How to Sync Time in Linux Server using Chrony
Time plays an important role in Linux servers specially when they are used in banking, stock markets and other financial sectors. If we want all our Linux servers should have the correct time, then...
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How to Setup DNS Server (Bind) on CentOS 8 / RHEL8
Developed in the 80’s by students at Berkeley University, BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an open source DNS server that provides DNS services on Linux distributions. So, what is a DNS server ?...
How to Boot CentOS 8 / RHEL 8 Server in Single User Mode
For day to day operations tasks, sometimes Linux geeks have to boot Linux server in single user mode for recovering the root password, repairing file system errors, fixing incorrect entry of fstab and disabling...
How to Install and Configure KVM on Debian 10 (Buster)
KVM stands for Kernel based Virtual Machine, KVM is a free and open source type 2 hypervisor which is installed on top of Linux like distributions. Once the KVM is installed on your system...
How to Run Containers with Podman on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
Podman is a free and open-source daemonless container platform that was built to develop, manage and deploy containers and pods on a Linux environment. Pods are group of containers which are usually deployed on...
Lock User Account After n Failed Login attempts in Linux
Linux Server hardening is one of the important task for sysadmins when it comes to production servers. It is recommended that one should enable login or ssh attempts policy, means user’s account should be...
How to Install Ansible AWX with Docker-Compose on CentOS 8
Red Hat has provided two GUI tools for centralized management of remote nodes using Ansible. Ansible Tower AWX Ansible Tower is a web-based interface and REST API endpoint for Ansible. It provides centralized logging...
How to Create and Add EBS Volume in AWS Instance (EC2)
In this topic, we shed light on how you can add or attach an EBS (Elastic Block Storage) volume on an AWS instance. An extra EBS volume supplements storage space for your instance. Once...
How to Install Docker CE on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
Docker is a daemon-based container engine which allows us to deploy applications inside containers. With the release of RHEL 8 and CentOS 8, docker package has been removed from their default package repositories, docker...
How to Manage Remote Windows Host using Ansible
Ansible is increasingly becoming the go-to platform for application deployment, and software provisioning among developers owing to its ease of use and flexibility. Furthermore, it is easy to set up and no agent is...
How to Install Ansible (Automation Tool) on CentOS 8/RHEL 8
Ansible is an awesome automation tool for Linux sysadmins. It is an open source configuration tool which allows sysadmins to manage hundreds of servers from one centralize node i.e Ansible Server. Ansible is the...
How to Install VirtualBox 6.0 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8
VirtualBox is a free and open source virtualization tool which allows techies to run multiple virtual machines of different flavor at the same time. It is generally used at desktop level (Linux and Windows),...
