Reset lost root password on Ubuntu 18.04/20.x Rumi, May 15, 2021 Boot Into GRUB menu The first step is to reboot into the GRUB menu. If Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver is the only operating system installed you need to keep pressing SHIFT for the GRUB menu to show up. Continue Reading
Install LAMP with PHP-FPM on Ubuntu 20 Rumi, April 4, 2021 Step 1 – Installing Apache Apache web server debian packages are available under the default repositories. Login to your Ubuntu system with sudo privileges account. Open a terminal and execute the following commands: sudo apt update sudo apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-fcgid The above commands will install Apache and FastCGI module… Continue Reading
Install OnlyOffice Document Server on Ubuntu 16 Rumi, November 21, 2020 Step 1: Install ONLYOFFICE Document Server Please note that OnlyOffice document server requires at least 2GB of RAM. An additional 2GB of swap space is recommended. OnlyOffice document server depends on PostgreSQL, Node.js, Redis Server, RabbitMQ server and Nginx. The following steps are tested on a Ubuntu 16.04 server but should… Continue Reading
Apache error fix on Forbidden You don’t have permission to access this resource Rumi, June 30, 2020 Tested and works on Debian/Ubuntu apache installation. For this open the apache2.conf file using the nano editor sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf Replace the general directory settings with this. <Directory /> #Options FollowSymLinks Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI AllowOverride All Order deny,allow Require all granted </Directory><Directory /usr/share> AllowOverride None Require all granted… Continue Reading
Install Redis on Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04 LTS Rumi, May 23, 2020 Step 1 – Prerequsities Log in to your system with sudo privilege account using shell access, to which you need to install Redis. ssh ubuntu@remote Update the apt-get packages index files and also update existing packages to the newest versions by using the following commands: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get… 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
Reinstall VirtualBox on Ubuntu & CentOS Rumi, January 8, 2020 For Ubuntu To remove virtualbox sudo dpkg –list virtualbox-* sudo apt autoremove –purge virtualbox* dpkg -l virtualbox* | grep ^i Remove all PPAs from sources.list and source.list.d directory mkdir ~/apt-tmp sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* ~/apt-tmp Make sure there is nothing except official repositories sources in /etc/sources.list. And update your sources: sudo apt… Continue Reading
Install Zoneminder on Ubuntu 18.04 with shell script Rumi, November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 This will install Zoneminder by using a shell script with one basic command (how easy is that!). You will need a Ubuntu 18.04 install with LAMP (Apache, MySQL and PHP) installed desktop or server. As an alternate you may use Mariadb in lieu of MySQL Shell script file contents: #!/bin/sh… Continue Reading
How to Install and Configure GitLab on Ubuntu 16.04 Rumi, October 23, 2019 GitLab is an open source GIT repository manager based on Rails and developed by GitLab Inc. It is a web-based GIT repository manager that allows your team to work on code, track bugs and feature requests and to test and deploy applications. GitLab provides features like a wiki, issue tracking, code… Continue Reading
How to Change Hostname on Ubuntu 18.04 Rumi, August 6, 2019 Display the Current Hostname To view the current hostname, enter the following command: hostnamectl As you can see in the image above, the current hostname is set to ubuntu1804.localdomain. Change the Hostname The following steps outline how to change the hostname in Ubuntu 18.04. 1. Change the hostname using hostnamectl… Continue Reading