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14 Sep
2021
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How to reclaim or compact space in ploop containers

One of the major drawback in using ploop filesystem in the virtualisation (Virtuozzo) is that the containers use more than actual use space. This keeps on increasing with time too. The space used by the container on the node disk is way more then actual data size inside container used. To reclaim the space, you […]

23 Aug
2021
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Check server load average history

This is a guide to know on how to check your current and past server load (cpu load) for debugging purpose. System Activity Reporter (SAR) is an important tool which is used by the system admins for this in order to find out server load along with status of various metrics at different interval of […]

08 Jul
2021
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WP-CLI support to all users on server

To add support of the fantastic tool wp-cli for all the users on the server, be it cyberpanel or cPanel or some other webhost panel you are using, you can use the following solution : Single Line code : wget -O /usr/local/bin/wp https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar; chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wp; touch /etc/profile.d/add_user_local_bin.sh; echo ‘PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin’ >> /etc/profile.d/add_user_local_bin.sh; Step by step […]

12 May
2021
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Create LVM using Striping I/O for more IOPS performance

LVM is a tool first introduced in Fedora Linux for Logical Volume Management which allows useful feature likes allocating disks, striping, mirroring and resizing logical volumes. LVM reduces the tedious work of manual disk management on the servers and Linux systems. This guide will explain how we can create LVM using Striping I/O for more […]

12 Feb
2021
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Extend EXT2/3/4 and XFS root partition without LVM

Looking for steps to grow your KVM VM/Container’s partition after extending root OS size or extending ext2/3/4 and XFS root partition without LVM at runtime. Steps to extend root partition without LVM are quite easy and can be followed without going into many technical details. This guide will also help system admins who have increased […]

20 Nov
2020
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Rclone basic commands and their usage

Rclone is a command-line program to manage files on cloud storage. It is a feature-rich program to easily manage remote files. Many cloud services are supported by rclone. This guide will take you through the basic commands of rclone. Rclone can be used both for uploading and downloading the files on cloud services. Features of […]

16 Nov
2020
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How to install Rclone on Linux and create Google drive remote

In this guide we will learn with screenshots how to install Rclone on Linux and create a Google drive remote in it in an easy and understandable way. Install Rclone on Linux using the official bash script: You have to make sure curl is installed on your system, in order to make sure whether curl is […]

17 Oct
2020
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Guide to send an email from CLI using SMTP in Linux

Electronic mail is a method of exchanging messages between people using electronic devices. There are several methods to send an email, in this guide we are going to focus on sending an email from Linux CLI using SMTP. Requirements send an email from CLI using SMTP : Linux with sudo permissions SMTP details for your […]

16 Oct
2020
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[FIXED] bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (C.UTF-8)

In this guide we are going to show you how to Fix bash: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (C.UTF-8). This warning appears when you try to bash. To fix the warning follow the following steps : Open the environment file in the etc folder with your preferred editor. vi /etc/environment Press ikey to enter edit […]

01 Oct
2020
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How to search file using certain name and extension in Linux

This guide will tell you about the basic commands used to search a file using a certain name and extension in Linux. In some cases, you would need to find the location of a given file or to search for a certain text in all files under a directory. Linux provides two different commands to […]

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