Redhat / CentOS 8: text mode install guide Rumi, February 24, 2020 By default the RedHat 8 Linux installation will start in the graphical mode. In case you encounter some issues you have an option to force the text mode TTY installation. In this tutorial you will learn:How to modify GRUB boot entry to force text mode installation. Boot from the Redhat… Continue Reading
How to Enable /etc/rc.local with Systemd Rumi, February 24, 2020 If you are running a Linux distro that uses Systemd, then you may find that your command in /etc/rc.local file would not run on system boot. This guide explains how to enable /etc/rc.local script to run on system startup. Enable /etc/rc.local on Systemd If you type the following command in… Continue Reading
Debian 7 wheezy – Certbot auto started failing with ’ No module named pip.__main__’ Rumi, February 9, 2020 If you’re using Debian 7 a.k.a wheezy which is end of life at this moment and you were using Let’s Encrypt was your SSL, then you might need some backward compatibility to continue. A possible work around for me as below: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/certbot/certbot/75499277be6699fd5a9b884837546391950a3ec9/certbot-auto chmod +x ./certbot-auto ./certbot-auto –no-self-upgrade For renewing… Continue Reading
Install cPanel on CentOS 7 Rumi, February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 cPanel is an online Linux-based web hosting control panel that provides a graphical interface and automation tools designed to simplify the process of hosting a web site or email. Prerequisite: Launch a CentOS 7 instance (Only install cPanel & WHM on a freshly-installed operating system). Access the instance via SSH. Run all the… Continue Reading
Ubuntu Server 18.04 LVM out of space with improper default partitioning Rumi, February 1, 2020 Problem Statement: I installed Ubuntu Server 18.04 with the LVM option and left the default partition setup. Now my main drive only has 4GB in a 1TB hard drive. How can I fix this without starting from scratch? Results of df -h : Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on… Continue Reading
Activating File Manager in Vesta CP Rumi, January 31, 2020 If you’ve vesta control panel installed, you may want to activate file manager section of vesta control panel. Open the following file: nano /usr/local/vesta/conf/vesta.conf Add/apend the following line in the editor: FILEMANAGER_KEY=’ILOVEREO’ Save and exit. File manager is now activated. Continue Reading
Install Mariadb on CentOS 7 Rumi, January 21, 2020 MariaDB is an open-source relational database management system, backward compatible, binary drop-in replacement of MySQL. It is developed by some of the original developers of the MySQL and by many people in the community. With the release of CentOS 7, MySQL was replaced with MariaDB as the default database system…. Continue Reading
Set Time Zone on CentOS 7 Rumi, January 14, 2020 Checking the Current Timezone In CentOS and other modern Linux distros, you can use the timedatectl command to display and set the current system’s time and timezone. timedatectl The output below shows that the system’s timezone is set to UTC: Local time: Wed 2019-02-06 22:43:42 UTC Universal time: Wed 2019-02-06… Continue Reading
Install ZFS on CentOS 7 Rumi, January 1, 2020 Installing ZFS File System ZFS File System support is not enabled by default on CentOS 7. That is not the only problem. ZFS is not available in the official package repository of CentOS 7. You have to install it from the official package repository of ZFS. I am installing this… Continue Reading
Disable FirewallD and Enable Iptables on CentOS 7 Rumi, December 28, 2019 Download and Install the Iptables Service To begin your server’s transition, you need to download and install the iptables-service package from the CentOS repositories. Download and install the service files by typing: sudo yum install iptables-services This will download and install the systemd scripts used to manage the iptables service…. Continue Reading