Tips
A collection of 127 posts
10 Easy to Follow Tips for Managing a Self-hosted Nextcloud Instance with Docker
Some helpful advice to keep in mind and follow in practice while you self-host your Nextcloud instance with Docker!
· Avimanyu Bandyopadhyay
7 Useful Tips for Self-hosting a Ghost Instance With Docker
A useful checklist that can prevent many recurring maintenance issues from happening on your Ghost Docker instance after you deploy it.
· Avimanyu Bandyopadhyay
Live Patching Ubuntu Server so That You Don't Have to Reboot it
Tired of rebooting your Ubuntu server after every security upgrade? You may enable live kernel patching and forget about reboots altogether.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Migrate CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream
CentOS 8 reaches end of life by the end of 2021. Learn how to update CentOS 8 to CentOS Stream.
· Debdut Chakraborty
How to Resize LVM Partition Inside an Extended Partition
Resizing a logical volume in Linux is not very difficult but it can be tricky if the root is under an extended partition.
· Rakesh Jain
How to List Only Directories in Linux
Listing the contents of a directory is easy. But what if you want to list only the directories, not files and links?
· Abhishek Prakash
YAML Basics Every DevOps Engineer Must Know
As a DevOps engineer, you'll be dealing with YAML files a lot. It is always a good idea to understand the basic YAML syntax.
· Rakesh Jain
Automatically Logout Inactive Users From Linux System
Here are two ways you can automatically log out idle users from your Linux system.
· Abhishek Prakash
12 Things to do After Installing a Linux Server
Just deployed a server? Here are some recommended things to do after installing Linux server to make it more secure. Automated script is also provided.
· LHB Community
How to Update Debian Linux
Learn to update Debian Linux system in one single command. Yes, it's that easy and straightforward.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Find Which Linux Version You Are Running
Logged in on a Linux system via SSH and wondering which Linux distribution is it? Here's how to check the Linux version.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Display Specific Lines of a File in Linux Command Line
Here are several ways to display specific lines of a file in Linux command line.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to List Systemd Services in Linux
Check what systemd services run on your Linux system in this tutorial.
· Abhishek Prakash
Finding the Biggest Files and Folders in Linux Command Line
Quick tutorial to show you how to find the biggest files on your Linux machine using a few commands that you may already be familiar with du, sort, and head.
· Christopher Murray
How to Reboot Linux Using Command Line
Here are various ways to reboot a Linux system from the command line.
· Abhishek Prakash
Checking Spellings in Linux Command Line
Linux command line is versatile. There are commands that can be used to perform spellcheck and find out misspelled words. Here's how!
· Abhishek Prakash
Group Management Commands in Linux
Group is an essential part of Linux system management and security. Check out various commands that you can use for managing groups in Linux.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Exit a Docker Container
This quick little docker tip shows how to exit a docker container.
· Abhishek Prakash
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How to Remove User From Group in Linux [Quick Tip]
Learn how to remove a user from a specific group in Linux command line.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Disable Swap in Linux
In scenarios like changing the swap size, you should disable the swap first. This quick tutorial shows the steps for disabling swap in Linux.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Run sudo Commands Without Password
Learn how to run some or all sudo commands without entering the password on Ubuntu or any other Linux distribution.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Clear Systemd Journal Logs
This quick tutorial shows you two ways to clear systemd journal logs from your Linux system.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Lock and Unlock User in Linux
How do you lock a user account in Linux? Even more importantly, how do you unlock the user in Linux? Learn various ways of locking and unlocking users in Linux command line.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Restart Apache in Ubuntu
A quick tip that shows how to restart Apache server in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Install Vim on Ubuntu
Learn to install Vim on Ubuntu Linux. Also learn to make Vim the default text editor in Ubuntu and Debian based distributions.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Run an Alias With Sudo in Linux
By default, you cannot run an aliased command with sudo. Don't worry. With this neat little tip, you'll be able to run any alias with sudo access in Linux.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Clear Swap Memory in Linux
Learn how to clear swap in Linux without losing any important data. Also learn why would you clear the swap manually.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Check Swap Space in Linux
Wondering how much swap your system has and how much swap is in use? Here’s how to check swap usage in Linux.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Increase Swap Size on Ubuntu Linux
In this quick tip, you’ll learn to increase the swap size on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.
· Abhishek Prakash
How to Change Hostname in Debian
This quick tip teaches you various ways to change hostname in Debian Linux distributions.
· Abhishek Prakash