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Linux sum Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0
As you start spending more and more time working on the Linux command line, you tend to learn utilities that aren't very frequently used. Once such tool is sum, which only offers two features: display checksum and block count for input files. In this short tutorial, we will quickly discuss the basics of sum using some easy to understand examples.
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Setup New User and SSH Key Auth. using Ansible on Ubuntu 18.04
Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: linux, server, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 17
Ansible is a simple automation tool that automates software applications deployment, cloud provisioning, and configuration management. It's a server orchestration tool that helps you to manage and control a large number of server nodes from single places called 'Control Machines'. In this tutorial, we will learn how to deploy a new user and enable the SSH Key-Based authentication using the automation tool Ansible.
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How to Install Ariadne CMS on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 3
Ariadne is a free, open source, feature rich cross-platform and security-focused Content Management System written in PHP language. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Ariadne in Ubuntu 18.04 server.
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Linux tac Command Tutorial for Beginners (with Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 2
We've already discussed the Linux cat command in one of our earlier tutorials. As you may be aware, the cat command is mainly used for displaying file contents in output. However, what you may not be aware of is that there exists a command that does exactly opposite of what cat does. The tool in question is tac, and in this tutorial, we will discuss its basics using some easy to understand examples.
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How to Install a Kubernetes Docker Cluster on CentOS 7
Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, virtualization • Comments: 34
In this tutorial, I will show you step-by-step how to install and configure Kubernetes and Docker on CentOS 7. Kubernetes is an open source platform for managing containerized applications developed by Google. It allows you to manage, scale, and automatically deploy your containerized applications in the clustered environment.
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Linux tail Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 1
Sometimes you want to monitor what new information is being written to a file (think of log files), or for whatever reasons, want to access the last few lines of a file. Well, there's a command line utility that lets you do this in Linux, and it's call tail.
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How to Install Flarum Community Software on Ubuntu 18.04
Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 4
Flarum is a free and open source software written in PHP and Mithril.js. It is simple, fast, beautiful and responsive software that is specially designed to be consistent and intuitive across platforms, out-of-the-box. You can easily setup communities in minutes to stay in touch with group of people using Flarum.
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How to Install Subsonic Media Server Ubuntu 18.04
Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 4
Subsonic is a web-based media server written in Java language, so it can run on any operating system with Java support. It comes with a user-friendly web interface and allow us to share music and video with multiple users. You can stream your music from home and listen to your music from anywhere.
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Linux uname Command Tutorial for Beginners (8 Examples)
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0
Regardless of whether you are a system admin, software developer, or a normal Linux user, you may find yourself in a situation where you need some system information like kernel release or version. Well, there exists a built-in command line utility - dubbed uname - that lets you do this.
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How to Monitor Nginx using Netdata on CentOS 7
Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: centos, linux, monitoring, nginx • Comments: 2
Netdata is an open source monitoring system for Linux servers. It provides real-time performance and health monitoring with beautiful dashboard and analytics. In this tutorial, I will show you how to monitor Nginx using Netdata on CentOS 7.