How to Provision docker containers with Ansible
This article will guide you on how to provision docker #containers using Ansible. #Ansible seamlessly automates #Docker and the process of building and deploying containers.
Ansible Container will allow users to build, #deploy, and orchestrate containers at scale, all from Ansible playbooks.
Using Cron to Automate Tasks on CentOS 8
This article will guide you on the steps to set up #Cron job on #CentOS 8 to help automate #tasks. Cron is a #clock daemon, whose name originates from #Chronos, the Greek word for time. It enables users to automate the execution of #commands, scripts (a group of commands) or programs at specified time intervals.
The simplest way to validate that cron tried to run the #job is to simply check the appropriate log file; the log files however can be different from system to system. In order to determine which log file contains the cron #logs we can simply check the occurrence of the word cron in the log files within /var/log .
Steps to Install GoAccess on Ubuntu
This article will guide you on how to #Install GoAccess on Ubuntu which is a command-line tool and how to use it for analyzing server #logs.
With #GoAccess, you are able to #SSH into any web server you control and view or analyze relevant statistics quickly and securely. Apart from the command-line dashboard interface, it's also capable of displaying the #statistics in other formats such as HTML, JSON, and CSV, which you can use in other contexts or share with others.
How to set up Amazon S3 through WHM
This article will guide you on how to configure Amazon S3 via WHM by accessing the 'Backup Configuration'.
To configure your #backups:
i. Login to #WHM and access "Backup Configuration >> Additional Destinations".
ii. Select #Amazon #S3 and click “Create new destination”.
Nagios Authentication and Importing Users with AD and LDAP
This article will guide you on how to integrate #Nagios Log Server with Active Directory or #LDAP to allow user authentication and validation with the Nagios Log Server interface.
Currently by default LDAP traffic (without SSL/TLS) is unsigned and unencrypted making it vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks and eavesdropping. After the patch or the windows update would be applied, LDAPS must be enabled with Active Directory.
To Set up Active Directory Authentication using LDAP:
1. Enter the LDAP "Server" and "Port" attributes on the Server Overview tab of the LDAP Users page.
2. Enter the proper base for the Active Directory in the "Base DN" attribute.
3. Set the Search Scope.
4. Enter the Username Attribute.
5. Enter the Search Filter.
6. Verify that the settings are correct by clicking the Verify button.
Using Kill Commands In Linux
This article will guide you on how to use Kill #Commands In #Linux. Here, you will learn several ways to #terminate a running process. However, one should exercise caution to prevent incorrectly terminating a #process that should not be killed.
The #kill -9 command sends a SIGKILL signal indicating to a service to shut down immediately. An unresponsive program will ignore a kill command, but it will shut down whenever a kill -9 command is issued.
