DNF is the default package manager in RHEL, Rocky Linux, Alma Linux, Fedora, and CentOS along with the YUM package manager. Upgrading your distribution is very simple using these package managers. However, we don’t always want to update certain packages like MySQL, PHP, Apache Server (HTTP), and other important applications which will certainly break many …
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In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to install CentOS on VirtualBox. CentOS (Community Enterprise Operating System) is a group of Linux Distribution supporting free and open-source community-supported software. It was started in 2003 and since 2014 has been backed by Red Hat. It is however discontinued, and the last release was on 16th November 2021. …
If you’re using a Fedora or RHEL-based Linux distribution, you’re probably familiar with RPM files. These are the files that contain all the necessary information to install a software program on your system. In order to install an RPM file, you’ll need to use a package manager like dnf or yum. In this tutorial, we’ll …
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In this article, we’ll set up HAProxy as a load balancer for Nginx on CentOS. We assume you already have NGINX service set up and running. What is load balancing? A load balancer sits in between the client and the server and distributes the network traffic across multiple servers. Its sole purpose is to distribute …
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In this article we’ll learn how to disable IPv6 on CentOS. How to check if I have IPv6 enabled or not? To check if you have IPv6 enabled or not, execute the following command: If you have IPv6 enabled, it will output something like in the picture below. whereas if the IPv6 disabled, there will …
In this article, we’ll learn about how to mount CIFS share in CentOS 7. Server Message Block (SMB) of which the version SMB1 is also known as Common Internet File System (CIFS). It is a network file system protocol. A network file system provides access to the local directories and files of the server remotely …
YUM command (Yellowdog Updater Modified) is the traditional package manager for RedHat based systems. It is present in almost every RedHat based distro but isn’t the default in many of them now. It has been replaced by the newer DNF command. We have a separate article on DNF. yum command Basic Usage The general syntax …
The DNF command (Dandified yum) is the next-generation version of the traditional YUM package manager for RedHat based systems. It is the default package manager for Fedora 22, CentOS8, and RHEL8. It is intended to be a replacement for YUM. It does Package Management using RPM and libsolv (maintained by OpenSUSE). dnf command Basic Usage …
In this tutorial, we will be looking at the steps to install and set up a VNC Server on a CentOS 8 machine. VNC or Virtual Network Computing is a platform-independent protocol that enables users to connect to and control a remote computer system graphically. It follows a server-client architecture. Steps to Install VNC Server …
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In this tutorial, we will be learning how to use the RPM Package Manager (RPM command) to install software packages. RPM is a free open-source package manager tool that comes preinstalled in RHEL, Fedora, and CentOS-based distributions. It’s similar to the apt package manager that accompanies Debian and Ubuntu-based distributions. It’s an easy to use …