This is a 2 part series about creating shared folders for groups to use. In this first video, we use useradd, passwd, groupadd, and usermod to create the users and groups, and assign passwords and group memberships. Once created we use cat and tail to look at the /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, and /etc/group files to view […]
In this final video we complete the installation of the LAMP stack by installing and configuring PHP. Once installed, we confirm the installation with a sample page and finally remove the page to secure our system. CompTIA Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification: https://amzn.to/2YMdrH9
In this third video we go over the installation of MySQL server on our Linux system. We will go over several of the security options and show how to confirm the application is running properly. CompTIA Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification: https://amzn.to/2YMdrH9
In this second video, we continue our installation of the LAMP stack by installing the Apache web server. CompTIA Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification: https://amzn.to/2YMdrH9
In this first of four videos, we will install Ubuntu 18.04 in preparation for building out our LAMP stack. This video covers the the various options available when installing Ubuntu, as well as describing when and why they would be necessary. CompTIA Linux+ Guide to Linux Certification: https://amzn.to/2YMdrH9
What can I say, I love Linux, but I also love Visual Studio and C#. When I first learned about .NET Core being able to run on Linux, it was the joining of two worlds. In this post, I hope to walk through the setup and publishing a website using these technologies.Prep the environment – […]
Previously, I had setup a centralized syslog archive and directed all of my network devices to report into it. This turned out to be great timing, as there was a network issue, and having the logs in one place made the job that much easier. The next step however, is to put the information into […]
There are lots of articles out there that describe how to increase the swap size on your Linux VM, unfortunately most dont appear to include step-by-step instructions. One great example is http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/08/how-to-add-swap-space/, which provides a couple of different scenarios, but it causes the systems to become non-standard configurations. This post will describe the process I […]
In a previous post (http://blog.edgoad.com/2009/06/configuring-vnc-to-auto-start.html), I covered the steps to configure RHEL 4.4 to automatically start VNC. This allowed users to connect remotely to 1 or more remote desktops. I had a request to repeat the process, however this time for RHEL 6.2. Here are the high-level steps I used to perform this. Install 6.2 […]