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 It has been replaced by the newer DNF command.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 …
In this tutorial, we will be installing and configuring the CentOS firewall. We will be using a very powerful and popular Firewall management tool called firewalld. Firewalld is built over iptables (which was previously used to filter network traffic) and comes preinstalled in all newer versions of CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora. Fundamentals of Firewalld Firewalld …
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In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install OwnCloud on CentOS. Let’s first learn what is OwnCloud? You might be aware of cloud services very well. The online storage platform which can be accessed anytime, data files can be stored and accessed remotely on any computers or even mobile phone. All you need to …
In this tutorial, we will discuss how to install Apache Kafka on CentOS. Let’s first understand what is Apache Kafka? Have you ever thought how will you use the data stored or how will you transfer your data from one location to another location? Sounds interesting? Yeah! This is called streaming. In earlier times it …