A proxy server is server software that acts as a link between a client seeking a resource and the server that provides that resource in information systems. Squid is a Unix-based proxy server that caches Internet material closer to the requestor than the source. The software is capable of caching a wide range of web…
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Nagios is an open-source monitoring system that is widely used. What’s more, it maintains track of your servers and monitors them so you can be certain that your mission-critical services are up and functioning. In this article, we shall discuss ‘How to Install and Configure Nagios on Ubuntu”. Please see How to install free Hyper-V…
Samba assists in providing shared access to files and printers across multiple networked machines. Meanwhile, on the remote server, a CIFS client application can read, write, edit, and even delete files. Please see How to install SAMBA file shares for Servers and Clients. The de facto CIFS standards are Microsoft implementations. Please see How to…
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What would a world without Domain Name System be like? Just imagine you want to order your favorite McDonald’s cheese or chicken burger online and you must type some numbers in the browser before doing so, and it even gets worse if you don’t remember the number you need to type in order to complete…
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HashiCorp’s Terraform is an open-source infrastructure automation tool. The Go programming language was used to create it. It enables you to define and describe your infrastructure as code within configuration files using a declarative language, as well as deploy and manage that infrastructure across a range of public cloud providers like AWS, GCP, and Azure….
Tomcat, also known as Apache Tomcat, is a Java-based web application server that is free, open-source, and lightweight. Programmers use it to implement the Java Servlet and Java Server Pages technologies (including Java Expression Language and Java WebSocket). Tomcat allows developers to create a variety of enterprise Java applications. That’s why this guide is created…
MariaDB is an open-source, multi-threaded relational database management system, backward compatible replacement for MySQL. The MariaDB Foundation including some of the original developers of the MySQL developed and maintained the system. Installing MariaDB on Ubuntu is a simple process that lets you set you a massive database server for your applications. Benefits of Using MariaDB…
The LAMP stack is a collection of open-source tools for developing web applications. In addition, an operating system, a web server, a database, and a programming language are all required for a web application to function. For a database-driven and dynamic website, each layer of software is critical. So, here’s a step-by-step tutorial on how…
The Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) adds a layer of security to administrative tools and commands. It includes dynamically loadable libraries that dictate how different applications verify and authenticate users. Explore this article to learn how to configure advanced PAM in Linux. In this article, we shall learn how to Configure Advanced PAM in Linux. Please…
The process of starting a computer is referred to as “booting.” You can trigger booting by either hardware, such as a button push, or software, such as a command. A computer’s central processor unit has no software in its main memory when it is turned on, so some processes must load software into memory before…
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Sublime Text is a source code editor that is cross-platform in nature. Hence, it comes equipped and supports a handful of programming and markup languages. Plugins, which are often community-built and administered under free-software licenses enable users to augment the functionality of the system. Please see Shell Scripting: How to Automate a Process in Linux,…
Postfix is an open-source mail server released under IBM in 1998. Furthermore, it helps to route traffic between various mail servers across the internet. It is still in use because Postfix strives to be fast, uncomplicated, and trustworthy. To run a mail-in Linux, we need to understand servers’ separate roles in an email configuration. The…
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If you have used Fedora before, I didn’t entirely surprise you, but for Centos or RHEL users, DNF (Dandified Yum) is an updated and better version of yum. DNF is a software package manager for Red Hat Package Management -based Linux distro that installs, updates, and removes packages. In this guide, we shall discuss the…
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