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At some point in your Linux admin career, you will need to deploy a database server. This server might help power a content management system or a human resources platform. No matter what it’s used for, it’s important you know how to be prepared and know how to get the database server up and running. ...
Linux admins have a love affair with information. The more information they can gather the better. And that’s a good thing, as the more informed you are, the more apt you’ll be to make smart decisions. This applies to administration tasks, security, development, and just about anything else you can imagine. Besides, why wouldn’t you ...
Kubernetes is a series of open source projects for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Find out why the ecosystem matters, how to use it, and more in this free PDF download from TechRepublic. In the download: Kubernetes executive summary What is Kubernetes? Why does Kubernetes matter? Who does Kubernetes affect? When ...
Linux admins have a love affair with information. The more information they can gather the better. And that’s a good thing, as the more informed you are, the more apt you’ll be to make smart decisions. This applies to administration tasks, security, development, and just about anything else you can imagine. Besides, why wouldn’t you ...
LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and allows for the querying of a directory service over a network. With LDAP running, all machines on the network can access a distributed directory service, which provides a set of records that can be used for things like authentication. For example, you could have an LDAP server ...
From cloud tools, HRM software, Content Management Systems, or even collections of customer/client information—databases are the foundation for which so many platforms are dependent. If your company is either building in-house applications and services or simply deploying pre-built tools, either of which requires a database to function, you’re going to need to know how to ...
If you use Linux, chances are pretty good you use Bash. But what is it? In this article from TechRepublic Premium, discover why Bash is an incredibly powerful and useful tool for Linux administrators. Not only does it make it possible for you to send input to the operating system, but it allows you to ...
If you’ve started your journey as a Linux administrator, you’ve probably come into contact with a few tasks that you think should be simple, but aren’t quite as easy as you’re accustomed to. One reason for this is because so many Linux servers are of the GUI-less type. In other words, there’s quite a lot ...
No matter your Linux system, be it desktop or server, there will be quite a large number of processes running at any given time. Hopefully those processes are all running as expected. But if not, this article from TechRepublic Premium has some tips to get your processes running smoothly again including how to list running ...
In this article from TechRepublic Premium you will learn how to manage systemd on your Linux systems. From the article: systemd is the initialization system for Linux that replaced the aging collection of startup scripts, often called System V. Those individual scripts were responsible for starting various functions for the system and were controlled by ...