How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu 20.04
Prerequisites Step 1 — Installing Apache and Updating the Firewall How To Find your Server’s Public IP Address Step 2 — Installing MySQL Step 3 — Installing PHP Step 4…
How To Manage Logfiles with Logrotate in Linux
Log files are an essential part of Linux system administration and monitoring. But log files also quickly grow and take up a lot of storage space. The good news is…
Delete a HiveOS Farm
To properly maintain your HiveOS environment, you might need to manage/delete one of your Hive OS farms. I created an initial “farm,” which was not working, but that is ok.…
Fixed: Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded
If you are trying to download some programs or some drivers, an error occurs saying “Your current security settings do not allow this file to be downloaded“. You can try…
The time it takes a hacker to brute force your password in 2022
Funny but true story… So I walked through Khol’s today to return an Amazon package as Khol’s locally accepts Amazon package returns, and I tried my best to navigate the…
Norton 360 Deluxe vs Bitdefender Total Security | Best antivirus for PC
I’ll compare the Norton 360 Deluxe plan, their second most expensive, to Bitdefender’s most expensive Total Security plan. Why do you ask? Because they both claim to offer the same…
Nightly Reboot – Linux Cronjob Example
DISCLAIMER I’m not a certified financial planner/advisor nor a certified financial analyst nor an economist nor a CPA nor an accountant or a lawyer. I’m not a finance professional through…
Ansible: yum update, reboot system, and wait_for reboot to complete
Table of Contents The Objective The purpose of this post is to explain with an example how ansible initiates the reboot and waits for the reboot to complete. In some…
How to check if a File exists in bash
There are several ways to check the availability of a file in Linux. The “test” command in bash scripting is one of the critical approaches to checking a file’s existence.…
Ansible reboot Linux machine or server with playbooks
Indeed to reboot the VM or bare metal Linux machine/server using Ansible and wait for it to come back but it does not work with the playbook as described here.…