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• How to Setup Automatic Security Updates on CentOS 7

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, security • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 19, 2017

  Security updates, as most of you'd agree, are very important. On Linux, it's always advisable to keep the installed packages up to date, especially when it comes to security. In general, users should apply security updates to their Linux systems within 30 days of being released. In this tutorial, we will discuss how you can configure a CentOS 7 server for automatic security updates.

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• Linux Commands - Overview and Examples

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 3 • Updated: Sep 18, 2017

  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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• Linux fmt command - usage and examples

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Sep 18, 2017

  Sometimes you may find yourself in a situation where-in the requirement is to format the contents of a text file. Gladly, there exists a command that can cater to at-least some of the text formatting requirements. The tool in question is dubbed fmt. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of fmt, as well as some of main features it provides.

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• How to Install Apache Cassandra NoSQL database on a Single Node Ubuntu 16.04

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 15, 2017

  The Apache Cassandra is a distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data. It's free and open source, and provides High-Availability with no single point of failure. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basic Apache Cassandra installation process with single node.

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• Install and Configure ISC DHCP Server in Debian 9

  Author: Matt Vas • Tags: debian, linux, server • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 14, 2017

  In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to install and configure DHCP server in Debian 9. DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a protocol used in networks through which a system can automatically obtain the network settings at boot time.

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• Linux Gzip Command Tutorial for Beginners (7 Examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Sep 13, 2017

  Linux offers several command line tools for compressing/decompressing files. One of them is Gzip, which uses Lempel-Ziv coding (LZ77) for its compression operations. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of gzip, as well as the features it provides using easy to understand examples.

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• Install and Configure LEMP Stack in Debian 9

  Author: Matt Vas • Tags: debian, linux, mysql, nginx, php • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 12, 2017

  This tutorial will guide you on how to install and configure LEMP stack (Nginx with MariaDB and PHP7) on the latest release of Debian 9. These pieces of software are widely used on servers on the internet today to deploy dynamic websites or interactive web applications.

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• Linux fold command tutorial for beginners (with examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1 • Published: Sep 11, 2017

  While working on the command line in Linux, one thing that you'd have probably missed is how the output gets displayed in terminal. I mean, the way it fits the available area. Have you ever found yourself stuck in a situation where-in the requirement was to make sure the output of a command fits a particular width?

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• Linux Basics: How to hide, lock, encrypt, and secure your files on Linux

  Author: Bill Toulas • Tags: desktop, linux, security • Comments: 0 • Published: Sep 08, 2017

  Hiding, locking, or even encrypting your files and folders on Linux is pretty easy, and for whatever reason you want to do this there are many different approaches that you can follow. Here is a quick guide on how to hide, lock, and secure your files in the easiest way possible.

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• How to use speedtest on a Linux server to check, store and report internet speeds graphically

  Author: Ted Marynicz • Tags: debian, ispconfig, linux, networking • Comments: 4 • Published: Sep 07, 2017

  Following on from a set of problems of poor broadband connectivity I was experiencing I decided that I wanted to monitor the Mbps speed I was getting from my provider on a regular basis. I was seeing especially poor figures when trying to download files in the evening, with much faster speeds achieved very early in the morning.

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