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• How to Install Oracle Database 12c on CentOS 7

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, server • Comments: 0 • Published: May 24, 2017

  In this tutorial, I will show you step-by-step how to install Oracle 12c on a CentOS 7 x86-64 machine. This includes the preparation and configuration of the CentOS 7 machine for the Oracle 12c installation, the Oracle 12c installation and testing the database with the Oracle Database command line utility sqlplus and the web-based Oracle Enterprise Manager.

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• Linux Uniq Command Tutorial for Beginners (10 examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: May 23, 2017

  The uniq command reports or even deletes repeated lines in a file. In this article, we will discuss uniq through easy to understand examples.

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• How to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox

  Author: Dimitris • Tags: arch linux, linux • Comments: 9 • Updated: May 23, 2017

  Arch Linux is a Linux-based operating system that is designed for i689 and 86-64 computers. Arch Linux is also popular for having a comprehensive documentation in form of the community wiki known as ArchWiki. This Linux operating system is based on binary packages that are targeted for i832, 64-bit, and 32-bit systems and optimized for the best performance on the modern hardware systems.

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• How to Enable SSL and Remote Connections for MySQL on CentOS 7

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, mysql • Comments: 0 • Published: May 22, 2017

  In this tutorial, I will show you step by step to configure MySQL securely for remote connections with SSL. MySQL is an open source relational database system that works on many Operating Systems including Windows, Linux, MacOS and FreeBSD. It is probably the most popular OpenSource RDBMS and a central component of the LAMP and LEMP Stacks.

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• How to install pandom: a true random number generator for Linux

  Author: Oliver • Tags: centos, debian, fedora, linux, opensuse, security, suse, ubuntu • Comments: 1 • Updated: May 22, 2017

  This tutorial explains how to install pandom: a timing jitter true random number generator maintained by ncomputers.org. The built-in Linux kernel true random number generator provides low throughput under modern circumstances, as for example: personal computers with solid state drives (SSD) and virtual private servers (VPS). This problem is becoming popular in Linux implementations, because of the continuously increasing need for true random numbers, mainly by diverse cryptographic purposes.

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• How to park domains using ISPConfig

  Author: Oliver • Tags: centos, debian, ispconfig, linux, server, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 0 • Updated: May 22, 2017

  This tutorial explains how to setup a specific default webpage in a working Apache ISPConfig server.

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• How to join your Linux server to the NTP pool project

  Author: Oliver • Tags: arch linux, centos, debian, linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Updated: May 22, 2017

  This tutorial explains how to configure a NTP (Network Time Protocol) server (using ntpd) and join it to the continuously more demanded NTP pool project.

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• Linux cmp command tutorial for beginners (7 examples)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux • Comments: 0 • Published: May 19, 2017

  Pretty much regardless of your role, if your regular work involves doing stuff on the command line in Linux, you may find yourself in a situation where-in you'd want to compare two files using a command line utility. There are several command line tools that let you do this, and one among them is the 'cmp' command.

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• 10 Linux Cat Command Examples for Beginners

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux • Comments: 1 • Published: May 17, 2017

  If you a regular Linux command line user, I am sure you must have used the cat command. The tool is mostly used for displaying contents of a file, although it provides many other small but useful features. In this article, we will discuss the cat command in detail, explaining some of its key features.

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• How to install ONLYOFFICE 9.0.0 with integrated online editors using Docker script

  Author: Daria • Tags: linux, server • Comments: 0 • Published: May 16, 2017

  This tutorial describes the latest ONLYOFFICE updates and its installation using an automatic Docker script. The script will set up Docker containers with all the components necessary for ONLYOFFICE correct work.

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