Create and Mount LVM Volume
In this article we will look into creating LVM volume on remaining not partitioned space and formatting logical volume with ext4 file system . We also will look into mounting it via fstab. In our LAB we will use CentOS7 vm to demonstrate our steps.
Deploy https LAMP website with self signed or commercial certificate on CentOS 7
In this article we will look into setting up very basic LAMP website. We will setup self signed ssl certificate and configure virtual host to run https. SSL is not bullet proof technology but it helps to make your website more secure by creating encrypted link between browser and web server.
Secure OpenSSH with Key based authentication and TCP Wrappers
SSH-Secure Shell was created to provide secure mechanism for data transfer between source and destination hosts on IP based network. SSH uses encryption techniques and digital signatures data checking to ensure security of data being transferred. OpenSSH is free and open source. It also supports additional features like tunnelling, TCP port forwarding and X11 forwarding.
Backup WordPress website with Python script
This is very simple script to backup wordpress based website. It could be used to backup any LAMP based site as well. There are many ways to backup wordpress site. This particular python script is very simple. It cosists of few variables backup_path = '/mnt/backup' # where backup files should be placed source_directorie = '/var/www/html/mysite.com'
Deploy Zimbra 8.6 in Multi-Server setup with CentOS7
In this deployment we will have 2 Zimbra Open Source Edition servers running on the internal network. In most cases we would recommend running Zimbra MTA on the DMZ but in this deployment we already had existing gateway scanning messages. Order of Installation Zimbra LDAP srv Zimbra Mailbox srv Zimbra MTA srv Zimbra Proxy srv
Absolute and Relative Pathnames
Path or location in current directory tree is ether refereed to as Absolute or Relative. Lets take a look at what they are. Absolute Path: Absolute path also known as full or fully qualified path points to a file or directory in relation to / . When we execute pwd command we get absolute path.
Reset lost root password CentOS 7 and RED HAT 7
In this how to we will look into resetting lost root password on CentOS 7. This will also work on RED HAT 7. We will need to boot into special shell in order to do this.
Choosing private IPv4 address range for internal network
If you are in IT consulting field many times you will be assigned task of creating IPv4 addressing for enterprise. Here we will pass on to you our experience of designing internal IP addressing using private IP range. On internal network we will use private IP range which is defined in RFC 1918.
Yum package manager basic commands
Lets take a look at basic yum commands so we can list packages, repositories and also install update packages. Installing and updating Lets take a look at installing wget package. -y switch specifies that we answer Y to run install
Create a Yum Repository from CentOS 6 DVD
We already looked at Creating local yum repository on Linux. In this how to we will look into creating local yum repository from CentOS 6 DVD