In December 2016 Microsoft made their SQL Server database available in Linux. Here we’ll cover how to install and perform basic setup of MSSQL in the Ubuntu distribution of Linux.
How To Install Microsoft SQL Server On Ubuntu Linux
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on January 3, 2017
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How To Install DNF Package Manager In CentOS/RHEL
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on January 2, 2017
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DNF, or Dandified Yum, which is the next major version of the Yum package manager was introduced with Fedora 18. As of Fedora 22, it has become the default package manager.
As you may know, the Fedora Linux operating system is essentially a bleeding edge testing ground for packages that may be included in RHEL/CentOS based distributions in the future.
It is therefore likely that in some future release, RHEL/CentOS will also make use of DNF rather than Yum to take advantage of the new features, so let’s take a look at what’s involved in installing and using DNF in CentOS Linux so that we can be ready for it when it’s made default.
How To Join CentOS Linux To An Active Directory Domain
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on December 28, 2016
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Here we’ll show you how to add your Linux system to a Microsoft Windows Active Directory (AD) domain through the command line. This will allow us to SSH into the Linux server with user accounts in our AD domain, providing a central source of cross-platform authentication.
12 Dig Command Examples To Query DNS In Linux
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on December 21, 2016
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Dig (domain information groper) is a tool that is used for querying DNS servers for various DNS records, making it very useful for troubleshooting DNS problems.
By the end of this guide you will know how to use dig to perform different types of DNS lookups in Linux.
11 ip Command Examples For Linux
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on December 14, 2016
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The ‘ip’ command is used to print out various network information in Linux. It replaces the deprecated ‘ifconfig’ command, which is not even installed by default in CentOS 7.
The ip command is part of the iproute package, which is installed by default in most modern Linux distributions.
In the examples here you’ll see how to use the ip command to show network configuration such as link information, IP addresses and routing.
14 Simple df (Disk Free) Command Examples For Linux
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on December 7, 2016
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The ‘df’ command is used to quickly print an overview of the disk space in use on different partitions and file systems.
df comes from the GNU Coreutils package and should be available by default in Unix/Linux based operating systems.
How To Convert A VHD File To VMDK
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on November 30, 2016
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Here we’re going to show you how to convert a VHD file to a VMDK file using VBoxManage, which is part of VirtualBox and is freely available.
23 tar Command Examples For Linux
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on November 23, 2016
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The GNU tape archive command, known as ‘tar’, is used to store many different files together into a single archive file. This makes it easy to perform backups and restores of files and directories in Unix/Linux based operating systems.
The practical examples in this guide will show you how to use the tar command in all sorts of different situations.
16 Simple cat Command Examples For Linux
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on November 16, 2016
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The ‘cat’ command is used to read and concatenate files, printing them out to standard output.
Cat comes from the GNU Coreutils package and should be available by default in Unix/Linux based operating systems.
21 Simple ls Command Examples For Linux
Posted by Jarrod Farncomb
on November 9, 2016
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The ‘ls’ command is a standard GNU command used in Unix/Linux based operating systems to list directory contents and display information about the sub directories and files within.
The practical examples in this guide will show you how to use the ls command in all sorts of different situations.