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Author: Dickson Victor

Dickson Victor is an experienced Devops Engineer with expertise in linux system administration, automation and Kubernetes. He holds certifications across different cloud platforms such as AWS, Google and Azure. He's also a certified Kubernetes Administrator. In his spare time, he listens to cool music and takes a walk in nature. He is also an AWS Community Builder.

Using Awx to deploy, schedule and run playbooks

Posted on 14/10/202104/05/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor 1 Comment on Using Awx to deploy, schedule and run playbooks
Using Awx to deploy, schedule and run playbooks

In the previous tutorial, we deployed AWX. Kindly view the tutorial on Ansible AWX. Now we will use AWX to deploy a simple playbook and show how to run, schedule, and manage jobs from the AWX console. Kindly check out some of my other guides: Openstack Deployment with Devstack, Deploying a load balancer from scratch and adding…

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Deploying a load balancer from scratch and adding backend servers

Posted on 24/09/202121/03/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on Deploying a load balancer from scratch and adding backend servers
Deploying a load balancer from scratch and adding backend servers

Load balancing is a key and Major part of IT infrastructure and this is because the High availability and efficient performance of webservers are very important. The purpose of load balancing is to prevent a server from being overloaded and maintain healthy servers by balancing incoming requests. Please see Setup Public Load Balancer in Azure,…

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Automate Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Ansible and Azure Pipelines

Posted on 13/09/202104/05/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on Automate Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Ansible and Azure Pipelines
Automate Infrastructure Deployments in the Cloud with Ansible and Azure Pipelines

Ansible is an open-source product that automates cloud provisioning, configuration management, and application deployments. When using Ansible you can easily provision virtual machines, containers, and networks and complete cloud infrastructures. Also, Ansible allows you to automate the deployment and configuration of resources in your environment. In this article, you will learn how to Automate Deployments…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift, Linux

Monitoring services using Zabbix

Posted on 27/08/202124/09/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor 12 Comments on Monitoring services using Zabbix
Monitoring services using Zabbix

For critical production servers and services, monitoring is very critical. One is to get notified about issues immediately and the second is to resolve quickly hence not affecting SLA. Here, I will be showing you the steps employed in monitoring services using Zabbix, a basic Zabbix template, and very easy Linux commands. Please see PC…

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Top 10 communication software for Mac 2021

Posted on 20/07/202104/05/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on Top 10 communication software for Mac 2021
Top 10 communication software for Mac 2021

Communication software is very crucial to organizations that have a remote workforce or a flexible working environment that allows employees to work at home. Whatever the case may be, having reliable communication software should be at the centre of your attention. In this article, you will learn about the Top 10 communication software for Mac 2021….

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How to setup and configure a Lamp stack on CentOS

Posted on 21/11/202004/05/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor 2 Comments on How to setup and configure a Lamp stack on CentOS
How to setup and configure a Lamp stack on CentOS

LAMP stands for Linux Apache Mysql PHP. This stack is an open-source software used to deliver high-performing web applications comprising of the above-named applications. What this means is that these individual packages are installed together in a stack to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web applications. In this article, I will be…

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Linux

How to automatically resolve errors associated with failed dependencies

Posted on 06/10/202010/10/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on How to automatically resolve errors associated with failed dependencies
How to automatically resolve errors associated with failed dependencies

In this guide, you will learn how to Automatically resolve errors associated with failed dependencies. Sometimes, installing a package on a Linux machine can become quite frustrating when you encounter dependency resolution issues; these dependencies can even sometimes come in a loop and you’d be downloading and installing dependencies over and over again and it…

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Installation and configuration of Cockpit on CentOS Linux

Posted on 30/09/202010/10/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on Installation and configuration of Cockpit on CentOS Linux
Installation and configuration of Cockpit on CentOS Linux

Cockpit is a web-based app/interface that is used to administer and monitor servers and system resources. Two very fantastic things about cockpit is that: a) it has no locked-in feature, meaning you can use it alongside other similar tools b) when it is idle or not in use, it uses no memory neither does it…

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Creating an offline local repository in Linux

Posted on 25/09/202018/04/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on Creating an offline local repository in Linux
Creating an offline local repository in Linux

Repositories can be defined as a box where your work tools are kept. It is a store for packages/applications/software that enhance your Linux experience. There are repositories you can access online, however, within your Linux OS DVD is a rich repository that you do not require internet access to use. This tutorial will work you…

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ESXI 6.7 ALARM: Seat disk exhaustion on 10

Posted on 20/09/202004/05/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on ESXI 6.7 ALARM: Seat disk exhaustion on 10
ESXI 6.7 ALARM: Seat disk exhaustion on 10

In this article, you will learn more about seat disk exhaustion on 10. In vSphere, alarms are notifications that occur in response to certain events or conditions that occur with an object in vCenter Server. It is possible to create alarms for vCenter Server objects such as VMs, ESXi hosts, networks, and datastores. Please see how to encrypt a partition…

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Virtualization

Sign-In Method Not Allowed: Contact Network Administrator

Posted on 28/07/202025/09/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor 4 Comments on Sign-In Method Not Allowed: Contact Network Administrator
Sign-In Method Not Allowed: Contact Network Administrator

In this article, we shall discuss the fix to “The sign-in method you are trying to use is not allowed: For more information, contact your network administrator”. This error is a little bit self-explanatory. Please see How to create a contact in Active Directory, and How to Lock the Find My Device Option in Windows…

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Windows Server

How can I tell if a password is set for a user account on Linux

Posted on 16/05/202025/09/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on How can I tell if a password is set for a user account on Linux
How can I tell if a password is set for a user account on Linux

A user account is a location on a network server that stores a computer username, password, and other information. In this article, we will discuss how can I tell if a password is set for a user account on Linux. A user account allows or does not allow a user to connect to a network,…

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Linux

How to disable Camera Access in Windows

Posted on 18/01/202022/10/2024 Dickson Victor By Dickson Victor No Comments on How to disable Camera Access in Windows
How to disable Camera Access in Windows

In this article, we shall discuss how to disable Camera Access in Windows. Accessing the camera in Windows can vary slightly depending on the version of Windows you are using. In general, it involves using settings to enable camera access for apps, checking device drivers, and using built-in applications as we will see very shortly….

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