swarm Cluster using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

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• Postfix Virtual Hosting With LDAP Backend And With Dovecot As IMAP/POP3 Server On Ubuntu Bionic Beaver 18.04 LTS

  Author: Miguel • Tags: dovecot, email, linux, postfix, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Jul 11, 2018

  This tutorial describes how to set up and configure virtual mail hosting with an LDAP backend. Software we will use in this howto: Postfix (MTA), Dovecot (IMAP / POP3), Gnarwl (vacation), OpenLDAP (LDAP) and vMailpanel as the management interface. Optional are Proftpd FTP, Roundcube (webmail) and MariaDB (SQL backend for Roundcube).

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• Linux Commands - Overview and Examples

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 7 • Updated: Jul 10, 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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