I started an Ubuntu EC2 the other day hoping to run Ansible on it and was surprised that Python was not installed. A requirement for Ansible to run on target machines is to have a modern version of Python. You can just run sudo apt install python but this is not ideal if you need […]
Category Archives: Linux
GREP command overview
The grep command means Global Regular Expression Print. This Linux command is one of the most useful commands out there. Below are some basic examples: grep ‘word’ filenamegrep ‘word’ filename1 filename2 filename3grep ‘string1′ string2’ filenamecat filename | grep ‘something’command | grep ‘something’ Next example, you can search for the user ‘tom’ in the Linux passwd […]
Remote to your office computer from home using SSH and reverse port forwarding
This is easier than what it seems. Follow the steps below in order. Make sure you know your home public IP. Find this info on your home router/modem or do a search in Google “What’s my ip”. Note this IP address. More coming soon!
Linux df command line brief examples
df is a Linux command for for reporting file system disk usage on a Linux system. While brewing coffee at home I found the following. How to view disk usage using df command? Simple! Simplest way is just to type df on the command line and you should get the below output: Filesystem […]
Runlevels Linux Learn more simple table
Hola! Each runlevel has a certain number of services stopped or started, giving the user control over the behavior of the machine. Conventionally, seven runlevels exist, numbered from zero to six. While brewing coffee at home I found the difference between runlevels in Linux. See below. Runlevel Mode Definition 0 Halt Shuts down the system. […]
Default Apache virtual host file in Ubuntu
I was asked the other day ‘How does the default Apache virtual host file looks like?’ I was having my Peruvian coffee and decided to place below the default Apache virtual host file in this post for any future reference. <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName www.example.com ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /var/www/html ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost> Super […]
Linux File Systems ext2, ext3 and ext4
While having coffee at home I decided to put this table together regarding Linux File Systems and their differences. Let me know if I’m missing something. Ext2 Ext3 Ext4 Stands for Second Extended file system. Stands for Third Extended file system. Stands for Fourth Extended file system. Introduced in 1993. Introduced in 2001. Introduced in […]
Copying files rsync Linux use of “/” at the end of path
Hello, sometimes we need to copy files and we are not sure when to use “/ ” at the end of the path. Copying files rsync while brewing coffee at home this is what I found. Check this useful summary:
How to Change Root Password in Ubuntu Linux
The root user is disabled by default in Ubuntu. This does not mean the account was removed. After researching while having amazing coffee from Latin America I found the following… If for some reason, you need to enable the root account, all you need to do is to set a password for the root user. In […]
Install mkpasswd in Ubuntu
Hola, I ran into the below issue while trying to install mkpasswd in Ubuntu. sudo apt install mkpasswd Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done E: Unable to locate package mkpasswd Turns out that mkpasswd is a utility part of the whois package. So, in order to get mkpasswd you have […]