Linux Tutorials on the topic “Linux”
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How to setup rsyslog for Centralized Log Management
Author: shahril bin kamaruzzaman •
Tags: arch linux, centos, linux •
Comments: 6 This tutorial explains how to setup rsyslog as a centralized log management server on RedHat Linux based OS like CentOS. Centralized log management means to collect all sorts of logs from several physical or virtualized servers on one log server to monitor the health and security of the server services. We use rsyslog in this tutorial because it offers high-performance, great security and a modular design.
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How to Install and Use Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL on CentOS 7
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: centos, linux, server, web server •
Comments: 0 In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Rails on CentOS 7. We will install and configure Ruby on Rails with a PostgreSQL database, and then create our first project with Rails. Ruby on Rails (RoR), or short "rails", is a server-side web application framework written in ruby that follows MVC (Model-View-Controller) concept.
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Adding a Simple GUI to Linux shell scripts with kdialog
Author: Aaron Peters •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 5 Shell scripts are incredibly useful things. They allow you to do something as basic as creating an easy command to replace a more difficult one with lots of flags, to batching up many complex commands to run from a cron job. They’re great because you can quickly fire them off in your favorite terminal, but in some cases they require you to remember specific combinations of flags or options. If you find yourself in this situation, you can add some simple GUI dialogs to help you speed your way through the task at hand.
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How to Install Gitlab on Debian 8 (Jessie)
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: debian, linux, nginx, programming, server •
Comments: 1 Gitlab is a web-based management and collaboration software for GIT servers similar to GitHub. It contains features like issue tracking, file browser, change tracking and a project wiki. In this tutorial, I will install Gitlab CE on a Debian 8 server behind a Nginx proxy. The Nginx proxy improves scalability and security of the system.
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Uncommon but useful GCC command line options
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 0 Software tools usually offer multiple features, but - as most of you will agree - not all their features are used by everyone. Generally speaking, there's nothing wrong in that, as each user has their own requirement and they use the tools within that sphere only. However, it's always good to keep exploring the tools you use as you never know when one of their features might come in handy, saving you some of your precious time in the process. So, in this article, we will cover a couple of such options, offering all the required details, and explaining them through easy to understand examples wherever necessary.
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How to Install Jenkins Automation Server with Apache on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 Jenkins is an automation server forked from the Hudson project. Jenkins is a server based application running in a Java servlet container, it has support for many SCM (Source Control Management) software systems including Git, SVN, and Mercurial. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install the latest Jenkins version on Ubuntu Server 16.04. We will run Jenkins on our own domain name, and we will to install and configure Jenkins to run under the apache web server with the reverse proxy for Jenkins.
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What's new in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) - an overview
Author: Himanshu Arora •
Tags: desktop, linux, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 The Ubuntu 16.10 operating system was released last month. The new version, which is also called Yakkety Yak, came around six months after Canonical - the company behind Ubuntu - released version 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) of the Linux-based operating system. We've already discussed the changes that Ubuntu 16.04 LTS brought along, so in this article we'll be covering a quick overview of Ubuntu 16.10 desktop, essentially focusing on the major new features/changes it brings to the table when compared to version 16.04 LTS.
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How to install and use profiling tool Gprof on Linux
Author: Ansh •
Tags: linux, programming •
Comments: 3 If you are a programmer, who writes code in C, Pascal, or Fortran77 programming language and uses Linux as the development platform, you'll be glad to know that there exists a powerful tool through which you can check the performance of your code - the tool in question is Gprof. In this tutorial, we'll be discussing the details of how you can download, install, and use this tool.
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Introduction to Audio Workstation Software Tracktion 5 DAW on Linux
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: desktop, linux •
Comments: 0 Tracktion is one of the most popular digital audio workstations and one of the very few that are available for the Linux platform along with the magnificent Ardour. While Tracktion is distributed under proprietary software licenses, its creators felt that they should give back something to the Linux community as they have used open source tools for the building of their product. That is why the fifth version of the software that was released in 2014 is now available for free for all Linux users.
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L2TP over IPsec using OpenSwan with Freeradius authentication on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Ahmad • Tags: linux, security, ubuntu • Comments: 3This article is about the layer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP) with IPsec to provide end-to-end encryption in the layer 2 VPN. The open source implementations of IPsec are StrongSwan and OpenSwan, both are supported on all Linux distributions. In this tutorial, OpenSwan is used to provide the security channel for L2TP VPN.
