Create persistent swap partition on Azure Linux VM
Introduction Swap space is storage on a disk device that is used when the system’s RAM (physcial memory) is full. When a Linux system runs out of RAM, inactive memory pages are moved from the…
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Introduction to the aptitude package manager for Ubuntu
Introduction In our ongoing series of articles covering various software management tools, we have already covered, dpkg,apt-get and apt. In this article, we’ll cover the aptitude tool for package management on our Ubuntu 16.04 system.…
zypper package management tool examples for managing packages on SUSE Linux
Introduction The zypper package management tool performs the same function for SUSE Linux as yum and apt perform for RedHat and Debian based systems respectively. SUSE (Software and System Entwicklung (Germany) meaning Software and System…
12 DPKG command examples
Introduction The package manager for Debian and distros derived from Debian is called dpkg or Debian package. As users, we can use dpkg directly or use higher level programs like apt(advanced package management tool) which…
Monitoring a Remote Centos 6 server with Nagios core
Introduction In our earlier articles on nagios we explained in detail how to install nagios core on the centos 6 system and configure it. In this article we will explain step by step how to…
Monitoring a Remote Centos 6 server with Nagios core
Introduction In our earlier articles on nagios we explained in detail how to install nagios core on the centos 6 system and configure it. In this article we will explain step by step how to…
Installing Nagios on Centos 7 part 3 (Nagios configuration)
Introduction In our previous two articles we’ve explained how to install Nagios core on a Centos 7 system and how to install Nagios plugin and the Nagios Remote Plugin Executor. In this article we will…
Installing Nagios on Centos 7 part 3 (Nagios configuration)
Introduction In our previous two articles we’ve explained how to install Nagios core on a Centos 7 system and how to install Nagios plugin and the Nagios Remote Plugin Executor. In this article we will…
Nagios installation on Centos 7 part 2 (installing plugins and NRPE)
Introduction In our previews article we walked you through installing nagios core on a Centos 7 system. In this article we will explain how to install Nagios plugins and the Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE)…
Nagios installation on Centos 7 part 2 (installing plugins and NRPE)
Introduction In our previews article we walked you through installing nagios core on a Centos 7 system. In this article we will explain how to install Nagios plugins and the Nagios Remote Plugin Executor (NRPE)…