A LAMP stack is an assortment of software that contains everything you need in order to serve a website, show dynamic content, and store or retrieve data from a database. The software is all within the LAMP acronym, namely the Linux operating system, Apache web server, MySQL database (or MariaDB alternatively), and PHP programming language.
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How to select the fastest apt mirror on Ubuntu Linux
The purpose of this tutorial is to provide you with some information on how to improve Ubuntu’s repository download speed by selecting the closest, that is, possibly fastest mirror relative to your geographical location.
Ubuntu 20.04 ssh root login enable
The purpose of this tutorial is to enable root login over SSH on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Linux. After installing OpenSSH, logging into the root account is disabled by default. This is done for security purposes. In case an account is compromised, it means the attacker will not automatically have root permissions as well.
Change Docker root directory /var/lib/docker to another location
By default, Docker stores most of its data inside the /var/lib/docker directory on Linux systems. There may come a time when you want to move this storage space to a new location. For example, the most obvious reason might be that you’re running out of disk space.
Linux kernel configuration
While we talked before about kernel compilation and configuration, we focused on the general idea. This time we want to dig deeper into the configuration part, giving you useful advice you will need when tailoring a kernel to perfectly match your hardware.
Linux crontab tutorial with Examples
If you already have some experience as a Linux system administrator, chances are you know what cron is and what it does. If you’re just starting working with Linux, it’s essential knowledge that will certainly serve you later. Either way, if you already have the knowledge, this article will refresh it. If not, you will get a guide to start you up. So you’re only expected to have some basic knowledge of Linux systems and, as usual, a desire to learn.
Linux hardware monitoring tools
Whether you’re a home user or a system/network administrator at a large site, monitoring your Linux system helps you in many ways – possibly more than you currently know.
How to determine OS of the remote host
When performing digital reconnaissance or penetrating testing, it’s important to fingerprint a network by understanding what operating system is used on a remote a host.
Running GNU R on Linux Operating System
GNU R can be run on the Linux operating system in a number of ways. In this article we will describe running R from the command line, in an application window, in a batch mode and from a bash script.
Configure simple web server in Linux
The purpose of this tutorial is to host a simple web server using only Python on a Linux system. This produces a very lightweight web server and works well to host a microservice, a browser-based file manager, or to test a website without deploying a full web server such as Apache or NGINX.