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To determine what version of the Linux kernel you are currently using, you can use the uname command as per the examples below. $ uname -a This will output the host name of the computer, Kernel version, and the CPU architecture. Example output: $ uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.32-279.19.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Dec 19 07:05:20 …
The tail command which is found on almost all Linux distributions is used to output the last part of files. There is a parameter for the tail command that allows you to monitor a file, and continually output new lines from the file as they are added. This is especially handy for monitoring log files …
A common requirement on any operating system is to be able to view the total size of a list of folders and files on the file system, and be able to sort the list by size. Generally this isn’t straight forward to do. The commands below can be used to do just that. Display folder …
This howto guide will step you through how to restore a MySQL database from a backup file, using the MySQL client command line tools on a Linux machine. Backing up databases is important, but it is useless if you don’t know how to restore the backup. Regular restores should be done to ensure that your …
This howto guide will step you through how to backup a MySQL database using the MySQL client command line tools on a Linux machine. Backing up databases should be done regularly to prevent any data loss due to disk crashes, data corruption, accidental deletion, etc. The more use the database gets, the more regularly the …
This “how to” guide will step you through the process of setting up Nginx, PHP, and MySQL on CentOS 6.
This “how to” guide will step you through the process of setting up Nginx, PHP, and MySQL on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
This guide will show you how to convert a .crt certificate file and associated private key, and convert it to a .pfx file using OpenSSL. This can be useful if you need to take a certificate file, and load it onto a Windows server for example.
This ‘how to’ guide will step you through the process of installing FreeNAS 8 to a USB memory stick using a Linux computer.
Using SSL encryption is a great way to ensure the data between a PC, and a remote server is secure, and cant be modified or viewed by 3rd parties. This ‘how to’ guide will step you through the process of configuring a Nginx site to use SSL certificates.