I’d like to share a quick and dirty script written in BASH which is supposed to fetch and show the age of your GNU/Linux distribution in days. I created it just for fun as I thought it would be nice to get this information from somewhere and place it for example in your conky, […]
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Command Line
How to install and setup OpenVPN in ArchLinux
In this tutorial we will show you how to install and setup OpenVPN in ArchLinux. While OpenVPN support user/pass, pre-shared key (PSK), SSL Certificates etc. to authenticate users/clients, I’m rolling with SSL Certificates as they are superior to other authentication methods.
How to replace a failed hard drive in RAID1 array
The following article sums up the steps I used to replace a failed hard drive in a RAID 1 array on a Debian 7 (wheezy) dedicated server machine for one of our clients, though the article applies to any other gnu/Linux system.
How to install and set-up Master Named (BIND) DNS server in Fedora 22
In this tutorial we will show you how to install and set-up Master Named (BIND) DNS server in Fedora 22 VPS. To be more specific, in this case, we will setting up the master DNS server for the “mylinuxvps.com” domain name in a chrooted environment.
How to create a Multi Boot USB Drive with Yumi
In this tutorial we will explain you how to create a Multi Boot USB Drive with Yumi. 1. Download Yumi. Once the program is downloaded insert your flash drive in any of your free USB slots on your PS and open “My computer”. You will see the USB drive mounted there. Note the drive […]
How to install and configure Fail2Ban on your Debian server
In this tutorial we will show you how to install and configure Fail2Ban on your Debian VPS. WHAT IS FAIL2BAN Fail2Ban is the most famous application that can prevents dictionary attacks on your server. – You may ask how it is work? Well, when Fail2Ban detects multiple failed login/attempts from the same IP address […]
Linux tail Command Tutorial for Beginners (5 Examples)
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.
How To Use Vim – Tutorial
Vim is a powerful editor that has many commands, so many that it would be impossible to teach in a tutorial like this. This tutorial is designed to display enough commands so that you are comfortable to easily use Vim as a generic text editor.
How To Install Apache Tomcat 8.0.8 Server On CentOS And RHEL 6
Apache Tomcat (or simply Tomcat, formerly also Jakarta Tomcat) is an open source web server and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF).
A Cool Script To Backup Your MySQL / MariaDB Databases Using FTP
In this script an automatic FTP backup will pickup up your sql.tar.gz and upload the file to a remote FTP server running CentOS.